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Armed man took 2 hostages inside Amarillo Walmart store, fatally shot: Police Officers fatally shot an armed man inside a  Walmart  store in  Amarillo  after he took two people hostage, including a manager with whom he had a work-related dispute, according to the police. Amarillo police yesterday said neither hostage was injured and identified the suspect as 54-year-old Mohammad Moghaddam. The police didn't release any details about Moghaddam, including whether he was former employee or what may have led up to the incident. Officers responded to a reported  shooting  at the store around 11 a.m, amid reports that an armed person was inside and may have had hostages. Police later said officers made their way inside the store and that a police SWAT crew shot the suspect, though they didn't immediately say whether the man had died. No other injuries were reported. In a brief statement late yesterday afternoon, police confirmed that Moghaddam...

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...