Two suspects and a hostage killed in California bank robbery

Two suspected bank robbers and a woman they reportedly took hostage were killed on Wednesday in a shootout with California police. Three alleged robbers took three women hostage as they fled a Bank of the West branch in Stockton. They threw two of the women, both with gunshot wounds, out of their SUV as they fired AK-47-style assault rifles at pursuing officers. The chaotic chase ended after police shot out the vehicle's tires. Read more at The Associated Press.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.