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How Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker's training helped fellow hostages survive the Texas synagogue attack
Behind Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker's warm, disarming smile is a leader who's willing to attack an armed man holding his congregants hostage.
[ cnn.com ]A stranger showed up at a Texas synagogue and had tea with the rabbi. Then came the hostage crisis.
[ cnn.com ]Jewish communities across the US are on heightened alert after the Texas standoff
Jewish communities across the United States once again find themselves on edge in the wake of another attack on worshippers at a synagogue, this time at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, where a man interrupted Saturday's Shabbat service and held four people hostage for hours.
[ cnn.com ]'I am going to die': Hear what the suspect said on livestream
The FBI identified Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British national, as the man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue in an hours-long standoff before a rescue team entered the building and killed the suspect.
[ cnn.com ]All hostages held at Congregation Beth Israel have been freed, according to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Police confirm the suspect is dead.
An elite FBI hostage rescue team breached a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, Saturday night, safely recovering three remaining captives after a nearly 11-hour hostage situation, federal and local officials said. The lone suspect is dead, authorities added.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: How Aafia Siddiqui became an icon for terrorists
The hostage-taker at the synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, is believed by US law enforcement to be motivated by the imprisonment of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani who is serving an 86-year sentence at a prison in Fort Worth. She was arrested by US forces in Afghanistan almost a decade and half ago, yet her arrest continues to reverberate today.
[ cnn.com ]'Incredibly shocking and horrifying': Synagogue member speaks out
CNN speaks with Ellen Smith, a member of the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, where law enforcement believes at least four people are being held hostage.
[ cnn.com ]There are believed to be at least four hostages, law enforcement official says
The FBI and Texas Department of Public Safety are assisting a hostage situation at the Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, according to Colleyville Police Sgt. Dara Nelson.
[ cnn.com ]Top GOP senator says he will run for reelection
Sen. Ron Johnson announced in an email on Sunday that he is running for reelection in Wisconsin, setting the stage for a tough campaign in a race that could determine control of the Senate.
[ cnn.com ]A tiny island nation's football team is ready to take on a continent
Away from questions about whether the upcoming African Cup of Nations (AFCON) would take place amid the pandemic, the tiny archipelago nation of Comoros has been preparing for its debut on the continent's biggest stage.
[ cnn.com ]Senate Democrats vow they'll pass voting rights legislation with or without Republicans. Here's what their proposals would do
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has set the stage for a showdown this month over voting rights -- pledging to muscle through sweeping new federal legislation aimed at counteracting moves by Republicans in state capitols to restrict access to the ballot.
[ cnn.com ]In pictures: The history of the Cold War
The end of World War II set the stage for the Cold War -- the struggle between communism and capitalism that pitted East against West and pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war.
[ cnn.com ]Where Biden is winning
As President Biden struggles through the roughest patch of his presidency yet -- with his poll numbers in the doldrums and the cornerstone of his Build Back Better legislation in peril -- he can look back at one unalloyed success in his first year. The Senate has confirmed a record number of his nominees to the federal judiciary -- the most of any president at this stage in 40 years -- and at a time when that achievement matters more than ever.
[ cnn.com ]I'm vaccinated, boosted and traveling
This is the second year that Covid-19 has upended holiday travel, after nearly two long years of plans undone, loved ones unseen and life milestones unmarked. Now that vaccines are widely available in the United States, it's especially frustrating that we are still held hostage to a pandemic fueled by the people who refuse to get vaccinated and by the policy choices of wealthy nations not to treat this pandemic like a global pandemic and vaccinate the world.
[ cnn.com ]Rapper Drakeo the Ruler fatally stabbed backstage at LA festival
West Coast rapper Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed in an altercation backstage at a Los Angeles music festival where he was scheduled to perform Saturday, according to his publicist and law enforcement officials.
[ cnn.com ]In Alabama, Brooks looks to redeem himself with Trump amid campaign struggles
Just before Donald Trump took the stage at an August rally in Alabama that was meant to boost GOP Rep. Mo Brooks' US Senate bid, the former President ran into one of Brooks' primary opponents offstage.
[ cnn.com ]Late NFL star Vincent Jackson diagnosed with Stage 2 CTE
Former NFL star Vincent Jackson, who died in February at the age of 38, was found to have Stage 2 CTE, researchers at the Concussion Legacy Foundation announced on Thursday.
[ cnn.com ]'What just happened?': Smerconish on dramatic spike in cases
CNN's Michael Smerconish weighs in on rising Covid-19 cases in the US as stores, sports, schools and Broadway stages scramble to deal with the virus's impact.
[ cnn.com ]Haiti official: Kidnapped missionaries are free
The remaining 12 hostages kidnapped by an armed gang in Haiti two months ago were released Thursday, according to the country's justice minister.
[ cnn.com ]Paris taxi firm suspends Tesla fleet after fatal accident
France's transport minister said on Wednesday there was no suggestion at this stage that a fatal accident in Paris involving a Tesla Model 3 taxi was caused by a technical fault.
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