The killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland near the Canadian border last month and five other homicides in Vermont, Pennsylvania and California have been tied to a cultlike group.

Sean Lucero, a retired Metropolitan Police Department vice squad sergeant, pleaded guilty to counts of attempted theft and oppression under the color of office.

Former RNC official Sean Cairncross has been nominated for the post of National Cyber Director to streamline the US ...