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Hostage

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

Investigation underway after Butner escapee arrested in Lee County

  • Apr 23

Federal escapee arrested during hostage situation in Lee County

  • Apr 23

Abducted American journalist Shelly Kittleson released, US says

  • Breaking
  • Apr 8

Man in custody after barricade, hostage standoff in Wake Forest

  • Feb 6

Latest Videos

2:07

Marc Fogel greeted by Trump at the White House after being freed from Russia

  • Feb 12, 2025
1:42

Chapel Hill native Keith Siegel among hostages to be freed by Hamas

  • Jan 31, 2025
2:15

Wife of NC man held hostage by Hamas pleads for his release

  • Dec 6, 2024
0:32

Cooper reacts to death of American hostage in Gaza

  • Sep 2, 2024
2:21

Families of hostages held by Hamas meet with North Carolina lawmakers

  • Jan 16, 2024
1:07

Sen. Budd addresses local efforts to bring hostages home

  • Dec 6, 2023
1:22

Budd calls for release of more hostages, including an NC native

  • Nov 29, 2023
4:15

Wife of NC native among third group of hostages freed

  • Nov 27, 2023

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
Chatham County Sheriff's Office

Suspect dead, hostage rescued in Chatham County standoff where deputy was shot, sheriff says

An incident involving a "barricaded person" in a home ended with the suspect dead and a hostage rescued by deputies.

  • Dec 17, 2025
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