Texas synagogue standoff

The Justice Department says a Texas man has been charged with a federal gun crime after authorities say he sold a gun to a man who held four hostages inside a Texas synagogue earlier this month

A media outlet has released a recording of the British man who held four people hostage in a Texas temple.

This comes after two British teenagers were arrested as part of the investigation on Sunday and later released without charge.

The gunman authorities say took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue in a 10-hour standoff that ended in his death arrived in the U.S. on a self-paid-for Virgin Atlantic flight on Dec. 29 and was questioned by customs agents for a few minutes before being allowed to proceed, three law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case said Tuesday....

A British man who held four people hostage at a synagogue in Texas on Saturday was known to U.K. intelligence, a British security source told NBC News.

The rabbi of a Colleyville synagogue said Monday that he threw a chair at the gunman and then escaped with two other hostages

The tight-knit congregation at the Texas synagogue traces its roots back to a gathering organized over 20 years ago by a handful of families new to the area.

Two teenagers were detained in South Manchester and remain in custody for questioning in connection with the synagogue attack

A rabbi who was among four people held hostage at a Texas synagogue says their armed captor became “increasingly belligerent and threatening” toward the end of the 10-hour standoff.

Counterterrorism police made additional patrols in New York City following a local rabbi’s contact with one of the hostages at a Texas synagogue. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

Take a closer look at the case for Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman who is imprisoned nearby on charges of trying to kill American service members in Afghanistan.

Police in Colleyville, Texas, said they are “currently conducting SWAT operations” at a synagogue, prompting the evacuation of residents in the area on Saturday afternoon.

The FBI says the man who held hostages for hours inside a Texas synagogue was specifically focused on an issue not directly connected to the Jewish community.