The Maryland Transportation Authority did not conduct a risk assessment that, if acted upon, could have allowed the state to protect the Francis Scott Key Bridge from collapsing, the National ...

Seven members of the group, including its mysterious leader, “Ziz,” are now in jail, awaiting trial on charges that range from trespassing to murder. At least one other member is missing ...

Jack “Ziz” LaSota, 34, who has been described as the leader of the group, was arrested on February 16 alongside Michelle Zajko, 32, and Daniel Blank, 26, in Maryland after they were seen ...

Online and in certain Bay Area circles LaSota is known as “Ziz,” a charismatic figure who gained a following blogging about her pseudoscientific theories about brain function, her pop culture ...

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Jack 'Ziz' LaSota, 33, was arrested on February 16 in Allegany County, Maryland after months on the run. LaSota, who uses she/her pronouns, appeared in court remotely on February 18 and ...

On her blog, Ziz peddled “unihemispheric sleep” (UHS), a real but very unhealthy practice in which people attempt to rest only one half of their brain at a time. Sleep deprivation is a tactic ...

The open-back detailed showed off her back tattoos including a the Arabic words that translate to "love yourself first" below her right shoulder and her elaborate dripping rose tattoo at behind ...

Led by Jack Amadeus “Ziz” LaSota, 34, a self-styled philosopher and militant vegan, the cult has been linked to multiple murders across the US. What started as an offbeat intellectual journey within ...

Jack LaSota, 34, known online as “Ziz” is the apparent leader and the namesake of a mysterious group of mostly transgender and non-binary young people known as the “Zizians.” And LaSota ...

The apparent leader, a transgender woman called Jack ‘Ziz’ Lasota, began blogging under the alias ‘Ziz’ a decade ago, and allegedly leads the group of a few dozen followers. But who are they?