Colleyville synagogue standoff: Man who allegedly sold gun to suspect charged by feds
Henry "Michael" Williams was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm after authorities say he sold the weapon that Maisal Akram used to hold a rabbi and three others hostage for hours.
Jewish leaders mark first Sabbath since Texas synagogue hostage siege
Jewish leaders marked the first Sabbath since last weekend's hostage-taking at Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, with a show of defiance against it and other acts of antisemitism.
Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk, dies at 95
Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped spread the practice of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East, has died. He was 95.
FBI says Texas hostage situation was an 'act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community'
FBI Director Christopher Wray has called last weekend's Colleyville syngogue hostage situation an "act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community."
Austin police adds patrols to Jewish centers following Colleyville hostage situation
Saturdays are normally a day of rest for the Jewish community, but, this past Saturday, the world watched as several people were taken hostage at a synagogue in Colleyville.
Houston rabbi on ‘frightening’ Colleyville synagogue hostage situation
Fox News spoke with a Houston Rabbi to discuss the hostage situation that took place at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas on Saturday.
Texas synagogue hostage-taker identified by FBI as British national
The FBI has identified the man killed after taking four people hostage inside a North Texas synagogue Saturday as 44-year-old Malik Faisal Akram.
Texas synagogue hostage situation sparks reaction from public officials
Public officials around the globe reacted after news broke of a man reportedly holding four people hostage inside a North Texas synagogue.
Who is Aafia Siddiqui? Closer look at the Pakistani woman jailed in Texas
Aafia Siddiqui is serving an 86-year prison sentence after being convicted in Manhattan in 2010 on charges that she sought to shoot U.S. military officers while being detained in Afghanistan two years earlier.
Texas synagogue hostage situation has US cities on high alert
From New York to Los Angeles, officers are beefing up security at synagogues after a man took hostages Saturday during services in Texas.
Houston-area leaders standing by as hostage situation in Colleyville unfolds
As an intense situation in Colleyville, Texas unfolds where at least four people were taken hostage at a synagogue, Houston-area leaders are holding steady, offering thoughts and prayers.
Pope Francis baptizes 16 babies in Sistine Chapel after pandemic break
Pope Francis baptized 16 babies in the Sistine Chapel Sunday, resuming a decades-old Vatican tradition that had been interrupted last year by the pandemic.
Pope criticizes couples who adopt pets instead of children: 'a form of selfishness'
Pope Francis on Wednesday branded couples who adopt pets instead of children as "selfish" as part of a call to resolve the "demographic winter" that the West faces.
Pope Francis starts new year with call to protect women, focus on the good
Pope Francis has used his New Year's Day appearances to encourage people to focus on the good which unites them and to decry violence against women.
Despite shattered windows, North Austin church holds Sunday service
Almost every stained-glass window at Our Savior Lutheran Church is boarded up or damaged, but that did not keep churchgoers from Sunday service.
Pope Francis prays for pandemic's end in Christmas Day address
Pope Francis' Christmas Day speech gives him an opportunity to draw a global audience's attention to conflicts big and small. This year was no different.
Austin church vandalized hours before Christmas Eve service
Nearly all the stained glass at Our Savior Lutheran Church was bashed in on Friday morning, with damages estimated to be more than $100,000.
Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass amid COVID-19 surge in Italy
Pope Francis has celebrated Christmas Eve Mass before an estimated 2,000 people in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Jewish house of worship in San Jose goes up in flames, Torahs spared
The Chabad house, a Jewish place of study and worship, went up in flames this week, but fortunately, the Torahs were spared.
Missionaries freed from captivity in Haiti last week made daring overnight escape to elude kidnappers
Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape, eluding their kidnappers and walking for miles over difficult, moonlit terrain with an infant and other children in tow, according to the agency they work for, officials said Monday.