The first Amish arrived in America in the mid 1700s. Explore a timeline of events from their arrival through 2011.

Amish also are exempt from military service due to their belief in non-resistance, a term they prefer over pacifism. This applies not only to war, but also law-enforcement, politics and legal actions.

Brazil police raid ex-President Bolsonaro’s home, fit ankle tag, citing flight risk concern amid criminal trial First Look at ...

Amos Miller, an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania, has become a flash point in America's culture wars. Conservatives have been building support for Miller ahead of his February 29 hearing in a lawsuit ...

David vs. Goliath: Big Government's War on an Amish Farmer You're about to hear the story of how a court in Cumberland County, Virginia, authorized the state's Department of Agriculture to seize a ...

Amish people end formal education at the eighth grade, do not hold political office, restrict involvement with outsiders, selectively use modern technologies, and are conscientious objectors to war.

Daniel Beiler, an EMT, has volunteered in multiple war zones, including Iraq and Ukraine. He left an Amish community to travel and aid crises, driven by compassion and duty. His family joins him ...

Sensor, a World War II Air Force veteran, said he believed in 1965 that compulsory education for the Amish was a good idea — but only because he didn't understand their beliefs and way of life.

The Amish are likely the only bearded men you’ll see whose mustache areas are clean shaven — and the U.S. military is the reason why.

After walking for hours on a sweltering summer day around the Japanese coastal city of Kamakura, a former samurai stronghold south of Tokyo, I finally found my destination: Amish Cooking. There it ...

MANTENO, Ill. (AP) — A cannon from World War I is about to get an upgrade with the help of some Amish craftsmen who live in central Illinois.