A snake-handling church was the target of a bizarre police raid 76 years ago in North Carolina, historians said. On Nov. 1, 1947, a venomous copperhead snake was seized from Zion Tabernacle Church in ...

Authorities say Pastor Brock was bitten on his left arm and refused medical treatment John David Brock, 60, of Stoney Fork, was handling the snake during a Sunday service at the Mossy Simpson ...

This is an opinion cartoon. No real snakes or snake handlers were harmed in the production of this cartoon. Lordy. Christian nationalism has taken hold of the Alabama State Legislature. GOP lawmakers ...

The last snake-handling church in the US features a preacher wielding a poisonous reptile while a makeshift band of old women blast out rock music. Hidden away in the Appalachian Mountains in West ...