SEDONA - The owner of the Arizona retreat where a sweat-lodge ceremony turned deadly said the man who led it was a perfectionist who controlled every detail of an event meant to push people beyond ...

FLAGSTAFF — More than 50 followers of spiritual guru James Arthur Ray had just endured five strenuous days of fasting, sleep-deprivation and mind-altering breathing exercises when he led them into a ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – An author who saw his self-help business crash after he led a sweat lodge ceremony that left three people dead was paroled from prison on Friday after serving nearly two years ...

SIOUX FALLS | A shortage of donated firewood supplies is hampering sweat lodge purification ceremonies for South Dakota State Penitentiary inmates. The sweat lodge ceremonies are usually held six ...

PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona jury on Wednesday found self-help guru James Arthur Ray guilty of negligent homicide in the deaths of three people who fell ill at a sweat lodge ceremony he conducted ...

For others, it was terrifying. Participants began to show signs they were weakening midway through the ceremony. By the time people started collapsing, Bunn had already crawled to a spot near the ...

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Inmates chop wood for a sweat lodge ceremony at the South Dakota State Penitentiary on Aug. 17, 2018, in Sioux Falls. (Briana Sanchez photo/courtesy Argus Leader) The South Dakota Department of ...

A self-help author who was convicted in the deaths of three people in a 2009 sweat lodge ceremony says he’s still anguished over the deaths. James Arthur Ray appeared on CNN on Monday night just ...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — In the decade since Fargo agreed to host a sweat lodge for the many Native Americans who live in the area, the simple structure and its users have suffered a series of indignities: ...

For others, it was terrifying. Participants began to show signs they were weakening midway through the ceremony. By the time people started collapsing, Bunn had already crawled to a spot near the ...