Hostages at a Texas synagogue were safely rescued, and the hostage-taker was dead Saturday .

Hostages at a Texas synagogue were safely rescued, and the hostage-taker was dead Saturday .

Hostages at a Texas synagogue were safely rescued, and the hostage-taker was dead Saturday night, after holding a rabbi and his congregants for nearly half a day with demands that US authorities release a convicted terrorist known as “Lady al-Qaeda.”