Italy recovers 2015 sunk migrant boat, hopes to ID victims

Some of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's neighbors are grumbling about a rock wall he's having built on his property on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Some of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's neighbors are grumbling about a rock wall he's having built on his property on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

In Raising Funds for Paul Ryan, Is Tim Cook Emulating Trump?

While there's been strong criticism of Apple CEO Tim Cook's decision to host a fundraiser for U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans, it seems he's doing what business leaders often do in the political world, even a businessman Cook deeply disdains. "As a businessman that deals all over the world, you give.

House Democrats see new tactic to set agenda

House Democrats wrested control of the national spotlight Wednesday, leading a sit-in on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, chanting over Speaker Paul Ryan, all for gun control -- one of the most intractable issue in Congress. And even with the sit-in's end Thursday afternoon -- without action on gun control -- the fight over the issue isn't over, Democrats say.

The Latest: House GOP says electronic devices still banned

In particular, leaders told rank-and-file lawmakers that they are barred from using electronic devices to display audio or video recordings of House proceedings or take pictures on the House floor. Democrats openly flaunted those rules throughout a sit-in that lasted until early Thursday.

Google Improves Its Medical Symptoms Search Results

The new algorithm gives users a list of related conditions when they search their medical symptoms. Google will also give an overview description for individual symptoms and self-treatment options, the tech giant explained in a blog post.

U.S. stands with Orlando shooting victims, attorney general says

The U.S. government is providing $1 million in emergency funds to cover overtime for first responders to the Orlando nightclub massacre and stands in support of the LGBT community after the tragedy, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Tuesday. Lynch spoke in Orlando after meeting with relatives of some of the 49 people killed and 53 wounded in the June 12 rampage and said there was no doubt it was a "shattering" attack on the United States, its people and its most fundamental ideals.

FBI releases partial transcripts of calls with Orlando shooter

The FBI released a partial transcript Monday of conversations between gunman Omar Mateen and Orlando police during his deadly rampage at Pulse nightclub June 12, in which Mateen called himself an Islamic soldier and refused to cooperate with hostage negotiators. The transcript, which includes a 50-second phone conversation with police, sheds light on the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

The Camp Pendleton-based I Marine Expeditionary Force

Marines investigated for alleged threat to gay bars Social media post saying, "Coming to a gay bar near you," appeared to reference Orlando. Check out this story on lcsun-news.com: http://usat.ly/24VxFJK The Camp Pendleton-based I Marine Expeditionary Force is investigating two active-duty Marines after a social media post appeared to threaten gay bars in the wake of the gay nightclub shooting in Orlando on Sunday, June 12, 2016.

Orlando killer posted on Facebook during attack, raged of ‘filthy ways of the West’

Orlando gunman Omar Mateen apparently made a series of Facebook posts before and during his attack on a gay nightclub, raging against the "filthy ways of the west" and blaming the U.S. for the deaths of "innocent women and children," according to a Senate committee letter released Wednesday. The killer whose rampage left 49 people dead also searched for "Pulse Orlando" and "Shooting" online on the morning of the carnage Sunday and said on Facebook: "America and Russia stop bombing the Islamic state," according to the letter.

Discovery in Oregon standoff case immense: 6,000 hours of video, 250,000 pages of Facebook account info

As U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown pushes ahead to begin selecting a jury on Sept. 7 for the federal conspiracy trial in the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, defense lawyers have raised concerns about the volume of discovery they need to decipher, and their need to know more.

Sanders, NBC and Yahoo Perpetuate Inexcusable Lie on ‘Assault Weapons’

Scaring people into thinking semiautomatic weapons are the same thing as automatic weapons is an old lie the antis find useful to dust off every so often for a new crop of gullible marks. "I believe that in this country, we should not be selling automatic weapons which are designed to kill people," Bernie Sanders told NBC News in a quote perpetuated by Yahoo News .

How Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Others Used Social Media to Reframe News of Orlando Shooting

As news updates rolled in about Sunday's shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub , politicians, public figures, activists and journalists took to Facebook and Twitter to send out unfiltered statements about the significance of the massacre. For prominent politicians in and seeking office, the shooting represented an obligation to comment as well as a challenge, as the tragedy touched on several highly charged issues and themes in the public sphere, including but not limited to: LGBTQ rights, homophobia, Islamophobia, gun control and terrorism.

Stanford Students To Protest Brock Turner Outcome At Upcoming Graduation

Activists from UltraViolet, a national womenA's advocacy organization, hold a rally before delivering over one million signatures to the California Commission on Judicial Performance calling for the removal of Judge Aaron Persky from the bench Friday, June 10, 2016, in San Francisco. The case of Brock Turner, the Stanford student sentenced to just six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster, has sparked widespread outrage.

Don’t let Diane Russell fool you

When accusations of using her PAC as a slush fund first arose in March, I wondered how Diane Russell would respond. After all, Russell- the current State Rep. for District 39 and candidate for the open State Senate seat for District 27- is known for her self-trumpeting style on social media, so I figured she would surely take to the Facebook and Twitter waves and vehemently defend herself against the potentially career ending findings.

Did Google manipulate search results to favor Hillary Clinton?

Democratic Candidate for President former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Californians at Los Angeles Mission College Culinary Arts Institute in Sylmar, California. Search engine giant Google is being accused of manipulating search results to in favor of Hillary Clinton, who is now the likely Democratic nominee for president.

Members of Congress to Read Stanford Survivor Letter on House Floor4 minutes ago

Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center to oppose efforts to defund women's health care, Jan. 6, 2016, in Washington. At least 30 members of Congress will come together to read aloud a much-discussed letter from a woman to the former Stanford University student who was convicted of sexually assaulting her.

Ex-Stanford swimmer expected to leave jail 3 months early

This January 2015 booking photo released by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office shows Brock Turner. The former Stanford University swimmer was sentenced last week to six months in jail and three years' probation for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, sparking outrage from critics who say Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky was too lenient on a privileged athlete from a top-tier swimming program.

FBI offers reward in ’09 case of New York girl likely killed in S.C.

Janet Blackmon Morgan/The Sun News via AP Dawn Drexel, mother of Britanee Drexel, listens during a news conference in McClellanville on Wednesday. Authorities announced that the case of the disappearance of her daughter Brittanee Drexel of Rochester, New York, is now being investigated as a homicide and the FBI is offering a reward of $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.