Freddy Arredondo was in line at Chase Bank in Bakersfield, California, Tuesday afternoon chatting with a greeter when a man came up to him.

A man suspected of having a bomb was killed by the FBI, allowing all hostages inside a Chase Bank building in downtown Bakersfield to be released Wednesday morning, officials said.

Every passing moment during Tuesday night's bomb threat meant prolonged pain for those anxiously awaiting the safety of their loved ones held hostage in the Chase Bank building in downtown

Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, 41, was shot and killed following an hourslong standoff that started Tuesday afternoon at the Chase Bank building.

Hostage-taking by nation-states is emerging as an overlooked consequence of the more unstable and dangerous world that's been created by the fracturing rules-based order. In an increasingly might-is-right system of international relations, malign actors ...

Portland police are responding to an armed suspect holding a hostage on NE 122nd Ave. Crisis negotiators and SERT are on scene. Hazelwood residents are urged to shelter in place.

Former partner filed multiple protective order petitions against Bakersfield hostage-taker: records

Crisis negotiators negotiated the safe surrender of one of the hostages inside the Chase Bank in downtown Bakersfield. Others held inside were "in good health," according to police.