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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Tim Ghianni NASHVILLE (Reuters) - A Kentucky snake-handling preacher who appeared in a television show about the religious ...

Pastor Jamie Coots, a 42-year-old Pentecostal preacher and third-generation snake handler from Middlesboro, Ky., spoke to NPR in October about his unusual way of leading church services. "We sing, we ...

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 American preacher who once appeared in a television show about the religious practice died of a snakebite after refusing medical treatment. Jamie Coots was found dead late on Saturday ...