The Amish are often associated with peaceful simplicity, avoiding violence, and living a life closely aligned with their ...

An anthropologist who visited Amish schools in five states has published a scholarly book showing such schools are not frozen in time and are diverse in how they educate children to live apart from ...

A group of Amish men and women accused of hate crimes in hair-cutting attacks took action out of concern that members of their religion were straying from their beliefs, defense attorneys said Tuesday ...

CLEVELAND — A group of Amish men and women accused of hate crimes in haircutting attacks took action out of concern that members of their religion were straying from their beliefs, defense attorneys ...

"There are a small number of Amish settlements where farming still is the majority occupation," Nolt said. "The larger settlements, say in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in Holmes County, Ohio, and ...

HOLMESVILLE, Ohio — When LaVina Miller Weaver chose to leave her Amish community at 17, it wasn’t a frivolous decision borne of teenage angst. She desperately wanted to please her parents and stay ...

HOLMESVILLE, Ohio -- When LaVina Miller Weaver chose to leave her Amish community at 17, it wasn't a frivolous decision born of teenage angst. She desperately wanted to please her parents and stay ...

Although not as prevalent among greater population, Amish still find themselves victims of and perpetrators of crime Authorities work to build relationships within Amish communities to build trust and ...

Members of an Ohio group sentenced to prison Friday for hate crimes stemming from beard- and hair-cutting attacks on Amish may appear to be Amish, but they no longer are, according to Anabaptist ...