http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/YFZ_RanchFind stories, videos, and photos about YFZ Ranch from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:00 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/YFZ_Ranch14433Find stories, videos, and photos about YFZ Ranch from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/11/texas.polygamist/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/11/texas.polygamist/index.html#cnnSTCTextA polygamist sect member arrested following last year's raid of a west Texas ranch was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting an underage girl, authorities said.Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/06/texas.polygamist.convicted/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/06/texas.polygamist.convicted/index.html#cnnSTCTextA polygamist sect member arrested following last year's raid of a west Texas ranch was convicted Thursday of sexually assaulting an underage girl with whom he had entered into a "spiritual" marriage, the state's attorney general said.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/03/texas.polygamy.jeffs/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/03/texas.polygamy.jeffs/index.html#cnnSTCTextTexas child protection officials are dropping a custody case involving the 17-year-old daughter of jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs, a spokesman said Tuesday.Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/22/texas.polygamy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/22/texas.polygamy/index.html#cnnSTCTextA top member of a Texas polygamist sect and the group's spokesman have been subpoenaed and are scheduled for court depositions Friday and Monday, according to court officials.Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/12/jeffs.indictment.texas/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/12/jeffs.indictment.texas/index.html#cnnSTCTextA grand jury has indicted polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs on a second sexual assault charge in connection with a probe of his Texas compound, prosecutors said Wednesday.Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/23/polygamy.indictments/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/23/polygamy.indictments/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree more members of a polygamous sect led by Warren Jeffs are facing sexual assault charges, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Tuesday.Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/19/polygamy.foster.care/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/19/polygamy.foster.care/index.html#cnnSTCTextA 14-year-old girl believed to have married jailed polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs was ordered to foster care by a Texas judge on Tuesday.Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:41:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/28/polygamy.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/28/polygamy.indictment/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive members of a polygamous sect who were indicted alongside leader Warren Jeffs last week turned themselves in Monday to face sexual assault charges, Texas authorities said.Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:34:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1826371,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1826371,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA new felony sexual charge against Warren Jeffs and four associates ratchets up the pressure against the renegade Mormon sectThu, 24 Jul 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1823656,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1823656,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWarren Jeffs is in jail, possibly ill and on tape "recanting" his leadership. Who are the men angling to succeed him?Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/09/jeffs.hospitalized/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/09/jeffs.hospitalized/index.html#cnnSTCTextPolygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was released from a hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada on Wednesday, a source close to the case told CNN.Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:15:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812301,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812301,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsGov. Rick Perry hinted Thursday that members of a polygamist sect whose children were recently returned amid a botched sex-abuse investigation should pack their bags, a newspaper reportedFri, 06 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/04/texas.polygamist/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/04/texas.polygamist/index.html#cnnSTCTextA teenage girl removed from a polygamist sect's compound can be released to her guardian, a judge ruled, as long as she's kept away from a person accused of abusing her, and from her father, sect leader Warren Jeffs.Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:09:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1811194,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1811194,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMembers of a polygamist sect have begun emotional reunions with their children, who were taken from the group's ranch amid an abuse investigation nearly two months agoMon, 02 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/30/texas.polygamists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/30/texas.polygamists/index.html#cnnSTCTextTexas authorities say they collected DNA swabs from jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs in connection with a criminal investigation involving "spiritual marriages" to four girls ages 12 to 15.Fri, 30 May 2008 23:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/29/texas.polygamists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/29/texas.polygamists/index.html#cnnSTCTextTexas officials had no right to remove about 460 children from a polygamist sect, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.Fri, 30 May 2008 03:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/28/jeffs.kissing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/28/jeffs.kissing/index.html#cnnSTCTextPictures showing the leader of a polygamist sect kissing a girl who appears to be a minor have been introduced into evidence in the legal battle over the seizure of more than 400 children from the sect's Texas ranch.Wed, 28 May 2008 23:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/22/flds.ruling/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/22/flds.ruling/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe state of Texas should not have removed children from a polygamist sect's ranch because it didn't prove that they were in "imminent danger," an appeals court ruled Thursday.Fri, 23 May 2008 03:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/21/polygamist.ranch/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/21/polygamist.ranch/index.html#cnnSTCTextTexas Child Protective Services workers were turned back from a polygamist sect's ranch Wednesday when they tried to investigate reports that some children remained at the compound, a lawyer for the sect said.Wed, 21 May 2008 21:08:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1808325,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1808325,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsChild welfare officials have said in the opening days of individual custody hearings for members of a polygamist sect that at least eight mothers once held in state custody as minors were actually adultsWed, 21 May 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1808219,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1808219,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsChild welfare officials have said in custody hearings for a Texas polygamist sect that at least eight mothers once held in state custody as minors were actually adultsWed, 21 May 2008 13:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/19/polygamist.retreat/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/19/polygamist.retreat/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo children of jailed "prophet" Warren Steed Jeffs are among the hundreds of children removed from a polygamist ranch by child welfare authorities, court officials said Monday. Mon, 19 May 2008 23:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/12/flds.letter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/12/flds.letter/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn elder of a polygamist sect has sent a letter to the White House decrying what he calls "terrorist acts" that have separated the sect's children from their parents.Mon, 12 May 2008 16:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/30/polygamist.abuse/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/30/polygamist.abuse/index.html#cnnSTCTextInvestigators are looking into the possible sexual abuse of some of the boys taken from a polygamist sect's ranch in Texas and into how several children apparently suffered broken bones while there, officials said Wednesday.Thu, 01 May 2008 00:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/28/flds.openness/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/28/flds.openness/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt took an extraordinary event -- the state's seizure of more than 400 children -- for the polygamist Mormon sect to open its gates to outsiders after decades of seclusion.Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:07:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1735760,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1735760,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMore than half the teen girls taken from a polygamist compound in west Texas have children or are pregnant, state officials said MondayTue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/25/polygamy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/25/polygamy/index.html#cnnSTCTextAll of the more than 460 children and youths removed from a polygamist sect's ranch this month are now in foster homes, a Texas Child Protection Services representative said Friday.Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:10:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1734853,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1734853,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA Texas appeals court on Thursday agreed to hear arguments that hundreds of children the state took from a polygamist compound should be allowed to see their mothersThu, 24 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/23/polygamy.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/23/polygamy.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne of the telephone numbers used to report claims of abuse at a polygamist sect's Texas ranch was previously associated with a Colorado woman whom authorities have named a "person of interest," a court document says.Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/22/polygamy.testing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/22/polygamy.testing/index.html#cnnSTCTextAbout 100 of the 437 children taken from a polygamist sect's Texas ranch amid allegations of sexual abuse were moved Tuesday to foster homes, the Texas Department of Health and Family Services said.Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/20/polygamy.sect/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/20/polygamy.sect/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Texas branch of the American Civil Liberties Union said it was concerned that the basic rights of the children and mothers connected to a Texas polygamist ranch were violated during a recent raid and custody hearing.Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:16:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1731706,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1731706,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs a custody hearing begins, residents of Eldorado, Texas, recall their first suspicions about the strange newcomersThu, 17 Apr 2008 13:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/15/sect.mothers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/15/sect.mothers/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe mothers of some of the 416 children taken from a polygamous sect's ranch say that authorities have denied them their constitutional rights and that they want their children back.Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/10/polygamist.towns/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/10/polygamist.towns/index.html#cnnSTCTextA monument stands in a park in the twin cities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, commemorating the 263 children taken from their families during a predawn polygamy raid in 1953.Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:22:00 EDT