| Live: Investigation into the San Bernardino mass shooting Posted: 03 Dec 2015 02:40 PM PST  Authorities are continuing to search for a motive after a heavily-armed couple opened fire at an office holiday party in San Bernardino, Calif., on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 21 others in one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history.
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| 'Thoughts and prayers' not enough in wake of mass shooting in San Bernardino, gun control advocates say Posted: 03 Dec 2015 07:28 AM PST  It didn't take long for the latest mass shooting to expose America's bitter ideological divide over gun rights.
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| California Muslims condemn 'horrific' mass shooting Posted: 02 Dec 2015 10:35 PM PST California's Muslim community expressed its horror at the mass shooting that killed at least 14 in San Bernardino, after a local Muslim man was widely identified as a suspect. Syed Farook, a US citizen who worked for the town's health department, is believed to have been killed in a shootout with police hours after opening fire inside a Christmas party at a local social services center. "The Muslim community stands shoulder to shoulder with our fellow Americans in repudiating any twisted mindset that would claim to justify such sickening acts of violence," he added in a statement. |
| 'Blade Runner' Pistorius found guilty of murder Posted: 03 Dec 2015 03:20 AM PST  By Zandi Shabalala BLOEMFONTEIN (Reuters) - South Africa's "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius was found guilty on Thursday of murdering his girlfriend, in an appeal court ruling that could see him sent back to prison for up to 15 years. The Supreme Court upgraded the 29-year-old Paralympian's sentence on appeal to murder from "culpable homicide", for which he had received a five-year sentence. Pistorius was released on parole on Oct. 19, having spent one day less than a year in prison for shooting dead model Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013.
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| Suspects dead, motive sought after 14 killed in California Posted: 03 Dec 2015 02:12 PM PST  A heavily armed man and woman dressed for battle opened fire on a holiday banquet for his co-workers, killing 14 people and seriously wounding more than a dozen others in a precision assault, authorities said. Hours later, they died in a shootout with police.
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| US indicts 16 more in probe of world soccer corruption Posted: 03 Dec 2015 03:13 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — As members of FIFA's executive committee prepared to vote on reforming soccer's scandal-plagued governing body, Swiss government agents swept into a luxury hotel before dawn for a second wave of arrests on corruption charges in the wake of another sweeping indictment by U.S. prosecutors.
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| Obama lights national tree, remembers California victims Posted: 03 Dec 2015 04:39 PM PST  By Alana Wise WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his family led the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on Thursday, with charity, thanks, and a moment of reflection for the victims of Wednesday's shooting. Merry Christmas, everybody!" Obama said as the national tree took sparkle for the 93rd year. Flanked by his wife, two daughters and mother-in-law, Obama led the countdown in windy President's Park, across the street from their home at the White House, in a celebration that included performances by pop singer Aloe Blacc and rock band Fall Out Boy.
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| U.S. authorities look for militant links to shooters in California mass slaying Posted: 03 Dec 2015 04:43 PM PST  By Tim Reid and Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) - The couple suspected of killing 14 people at a holiday party in California amassed thousands of rounds of ammunition and a dozen pipe bombs, authorities said on Thursday as they sought clues to the pair's motives and whether they had links to Islamist militants. Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, his wife and mother of his 6-month-old daughter, were killed in a shootout with police five hours after Wednesday's massacre at the Inland Regional Center social services agency in the city of San Bernardino. Twenty-one people were wounded in the shooting, which ranks as the deadliest instance of U.S. gun violence in three years.
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| Man’s hoard of nearly 5,000 guns shows ease of amassing arms in U.S Posted: 03 Dec 2015 12:05 PM PST  By Peter Eisler PAGELAND, South Carolina (Reuters) - As sheriff's investigators threaded past the battered cars, cast-off tires and rusted farm equipment cluttering Brent Nicholson's front yard, there was no hint of the sinister stockpile hidden behind his windowless front door. "This has completely changed our definition of an ass-load of guns," said Chesterfield County Sheriff Jay Brooks. Six weeks after the discovery, officers are still cataloging the weapons, many of which have proved stolen, and the final tally is expected to be close to 5,000.
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| Timeline of deadly U.S. shootings over 25 years Posted: 02 Dec 2015 03:00 PM PST  At least one gunman opened fire inside a center for the disabled in San Bernardino, California on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding the same number before fleeing the scene. A stock-market trader goes on a day-long shooting rampage, killing 12 people, including his wife and two children, before taking his own life. A teenage boy kills two people at his grandfather's home on an Indian reservation and then goes to his local high school, where he kills seven others before committing suicide.
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| UK poised for Syria air strikes after parliament vote Posted: 02 Dec 2015 05:42 PM PST  Britain will join the US-led bombing campaign against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria after a decisive parliamentary vote, with fighter jets launching their first air strike as early as Thursday. Prime Minister David Cameron's government was backed by 397 lawmakers compared to 223 who opposed the bombing, giving him at 174 the strong mandate he said was essential for military action. Royal Air Force planes based at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus are already helping to bomb targets in Iraq and government sources indicated that they could start flying missions over Syria imminently.
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| Climate change artist-activists sidestep protest ban during COP21 summit Posted: 02 Dec 2015 08:23 AM PST  Artists and activists have circumvented the French government's controversial ban on public protests – in the wake of the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks that killed 130 people – through art installations that capitalize the presence of world leaders at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.
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