hostage situation

Charlie Cytron-Walker, rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel, center, makes a statement to the media after a service at White's Chapel United Methodist Church in Southlake, Texas, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.

National

White House says Texas synagogue gunman raised no red flags

4:49am January 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

Akram was not believed to be included in the Terrorist Screening Database, a listing of known or suspected terrorists maintained by the FBI.

Vanessa Flores (right) embraces another woman Friday after she leaves the locked-down Veterans Home of California in Yountville, Calif., during a hostage situation. Law enforcement officers found a gunman and three hostages dead after a lengthy standoff.

National

Gunman, 3 Hostages Dead At Veterans Home North Of San Francisco

11:35pm March 09, 2018

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

The three women held hostage in the lengthy standoff Friday reportedly were employees of a mental health program operating out of the Napa, Calif., area home for elderly or disabled veterans.

Bangladeshi soldiers come out of an area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, housing a restaurant popular with foreigners early Saturday, hours after heavily armed militants attacked it on Friday night and took dozens of hostages. Bangladeshi authorities stormed the ca

World News

Bangladesh Police Storm Cafe To Free Hostages Held By Armed Attackers

11:11pm July 01, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Police moved Saturday morning on the eatery in Dhaka, the capital, to end the 10-hour hostage standoff. It's not clear whether there are any casualties or how many attackers might have been involved.