TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of a small Kansas church who led outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost everything, including the deaths of AIDS victims ...

TOPEKA, Kan. – Fred Phelps did not care what you thought of his Westboro Baptist Church, nor did he care if you heard its message that society’s tolerance for gay people is the root of all earthly ...

Family, for Fred Phelps, is second to his precepts. Once Phelps was on the path to ministry, contact with his father -- who he now calls a "wonderful, good old man" -- began to wane. The elder Phelps ...

The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. prepares to protest outside the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., July 1, 2007. Phelps, the founder of the Kansas church known for anti-gay protests and pickets at military ...

Reports that Fred Phelps, 84, the founder of the Topeka church known for its anti-gay message and protests of military funerals, is on his deathbed has some looking forward to the Westboro Baptist ...

TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of a small Kansas church who drew international condemnation for outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost everything, ...

Daughter Margie Phelps told The Associated Press that Fred Phelps, whose actions drew international condemnation, died around midnight Thursday. She didn't provide the cause of death or the condition ...

Fred Phelps, the pastor who led a small Kansas church's vitriolic anti-gay campaign across the United States, has died, the church said on Thursday. Phelps, whose Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, ...