CLEVELAND -- In the stern, self-regulating world of the Amish, those who act out time and again by wearing the wrong clothing, going to movies or otherwise flouting the church's doctrine can find ...

A young woman has told how she has fled the Amish community and had her haircut and wore a pair of jeans for the first time. Alisha Green, 26, was a generational member of the Amish and Mennonite ...

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio - A group of religious castoffs has been attacking fellow Amish, cutting off their hair and beards in an apparent feud over spiritual differences, a sheriff said Thursday, and one ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A hate-crimes case that has drawn worldwide interest because of the unusual nature of the charges and because it offers a rare glimpse into the reclusive Amish religious community ...

CLEVELAND -- Sixteen men and women pleaded not guilty Thursday in beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish in Ohio. The 10 men and six women and their attorneys overflowed defense tables ...

Five Amish families have had hair or beards cut in attacks in recent weeks. Oct. 8, 2011 — -- Amish people in eastern Ohio are being attacked by having their hair and beards cut off, possibly by ...

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Seven men from an Amish splinter group in Ohio were arrested on federal hate crimes charges on Wednesday, accused of involvement in humiliating attacks on fellow Amish involving ...

(AP) A hair-cutting attack on an Amish bishop left him so ashamed that he stopped preaching and refused to attend a family wedding because he didn’t want anyone to see him without his beard, his son ...

Jury deliberations started Thursday in the trial of an Amish leader and 15 followers who are accused of forcibly cutting the hair and beards of religious rivals. Samuel J. Mullet Sr., a 66-year-old ...

FBI agents raided the compound of an eastern Ohio Amish group Wednesday morning, arresting seven men on federal hate crime charges. Authorities said the men were behind a string of attacks on members ...

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A jury was selected Monday in Cleveland in the hate-crime trial of 16 members of an Ohio Amish splinter group charged in beard- and hair-cutting attacks on other Amish people ...