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A Trump supporter who used a profanity to describe Hillary Clinton supporter was banned from Delta Air Lines for life. A Trump supporter who used a profanity to describe Hillary Clinton supporter was banned from Delta Air Lines for life.
The number of hate crimes reported to police increased by about 6.7 percent last year, led largely by a 67 percent surge in crimes against Muslims, according to FBI statistics released Monday. Civil rights groups had been raising concerns about an anti-Muslim backlash in the U.S. even before the terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, late in the year.
The president joins Gov. Jerry Brown, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, state Attorney General Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Alex Padilla in endorsing Medina, a San Bernardino school board member running against Assemblyman Marc Steinorth, R-Rancho Cucamonga, in the 40th Assembly District, which represents parts of San Bernardino County.
The California Assn. of Realtors has put more than $207,000 toward getting Assemblywoman Cheryl Brown reelected in a tough intra-party fight in the Inland Empire.
Investigators say a bomb that rocked New York a week ago, injuring more than two dozen people, was the latest in a long line of incidents in which the attackers were inspired by al-Awlaki, an American imam who became an al-Qaida propagandist. Federal terrorism charges against the bombing suspect, Ahmad Khan Rahami, say a bloodstained notebook - found on him after he engaged in a shootout with police in New Jersey and was arrested - included passages praising al-Awlaki.
Investigators say a bomb that rocked New York a week ago, injuring more than two dozen people, was the latest in a long line of incidents in which the attackers were inspired by al-Awlaki, an American imam who became an al-Qaida propagandist. Federal terrorism charges against the bombing suspect, Ahmad Khan Rahami, say a bloodstained notebook - found on him after he engaged in a shootout with police in New Jersey and was arrested - included passages praising al-Awlaki.
After the attack in San Bernardino last December that killed 14 people and wounded 22 others, the FBI hired a private hacker to unlock the iPhone of one of the two dead terrorists. Perhaps the FBI learned some of Syed Rizwan Farook's evil secrets.
In this July 27, 2014 file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows Tashfeen Malik, left, and her husband, Syed Farook, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. A schism has emerged among family members of victims and survivors of the San Bernardino, California terrorist attack, with at least a couple supporting Apple Inc. in its battle against a federal court order to help the FBI hack into a shooter's locked iPhone.
US President Barack Obama attends a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on September 11, 2016 commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks US President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Americans on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to embrace the nation's diversity and not to allow "terrorists" to divide the country. Extremist organizations like Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group "know that they will never be able to defeat a nation as great and as strong as America," Obama said at a memorial service at the Pentagon, one of the sites attacked on September 11, 2001.
The FBI's director said Friday that the agency is collecting data to present next year in hopes of sparking a national conversation about law enforcement's increasing inability to access encrypted electronic devices. Speaking Friday at the American Bar Association's annual conference in San Francisco, James Comey said the agency was unable to access 650 of 5,000 electronic devices that investigators attempted to search over the past 10 months.
The Senate voted down four gun control measures Monday evening, with Republicans and Democrats largely divided along party lines over how best to respond to the Orlando nightclub shooting more than one week ago. The last time a mass shooting spurred senators to action was in December 2015, after the San Bernardino, California, shooting, when they voted on two measures intended to prevent terrorists from being able to buy guns.
For Donald Trump , Sunday's mass shooting in Florida was a moment to redouble his call for tougher action against terrorism and to take credit for "being right" about the threat. For Hillary Clinton , it was a time to choose words carefully and reiterate her call for keeping "weapons of war" off America's streets.
California lawmakers on Sunday called for increased pressure against terror groups and stricter gun laws after a self proclaimed Islamic State loyalist used an assault rifle and pistol to kill 50 people at a Florida nightclub. Omar Mateen, 29, opened fire into the crowded Pulse club about 2 a.m. Sunday.
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has achieved a lot in his campaign, but his run is also a story of missed opportunities. Even if he wins the California primary, it won't be enough to unseat Hillary Clinton as the front-runner.