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Jack Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooting suspect traveled to Saudi Arabia, was married, appeared to be living ‘American Dream,’ co-workers say — Fourteen people were killed when two attackers opened fire at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino. — As the holiday gathering got underway Wednesday morning …
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Rich Schapiro / New York Daily News:
GOP presidential candidates offer prayers — not solutions on gun control — after San Bernardino massacre — Prayers aren't working. — Another mass shooting prompted another round of silence Wednesday from GOP presidential candidates on the issue of gun control.
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CNN:
San Bernardino: At least 14 people killed in mass shooting; 2 suspects identified — San Bernardino, California (CNN)Two suspects died in a gun battle with police Wednesday hours after authorities say they burst into a holiday party at a center for people with developmental disabilities and killed 14 people.
New York Times:
Couple Kept Tight Lid on Plans for San Bernardino Shooting — ANAHEIM, Calif. — On Wednesday morning, Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, left their 6-month-old daughter with Mr. Farook's mother, telling her they were dipping out for a doctor's appointment, a relative said.
NBC News:
At Least 14 Dead in California Shooting, Two Suspects Killed — At least 14 people were killed and two suspects were dead Wednesday after up to three people on a mission that authorities described as “possibly terrorism” barged into a holiday party in a California conference room and unleashed a bloodbath.
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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
The San Bernardino shooting is the second mass shooting today and the 355th this year — Authorities in San Bernardino, Calif., saying 14 people were killed and 14 others were injured in a mass shooting on Wednesday at a center for people with developmental disabilities.
Saeed Ahmed / CNN:
Who are Syed Rezwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik? — (CNN)Mass shootings that involve multiple shooters are rare in American history: just two of the 28 deadliest shootings were carried out by more than one person. — The attack at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California …
New York Times:
F.B.I Treating San Bernardino Attack as Counterterrorism Investigation — SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The F.B.I. is treating its inquiry into the massacre here as a counterterrorism investigation, two law enforcement officials said Thursday, based on materials the suspects stockpiled …
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Guns: Time to Call the Liberal Bluff? — Last week the left attacked Republican leaders who stayed silent about the shooting at the Planned Parenthood abattoir in Colorado Springs, but yesterday, as Scott notes below, the left attacked Republicans who expressed condolences and prayers for the victims of the San Bernardino shooting.
New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Father of San Bernardino shooting suspect Syed Farook says son worked as health tech inspecting restaurants, hotels — One of the suspects in Wednesday's mass shooting in California was identified as a young father who worked for the county agency that had been holding a holiday party when the carnage unfolded.
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Richard Serrano / Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooting live updates: Pipe bombs and thousands of rounds discovered
San Bernardino shooting live updates: Pipe bombs and thousands of rounds discovered
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New York Times:
How Often Do Mass Shootings Occur? On Average, Every Day, Records Show
How Often Do Mass Shootings Occur? On Average, Every Day, Records Show
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NBC News:
San Bernardino Killers Could Have Jihadi Connections
San Bernardino Killers Could Have Jihadi Connections
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MSNBC:
Fiorina: This is an unspeakable tragedy
Fiorina: This is an unspeakable tragedy
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Democrats to GOP: Prayers are not enough
Democrats to GOP: Prayers are not enough
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Ryan: Attacks no reason to ‘trample’ gun rights
New York Times:
The Horror in San Bernardino
The Horror in San Bernardino
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Ted Cruz: Obama ‘nutty’ on radical Islamic terrorism
Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama: ‘Possible’ that San Bernardino attack was terrorism
Obama: ‘Possible’ that San Bernardino attack was terrorism
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
What We Know About Couple Blamed in Calif. Massacre
What We Know About Couple Blamed in Calif. Massacre
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
A coming GOP bloodbath — The Republican front-runner in the presidential campaign, who does more to define the GOP brand than any politician in America, has made the following destructive contributions to Republican politics during his White House bid: — He insulted heroic POWs by saying …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Still Leads in NH but Christie Rising; Clinton/Sanders Closely Matched
Trump Still Leads in NH but Christie Rising; Clinton/Sanders Closely Matched
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Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
PMO confirms Trump to visit by end of month, will meet Netanyahu
PMO confirms Trump to visit by end of month, will meet Netanyahu
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Donald Trump Tweet on Shooting: At Least My Poll Numbers Will Go Up — Donald Trump managed to find a silver lining in the murder of 14 people in San Bernardino, California, retweeting a fan's tweet saying that his poll numbers would go up as a result.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN Will Not Give $5 Million To Charity To Get Donald Trump On Debates
CNN Will Not Give $5 Million To Charity To Get Donald Trump On Debates
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
At Jewish Summit, Trump Says He's A Good Negotiator Like ‘You Folks’ — Speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition 2016 candidate forum, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump repeatedly returned to a riff about being a good negotiator like “you folks.” He also said the attendees wouldn't support him because “I don't want your money.”
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Rubio Takes Aim On Iron Dome
Rubio Takes Aim On Iron Dome
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Carter opens all military combat jobs to women — Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday said he's ordering the military to open all combat jobs to women, overruling Marine Corps commanders who requested exceptions for a small number of front-line combat jobs and furthering President Barack Obama's legacy …
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Former Massey Energy C.E.O. Guilty in Deadly Coal Mine Blast — Donald L. Blankenship, a titan of the nation's coal industry whose approach to business was scrutinized and scorned after 29 workers were killed at the Upper Big Branch mine in 2010, was convicted Thursday of a federal charge …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
S.F. police shoot suspected stabber in Bayview District — San Francisco police shot and killed a suspected stabber in the Bayview District late Wednesday afternoon after the man approached an officer while holding a knife, police said. — The shooting, which authorities said occurred …
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Michael Barba / The San Francisco Examiner:
SFPD officers shoot, kill man in Bayview
SFPD officers shoot, kill man in Bayview
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump relents after withholding medical records — Donald Trump says he is in good health, but voters up to now have had to take his word for it. — Trump once said that all presidential candidates should release their medical records. But so far in the 2016 race, he had declined to release his …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Behind McConnell's campaign to win over Cruz — Mitch McConnell is close to pulling off a feat that at first seemed impossible: Coax Ted Cruz and antagonistic conservative groups to back his strategy to repeal Obamacare. — For weeks, Cruz, a 2016 GOP presidential candidate and chief McConnell nemesis …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Blaming White Americans First — There is an interesting trend worth noting. In the face of tragedy, the political left always blames rational Americans first — not crazies, not terrorists, but rational Americans with whom they have political disagreements, who tend to be white, Christian, and Republican.