Hours after news of a mass shooting of Amish schoolgirls had been flashed around the world, locals with no TVs and radios were still being informed in person of the news. Yet the ‘plain people’ do not live entirely in the past, writes Ed Pilkington. In fact it’s their willingness to adapt that has allowed them to survive, and even prosper, in the 21st century

The killer who shot dead five girls in a one-room Amish schoolhouse was haunted by guilt over his sexual assault of two young female relatives 20 years ago and dreamed he would abuse again, it emerged yesterday.

In the pickup truck he carried the plastic ties to bind the girls’ ankles, the wooden boards he would use to barricade the doors of the tiny schoolhouse — and an arsenal large enough to hold off an army of cops and carry out the children’s executions. Driven by a grudge that he had nursed for two decades, Charles Carl Roberts IV, 32, brought an hour of unimaginable terror to a tiny Amish community before he callously shot 11 terrified girls, most of them in the head.

A fourth girl has died after a brutal Amish schoolhouse shooting in rural Pennsylvania, while seven others remain in critical condition.

A lone gunman walked into a one-room schoolhouse in a largely Amish community in southeastern Pennsylvania Monday and shot as many as 10 girls, killing three immediately before turning the gun on himself and dying at the scene, according to the state police.

MOUNT HOPE, Ohio - The state nabbed Arlie Stutzman in a rare sting, sending an undercover agent to his farm to buy - not drugs - but milk.

VIROQUA, Wis. -- A man charged along with three other family members with repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl as she grew up in the Amish community was sentenced to prison Wednesday.

It only took "Amish in the City" housemate Mose one morning in midtown Manhattan to size up the lay of the land.

UPN takes the concept of rudeness to new levels with the two-hour debut of ``Amish in the City,'' tonight at 8 on WSBK (Ch. 38).

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A UPN affiliate wants to preview a reality series about Amish teenagers exploring urban life before deciding whether to air it.

LOS ANGELES - A reality TV series about Amish teenagers exploring the world beyond their community and faith will debut this month despite protests by members of Congress.

Man refused picture I.D. as against his religion

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday refused a request to keep an Old Order Amish man in the United States while he challenges an immigration law requiring his photo be taken for entrance into the country.

An Amish man's religious beliefs -- which prohibit him from having his photo taken are running afoul of anti-terrorism efforts and have prevented him from returning to his home in this country after a visit to Canada.

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