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Hostage

10 hostages were rescued after 15-hour standoff in California

  • Breaking
  • Jun 3

Man not guilty by insanity after 2022 stabbing, CPD shooting

  • May 11
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Abducted American journalist Shelly Kittleson released, US says

  • Breaking
  • Apr 8

Man with air gun arrested, held mom, autistic brother hostage: police

  • Mar 8

Body of final hostage retrieved from Gaza

  • Jan 26

Body of American-Israeli hostage among 3 returned by Hamas

  • Nov 3, 2025

Gaza ceasefire tested, Israel and Hamas exchange fire and blame

  • Oct 28, 2025

IDF says 1 body returned by Hamas isn't a hostage

  • Oct 16, 2025

Latest Videos

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Video shows 2022 Romeoville bank hostage incident

  • Jan 28, 2025
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1 shot, killed by police after DeKalb Co. hostage situation, standoff

  • Oct 23, 2024
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1 shot, killed by police after DeKalb County hostage situation

  • Oct 23, 2024
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Chopper 7 over aftermath of deadly standoff in DeKalb Co.

  • Oct 23, 2024
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Vigil held for slain Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin

  • Sep 23, 2024
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Vigil held for slain Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin

  • Sep 22, 2024
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Chicago area mourns death of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin

  • Sep 2, 2024
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Family confirms death of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin

  • Sep 1, 2024

Latest Stories

Family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, slain hostage from Chicago area, reacts as survivors freed

A mother and daughter from Evanston who were released a few weeks after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack are still healing.

  • Oct 14, 2025
AP Photo/Oded Balilty

Living Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are freed as part of Gaza ceasefire

All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

  • Oct 13, 2025
Suzanne Plunkett, Pool Photo via AP

Trump signs peace agreement, last living hostages released

The moment remains fragile, with Israel and Hamas still in the early stages of implementing the first phase of Trump's plan.

  • Oct 13, 2025
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Trump touts 'historic dawn of a new Middle East' in Knesset speech

"This will be remembered as the moment that everything began to change, and change very much for the better," Trump said.

  • Oct 13, 2025
AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana

Huge crowds welcome freed Palestinian prisoners back to Gaza

As part of the ceasefire deal to end the two-year war, more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners were released around the same time as the Israeli hostages.

  • Oct 13, 2025