Reality TV series shows the darker side of this traditional Christian culture. Aug. 27, 2013 — -- Lancaster County, Pa., is home to the nation's oldest Amish settlement, dating back more than 300 ...

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PRESTON — A judge ruled that despite the Amish community’s "most sincere efforts" to separate themselves from the modern world, that separateness is not enough to protect the county’s waterways, and ...

Members of a deeply conservative Amish community in Minnesota don't need to install septic systems to dispose of their “gray water,” the state Court of Appeals ruled Monday in a long-running religious ...

KENTON, Ohio — There is no safe way to hitch 100-plus horses outside City Hall. So the Amish of Hardin County have decided to buggy-pool. A packed house is expected on Tuesday when the Kenton-Hardin ...

The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away from ...

Discovery's latest attempt to exploit the non-TV-watching Amish is either a shark-jumping example of structured reality hitting its nadir, or in its brazenness, the screwball comedy of 2012. The mere ...

- The Amish are a devout, very traditional Christian faith dating back to the 1500s. They value simple living, plain clothes, close church and family relationships, limited use of modern conveniences, ...

Judge says Amish girl with cancer shouldn't be forced to undergo chemo. Sept. 5, 2013— -- A 10-year-old Amish girl will not be forced to undergo chemotherapy, an Ohio judge has ruled, siding with ...

FILE - This April 10, 2002 photo shows Amish buggies of the Swartzentrubers Amish sect parked outside the Ebensburg, Pa., courthouse. A state appeals court says members of a deeply conservative Amish ...