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COLLEYVILLE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A hostage situation at a synagogue in Colleyville on Saturday, January 15 ended after nearly 11 hours when law enforcement safely rescued all four hostages. Authorities said a man apparently took hostages Saturday during services at a Texas synagogue where the suspect could be heard ranting angrily in a livestream before the feed cut out.

An elderly woman broke down in tears as she was reunited with the man who rescued her from the condo collapse in Surfside, Florida. Esther Gorfinkel and Alfredo Lopez shared a tearful hug during an interview after he saved her by carrying on his shoulders as she struggled to make it down the stairs. They could have been victims of last Thursday's collapse of Champlain Towers South, which has left at least 24 dead and 124 missing. Esther Gorfinkel, an 88-year-old grandmother, was in her bed in Unit 509 when she heard a 'boom,' as she described it. 'My bed...

A vegan activist in Spain who claimed to have been attacked by an angry mob last week — after she “rescued” 16 rabbits from their farm — wound up causing the deaths of nearly 100 baby bunnies in the process, a report says. The activist, who goes by the name “Mythical Mia” on social media, conducted the alleged rescue mission on a farm near Osono last Sunday, according to the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia. Five rabbits, which were pregnant and about to give birth, were killed during the chaotic retrieval and several others were left with broken spines, the paper...

SDF fighters continue to save civilians as part of the Jazira Storm Campaign, which is carried out to end ISIS mercenaries. On 3 August 2014, a boy from Shengal called Celil Xelil was kidnapped by ISIS. He was 10 at the time. Now, at the age of 15 he has been rescued by SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) in Baghouz, the last ISIS garrison. Celil Xelil was among the rescued civilians in the village Baghouz. He learned that his family is in Hewlêr. SDF sources said that the little Yazidi boy forgot Kurdish and spoke Arabic. On 3 August 2014, Celil...

George Joseph of the Syriac family that has been rescued by the SDF in Raqqa summarized the ISIS atrocity, saying: “They tried to destroy everything we had.”. The Great Battle, which was launched by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the ISIS gangs in Raqqa, is in its 81st day. The fighters of the SDF are conducting operations against ISIS and advancing on the northern, southern and eastern fronts. Amid the ongoing battle, SDF fighters are also rescuing Raqqan civilians from the clutches of the ISIS gangs. The Raqqan civilians are being rescued via corridors, which have been opened on...

Wrath of Euphrates fighters have rescued 15 thousand civilians from ISIS gangs during the past three days. The Operation Wrath of Euphrates launched by YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) for the liberation of Raqqa territory continues in the 4th day of the 4th phase. Thousands of civilians in settlements north of Raqqa rush to the areas cleared by SDF forces during the campaign. At least 15 thousand locals have been rescued from ISIS and transferred to safe areas over the past three days. Since the launch of the 4th phase of the campaign on May 10, SDF forces have rescued...

ST. LOUIS -- Toni DiPina has been trying to solve the mystery of her unknown family since she was abandoned as a baby. The reality is DiPina, at 51, still has no clue where she came from. She does not know why one or both of her parents abandoned her at 9 months on May 26, 1963, on a vacant lot in St. Louis. No one has ever come forward. Not then and not in 2008 when the Post-Dispatch first wrote extensively about her. For decades, the only details she had from a day she was too young to remember...

GOS, Nigeria – Entombed at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in an upended tugboat for three days, Harrison Odjegba Okene begged God for a miracle. The Nigerian cook survived by breathing an ever-dwindling supply of oxygen in an air pocket. The other 11 seaman aboard the Jascon 4 died... It was a shock for the diver while he was down there looking for bodies, and we (in the control room) shot back when the hand grabbed him on the screen." Okene kept faith with the psalm he recited, that promises to "give thanks in your name, Lord," at a...

Panetta being questioned by Congress regarding Benghzi.

An elderly woman escaped an almost certain death after a group of strangers bravely dove into ocean waters to save her after her car crashed into the water. The Portland Press Herald reports that 84-year-old Ursula Nixon lost control of her car, driving through two fences and submerging her blue Nissan into Maine's Portland Harbor. "It looked like it was barreling pretty fast," Mike Wells, one of the rescuers, told the paper. "I saw it go over the edge and then water splashed up." Katie Nelson was first in the water, climbing on top of the sinking vehicle and then...

He must have thought it was the chase of his life. And it very nearly did cost him his life when Ben the springer collie-cross tumbled 120 feet over a cliff - and survived. ... Incredibly, the plucky pooch was uninjured in the fall and waited faithfully on the rocks below for his owner to collect him.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Wading through a muddy river bed to reach shallow pools of water, wildlife biologists scooped up hundreds of minnows Friday in one of the first rescues of fish threatened by the state's worst drought in decades. The scientists collected smalleye shiners and sharpnose shiners from the Brazos River — about 2,300 on Thursday and 800 Friday. The fish, which are found only in the Brazos and nowhere else in the world,.. ... With the water drying up in the drought, the minnows don't have the 100 miles of river they need to reproduce. .. A...

<p>A dog found wandering in the St. Louis area with an arrow sticking from her abdomen has a new home, thanks to the generosity of star Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle.</p> <p>Buehrle, who lives in St. Charles, Mo., volunteered to pay the veterinary bills of Shelby, the stricken Sheltie, after media reports of the pooch’s plight. The bill was almost $3,000.</p>

FBI: 69 child prostitutes rescued, 99 pimps heldNearly 900 adults arrested across U.S.; kids ranged in age from 12 to 17 msnbc.com staff and news service reports updated 1 hour 43 minutes ago WASHINGTON — More than five dozen child prostitutes have been found as part of a three-day nationwide crackdown on the sexual exploitation of children, the FBI said. FBI spokesman Jason Pack said Monday that 69 children were removed from prostitution and 99 suspected pimps were arrested in 40 cities across 30 states and the District of Columbia. Authorities arrested 785 other adults on a variety state and...

Sheila Jackson-Lee arrived around 6:00 last night; Congressman Al Green made an appearance about 20 minutes later. Al was pretty cool & quite friendly as he strolled into the restaurant entrance….alone. He stayed until 6:45 pm and strolled past us…alone… heading east on Dallas towards Louisiana. Sheila’s handlers however, (especially the woman in the yellow skirt suit) looked at us with absolute disgust and disdain. By my estimate 40-50 people turned out to contribute money to a 16 YEAR Congressional incumbents’ re-election campaign less than one week before early voting begins in Houston. Pathetic if you ask me.

7/9/2010 - JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- While off-duty and visiting a friend at a nearby fire department July 2, an Airman from here responded to a call of a dwelling fire with people trapped inside. With the dwelling fire located around the corner from the fire station, Senior Airman John Muirhead, of the 87th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, stopped his vehicle when he noticed a woman hanging out of a third-floor window holding onto an infant. "I saw them hanging out the window and knew I had to do something," Airman Muirhead said. With heavy fire located in...

MANAMA, Bahrain, April 7, 2010 – The crew of the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul captured 10 suspected pirates and rescued eight crewmembers from the Indian cargo dhow Faize Osamani near Salalah, Oman, April 5 after a dhow and three skiffs attempted to attack the Motor Vessel Rising Sun the same day. A boarding team from the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul inspects the Indian-flagged Faize Osamani, April 5, 2010. The dhow was a suspected pirate mothership. U.S. Navy photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Rising Sun sent a distress call that morning to alert maritime forces that pirate skiffs had...

Smokey the adolescent squirrel is resting comfortably under an oxygen tent in a private room at the Animal Care Center off Club Deluxe Road in Hammond following a jolting rescue early Friday by members of the Natalbany Fire Department. As of late Friday afternoon it had not been determined if Smokey is recovering at taxpayer expense or if he is covered under the new national health care plan. At about 4:45 a.m. Friday, Natalbany firefighters answered an alarm at Joe’s Trailer Park, 46068 Milton Road Lot 51. When they arrived, the mobile home was beyond saving, said department spokesman Gary...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A man found clinging to a buoy after falling from a cruise ship in coastal Florida has been rescued. .. Carnival says the man told authorities he slipped after climbing on a railing to get a better view of the pilot boat. The ship was returning from a four-day cruise. The case remains under investigation.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 2, 2009 – Afghan National Police and coalition forces yesterday rescued a man held against his will and detained his captors in Afghanistan’s Khowst province. The combined force rescued the Afghan man and detained his three captors in the province’s Sabari district, about 80 miles southeast of Kabul City. Officials said the combined force captured the militants after conducting multiple raids on their group, which is connected to a bomb-making cell in district. The group also is known to be involved in trafficking weapons and enemy fighters from Pakistan, attacking coalition convoys and destroying Afghan infrastructure, officials...