In a story Feb. 26 about a snake-handling preacher who recently died from a bite, The Associated Press reported erroneously the number of deaths each year from snake bites in the United States. Around ...

Editor’s Note: Danny Cevallos, a CNN legal analyst, is a criminal defense attorney practicing in Philadelphia, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The recent death of the “snake-handling” pastor of ...

Condemned Pentecostal practice lives long enough to get its own reality TV show. 1) The practice began in 1910 when an illiterate Tennessee preacher tried to literally apply Mark 16:18: "They will ...

A snake-handling pastor who died Saturday in Middlesboro, Ky., once let his finger rot off after a previous snakebite - and he saved the rotten finger in a jar. The Rev. Jamie Coots, pastor since 1994 ...

The extreme investigators at How to Survive explore the lethal risks associated with the ritual of handling venomous serpents ...

How should we respond to the news of the recent death of another snake-handling Christian? I can tell you a few ways that have been tried: condescension; amusement; disbelief; mockery; advocacy; and ...

Pastor Jamie Coots says his Pentecostal church is really not that different from other churches. "We sing, we preach, we testify, take up... Snake-Handling Preachers Open Up About 'Takin' Up Serpents' ...

Kennedy posted the two-minute and two-second video and captioned it, “In response to the many comments about venomous snakes, this video shows how Cheryl and I handled a recent rattlesnake rescue.” ...

Snake-handling is a tradition for the Coots family of Kentucky. But months after taking over for his father to lead a Pentecostal church, Cody Coots says he was bitten this week. His father, Jamie, ...