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Obama in Orlando to console grieving families President   Barack Obama   arrived in Orlando, where he will console loved ones devastated by a shooting rampage that has fueled America's culture wars and a fresh push for gun controls. Air Force One touched down shortly before 1:00 p.m. (1700 GMT) in Florida, where Obama will call for national unity and meet families whose lives have been ripped apart by a tragedy of national proportions. The massacre of 49 people at the   Pulse   nightclub last Sunday was the deadliest mass shooting in the history of a country that is depressingly familiar with such events. Another 53 people were wounded. "This will be, I think, an emotional trip," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. In a rare symbolic show of bipartisanship, Obama arrived with Republican one-time presidential hopeful   Marco Rubio   and was greeted on the tarmac by Republican Florida governor Rick Scott and Vice President Joe Biden. Obam...

Man arrested in California had guns, explosives: Police An Indiana man armed with three assault rifles and chemicals used to make explosives was arrested in  Southern California  and told police he was headed to a West Hollywood gay pride parade, an event that annually draws hundreds of thousands of people, authorities said. The Sunday's arrest in Santa Monica of James Wesley Howell, 20, of Jeffersonville, came just a few hours after at least 50 people were shot and killed in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, though police said they had found no evidence of a connection between the events. The LA Pride event continued as usual, albeit with increased security. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the arrest at the start of the parade and struck a defiant tone. "We are here as Angelenos, as the LGBT community and allies," he said. "And we will not shrink away, we will not be stuck in our homes, we will not go back into our closets. We're here to...