DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – One of Dallas’ outreach centers, where the hostage-taker of the synagogue Malik Faisal Akram stayed the night before he took four people hostage in the Beth Israel Congregation on January 15, released a new photo of him. Malik Faisal Akram (Credit: OurCalling) … Read More

COLLEYVILLE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) An armed British citizen who took four people hostage during a 10-hour standoff in a North Texas synagogue had spent time in homeless shelters in the area in the two weeks leading up to the attack and was dropped off by one … Read More

COLLEYVILLE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – January 16th The FBI Dallas Field Office identified the man shot and killed after taking four people hostage at a Colleyville synagogue as Malik Faisal Akram of Blackburn, England. A day later, CBS News confirmed more information about Akram and the … Read More

AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) The state of Texas wants Planned Parenthood to return more than $ 10 million in payments to low-income patients, according to a lawsuit filed Jan. 13. The move comes years after Republican leaders moved to cut Medicaid dollars to the reproductive health care … Read More

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Deon Lendore, an Olympic bronze medal-winning sprinter for Trinidad & Tobago and former NCAA champion at Texas A&M, was killed in a frontal collision at College Station, Texas DPS said. He was 29. READ MORE: Texas law is hampering efforts … Read More

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – While the clouds are rising for northern Texas, especially south of I-20 and west of I-35, we have been able to dodge the rain for the most part. A single sprinkle can not be ruled out this afternoon, but it seems … Read More

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has released its annual list of some of the strangest items confiscated at airport checkpoints in 2021. Some people have tried to get more than full-size bottles of water or toothpaste on the planes. The top … Read More

OKLAHOMA CITY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) A lawyer has told a federal judge that two inmates on the death row in Oklahoma are choosing a firing squad as a less problematic alternative to the state’s three-medical lethal injection. The inmates – Donald Grant and Gilbert Postelle – want … Read More

LOS ANGELES (CBSDFW.COM/AP) Robert Durst, the wealthy heir and unsuccessful refugee who had been persecuted for decades on suspicion of the disappearance and death of those around him, including a man from Texas, has died. He was finally convicted of killing his best friend and … Read More

BEXAR COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) A woman driving in Texas is lucky to be alive after spending nearly eight hours trapped in her car – in icy water. Fortunately, neighbors alerted first aiders to the accident, which sent her car off a bridge into the Medina River, … Read More