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Hostage

4 hurt, including CPD officer, in shooting; police say man in custody

  • Jul 21

New audio reveals tense negotiations during NorCal hostage standoff

  • Jul 20

Father and son allegedly kidnapped 2 Forest Service workers in NorCal

  • Jul 17

10 hostages rescued after overnight CA standoff, suspect killed

  • Jun 4

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

Abducted American journalist Shelly Kittleson released, US says

  • Breaking
  • Apr 8

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

  • Mar 8

Latest Videos

0:55

Video shows 2022 Romeoville bank hostage incident

  • Jan 28, 2025
2:01

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
0:31

Chopper 7 over aftermath of deadly standoff in DeKalb Co.

  • Oct 23, 2024
1:45

Vigil held for slain Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin

  • Sep 23, 2024
1:16

Vigil held for slain Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin

  • Sep 22, 2024
2:08

Chicago area mourns death of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin

  • Sep 2, 2024
0:42

Family confirms death of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin

  • Sep 1, 2024

Latest Stories

Hostages and Missing Families Forum via AP

Body of last remaining hostage retrieved from Gaza, Israel says

The return of all remaining hostages in Gaza was agreed to under the first phase of the U.S.-brokered Gaza Strip ceasefire deal that began in October 2025. 

  • Jan 26
AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi

Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians after Hamas returns the remains of 3 soldiers

Israel on Monday handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians, the Red Cross said, a day after militants returned the remains of three hostages.

  • Nov 3, 2025
Alex Kolomoisky/Pool Photo via AP

Gaza ceasefire tested as Israel and Hamas exchange fire and blame

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has ordered the army to immediately carry out "powerful strikes" in Gaza, in a new test for a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

  • Oct 28, 2025

Israel receives remains of 2 more hostages; military says another body was not that of a hostage

The Israeli military said Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas the previous day as part of the ceasefire deal is not that of a hostage who was held in Gaza.

  • Oct 16, 2025

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