ELK RIVER, Minn. — The high demand and soaring prices for scrap metal appeared to be the reason a 7-foot statue of Buddha, covered in copper-laden bronze, was stolen from an outdoor temple shrine at ...

Heather Burnett moved to Southern California four months ago. The morning the fire broke out, she was in her apartment with the young boy she was looking after. Her apartment and all her belongings ...

A woman in the Philippines spent four years worshipping a green Buddha statue before discovering that it was actually a 3D-printed figure of the cartoon character Shrek. The woman’s misplaced faith ...

The horrific flames miraculously spared one thing-- her Buddha statue. Her Buddha was shielded from the fire by a piece of drywall that fell over it but didn't crush it. And now it's wedged between ...