A mother is blaming Scientologists for her disabled son's death, which police ruled a suicide. ...more

February 17, 2009

A private funeral service is set to be held in Ocala for John Travolta's teenage son. ...more

January 8, 2009

John Travolta said Sunday he and his wife Kelly Preston are "heartbroken" over the death of their chronically ill 16-year-old son, who collapsed at the family's vacation home on Grand Bahama. ...more

January 4, 2009

POTSDAM, Germany (AP) -- Germany is dropping its pursuit of a ban on Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of illegal activity, security officials said Friday. Domestic intelligence services will continue to monitor the group, officials said. The German branch of the Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology has been under observation by domestic intelligence services for more than a decade. Top security officials asked state governments in December to begin gathering information on whether they had sufficient grounds to seek a ban. ...more

November 21, 2008

The Church of Scientology has added to its downtown property holdings, buying a 5-acre waterfront parcel from church members whose plans for a condominium failed. ...more

August 7, 2008

Members of the Church of Scientology of Tampa's Volunteer Ministers group recently spruced up Capaz Park in West Tampa. The church's Tampa office, 3102 N. Habana Ave., is across the street from the park. ...more

July 9, 2008

CLEARWATER - For the fourth time in as many months, the Internet-based group Anonymous will stage a protest against the Church of Scientology in downtown Clearwater. ...more

May 7, 2008

Nick Cannon is cast as Mariah Carey's lover in her new video - but has the superstar diva given the young actor a considerably bigger role in real life? ...more

May 3, 2008

Shawn Lonsdale, who became one of the most bedeviling local critics of the Church of Scientology, died of an apparent suicide at his Clearwater home this past weekend. He was 39. ...more

February 20, 2008

CLEARWATER - A Church of Scientology critic was found dead over the weekend in what police are calling a suicide. The body of Shawn Lonsdale, 39, was found in his home at 510 N. Lincoln Ave. about 12:30 p.m. Saturday, said Elizabeth Daly-Watts, Clearwater public safety spokeswoman. ...more

February 19, 2008