LINCOLNWOOD, Ill.—Police rescued an 80-year-old suburban Chicago woman who was held hostage in her home for nearly 21 hours by a naked man with scissors, and ...

WASHINGTON—The Justice Department has filed criminal charges against a man for allegedly selling the gun that another man later used to take hostages at a synagogue ...

COLLEYVILLE, Texas—In the final moments of a 10-hour standoff with a gunman at a Texas synagogue, the remaining hostages and officials trying to negotiate their release ...

UK police have arrested two men in Birmingham and Manchester as part of the investigation into the hostage-taking incident at a Texas synagogue involving British national ...

A rabbi shares his experience of being held hostage over the weekend, and what helped he and his congregation survive. We have more details on the ...

COLLEYVILLE, Texas—An armed man who took four people hostage during a 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue had spent time in area homeless shelters in the ...

The FBI has identified the the man who took hostages at a Texas synagogue on Jan. 15 and was shot dead after an hours-long standoff as ...

Hostages were rescued from inside a Texas synagogue following standoff that lasted nearly 12 hours, Gov. Greg Abbott announced late Saturday. “Prayers answered. All hostages are ...

A Seattle resident finally returned home after being held hostage in China for four years. The man’s name is Daniel Hsu. He says he found out ...

BERLIN—A Serbian man was arrested in southern Germany on Tuesday after an altercation on board a Serbia-bound bus and an ensuing standoff led to the closure ...

LOS ANGELES—Authorities have identified the shooter involved in a California standoff that killed a sheriff’s deputy and three others who were held hostage in a San ...

OSLO, Norway—Two inmates took a pair of prison guards hostage Wednesday at a Swedish penitentiary and are barricaded inside in what the country’s prison department called ...

MANILA, Philippines—Philippine troops killed a commander of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group blamed for years of ransom kidnappings and on Sunday rescued the last of his four ...

A reported hostage situation at a Texas doctor’s office has ended with two people dead, authorities said.

TBILISI—An unidentified gunman took up to nine people hostage at a microfinance organization in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Friday, the police said. It was not ...

A woman and an 11-year-old boy were killed in a hostage situation that unfolded in Salem, Oregon, state police said Tuesday. The suspect was also found ...

A possible “hostage situation” led to a fatal shooting after police responded to a home in the city of Salem, The Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.

Aileen and Jordan Stevens were driving to church on Sunday when a car rear-ended their Ford Mustang on Interstate 24 in Tennessee. It was about 9:30 ...

A gunman shot and killed two people and wounded three others in a series of shootings and carjackings that ended in a police chase and suicide, ...

A man who said he was armed with weapons and explosives seized control of a bus in the Ukrainian city of Lutsk and took about 20 ...

The billionaire founder of the world’s biggest appliance manufacturer, Midea Group, was held hostage by intruders in his home but was rescued by police.

A suspect was taken into custody after a 40-minute standoff which resulted in the death of the hostage.

An American and an Australian who were freed by the Taliban this week after three years in captivity are now in Germany receiving treatment at a ...

The administration of President Donald Trump urged the Iranian regime on Nov. 4 to release American citizens in its custody. The call came on the 40th ...

Five men were arrested in relation to the kidnapping, smuggling, and abuse of 18 people in a warehouse in Northwest Houston, according to authorities.

Note: Viewer discretion is advised for the video. Newly released video footage shows the gun battle between police officers and a suspect at a California Trader Joe’s ...