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DALLAS — The brother of the hostage-taker who held four people captive at a Colleyville synagogue over the weekend said the British national had “serious mental health issues” prior to traveling to the U.S. and allegedly getting a gun on the streets. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, of Blackburn, England, is

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker emphasized the need for empathy and said he was grateful to be alive in a "healing and resilience" service Monday.

By Kaley Johnson

FBI officials said in a statement that the hostage situation "is a terrorism-related matter, in which the Jewish community was targeted."

FBI officials said in a statement that the hostage situation "is a terrorism-related matter, in which the Jewish community was targeted."

As the hostage standoff situation unfolded at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, nearby Good Shepherd Church held a prayer vigil.

Emotions have been everywhere over what happened in Colleyville, Texas, on Saturday night—relief, gratitude, anger, fear, frustration, exhaustion.

COLLEYVILLE, Texas (CNS) — As the tense hours of a Jan. 15 hostage standoff situation...

COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — The rabbi of a Texas synagogue where a gunman took hostages during livestreamed services said Monday that he threw a chair at his captor before escaping with two others after an hourslong standoff, crediting past security training for getting himself and his congregants out safely.

The assailant in the Texas synagogue hostage standoff demanded release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of ties to al-Qaida.