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Ex-Jehovah's Witness claims responsibility in Facebook video for deadly blasts in India
October 29, 2023 | 3:13pmDominic Martin surrendered to cops after posting the footage online saying he was responsible for the explosions at the Zamra International Convention Center in Kerala in southern India that killed...
Explosive device blows up at convention center in India, killing at least one and wounding 36
October 29, 2023 | 5:26amAn explosive device blew up at a convention center in southern India killing at least one person and wounding 36 others Sunday, authorities said.
Video shows moment 7 shot dead at German Jehovah's Witness church
March 10, 2023 | 8:25amVideo shows a dark figure firing several rounds as at least 8 dead, including suspected gunman.
Jehovah’s Witness center murder-suicide attacker had red flags, made bombs
December 29, 2022 | 5:46pmBefore attacking the Jehovah's Witness hall in Thornton, Enoch Apodaca, 46, caused a "large explosion" at a local union building in North Washington.
Man who killed wife, self in Jehovah's Witnesses hall suspected in earlier explosion
December 29, 2022 | 1:45amNo one was hurt in the explosion because the building was closed and empty, police said.
2 dead in murder-suicide at Jehovah's Witnesses meeting hall
December 25, 2022 | 3:24pmThornton police said the Adams County Sheriff’s Department’s Hazardous Materials unit is on scene.
Caller threatens to shoot everyone at Manhattan church
August 15, 2019 | 1:24pmAn unhinged caller threatened to "shoot every motherf—king body” at a Manhattan church, police said Thursday. “It’s because of you I lost my family, you ruined my life, I’m coming to...
Former Jehovah's Witnesses recount years of sexual abuse
August 12, 2019 | 11:07amTwo former Jehovah’s Witnesses claim the church looked the other way when they were sexually abused as children for years -- and now plan to sue under a landmark state...
Russian court sentences Jehovah's Witness to six years in prison
February 6, 2019 | 1:20pmA Russian court on Wednesday sentenced a Danish man to six years behind bars for practicing as a Jehovah’s Witness — a first-of-its-kind case since the Motherland outlawed the religious...
NYC approves replacement for 'Watchtower' sign in Brooklyn Heights
November 8, 2018 | 11:16amA New York City appeals board has given the green light for a new sign to replace the former Watchtower sign on the Brooklyn waterfront. The Department of Buildings had...
Jehovah’s Witnesses must pay $35M to sex abuse survivor
September 29, 2018 | 9:08amHELENA, Mont. — The Jehovah’s Witnesses must pay $35 million to a woman who says the church’s national organization ordered Montana clergy members not to report her sexual abuse as...
Woman shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses kills entire family: cops
February 21, 2018 | 7:04pmA Michigan woman who was reportedly ostracized after she left the Jehovah's Witnesses killed her entire family before taking her own life, police said. Lauren Stuart, 45, fatally shot her...
Jehovah's Witnesses accused of systematically covering up sex crimes
November 20, 2017 | 2:56pmChildren who were raped and abused by Jehovah's Witnesses were told by church elders not to report it because it would shame the religion, it is claimed. Victims from across...
Jehovah's Witnesses' sale of Brooklyn buildings nets millions
August 16, 2017 | 6:10pmThe Jehovah’s Witnesses, as part of their move upstate, have sold two prime buildings in Brooklyn Heights to Hawkins Way Capital, an LA-based real estate investment group, Gimme Shelter has...
Jared Kushner closes on another Dumbo Heights property
December 20, 2016 | 11:52pmJared Kushner has another Jehovah’s Witnesses site in his company’s development pocket. On Tuesday, the former Kushner Companies (now called simply “Kushner”), along with Asher Abehsera’s LIVWRK and the CIM...
Kushner investor group closes deal for Watchtower building
August 4, 2016 | 9:46amAn investor group led by Jared Kushner closed Wednesday on the $340 million purchase of the Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters buildings in Downtown Brooklyn, The Post has learned. Kushner Cos. partnered...
Jehovah’s Witnesses' lock down deal for $700M Brooklyn plot
April 13, 2016 | 12:53amThe Jehovah’s Witnesses appear to have achieved a handshake with their BFFs: Jared Kushner, Aby Rosen and LIVWRK. The pricing is roughly $700 million for the Witnesses’ 733,000-square-foot world headquarters...
Jehovah’s Witnesses' Brooklyn properties see price surge
March 9, 2016 | 1:16amThe Jehovah’s Witnesses have had such a tremendous response to their Brooklyn land and office offerings that they have now hired Bob Knakal of Cushman & Wakefield to vet the...
Jehovah’s Witnesses likely to get $220M+ for Watchtower building
February 23, 2016 | 11:13pmThe Jehovah’s Witnesses are probably wishing they had sold their Brooklyn world headquarters with its giant Watchtower signage a year ago instead of now. Sources say their 733,000-square-foot multi-building package...
Jehovah's Witnesses 'hid' over 1,000 sex-abuse cases
July 27, 2015 | 9:25amThe Jehovah's Witnesses Church in Australia failed to report to police more than 1,000 cases of child sexual abuse going back more than 60 years, a government investigation into abuse...