It is near impossible for the Department of Education to fire a teacher easily, but when it comes to a principal allegedly using chicken blood in a Santeria ritual to cleanse her high school, that's ...

Spanish police arrested five people running a group that charged hefty sums for rituals involving animal sacrifice and illicit drugs. The cult leader was jailed after followers required psychiatric ...

A Santeria priest has been accused of sexually assaulting a girl during what he claimed were healing rituals, Montebello police said Thursday. Police are trying to find Pablo Pinto Mata, 46 — known as ...

MILFORD, Conn. - A Connecticut man charged with stealing five bodies, including one interred 71 years ago, from a Massachusetts cemetery to use in Santeria rituals was extradited to Massachusetts on ...

Santeria rituals allow human beings to stay in contact with the Orishas. They include dancing, drumming, speaking and eating with the spirits. Santeria rituals allow human beings to stay in contact ...

Police are investigating after the remains from a grave at a Hartford cemetery were discovered missing Wednesday by a groundskeeper, possibly for a voodoo or Santeria ritual, police said. Few details ...

Pigeons are much more than dirty park pests to Maria Morales. She’s cashing in on them as part of her retirement plan. But Morales and her husband, Alberto, suffered a financial setback over the ...

MONTEBELLO, Calif. -- Police are searching for a Santeria priest who allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl while conducting "healing rituals" at his business in Montebello in 2013. Pablo Pinto Mata, 46, ...

BURBANK – The crucifix adorning the gate and a life-size figure of a Buddha on the porch suggest the home is religious. But you won’t recognize the faith until you go inside and find Charles Guelperin ...

TEWKSBURY TWP. — Police believe someone was performing Santeria rituals in the township. On Feb. 6 at about 2:20 p.m., police were called to the intersection of Potterstown and Rockaway Roads. There, ...

A 41-year-old Bronx woman died yesterday when she caught fire during a Santeria cleansing ritual at a friend’s apartment, police and neighbors said. Cops on routine patrol in University Heights heard ...