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• Friend of San Bernardino shooter arrested: media
• Friend of San Bernardino shooter arrested in connection with attack: LA Times
• Obama says no specific, credible terror threat over holidays
• Obama: U.S. will prevail over 'despicable' terrorist threats
• AP Sources: Buyer of rifles used in massacre to be charged
• U.S. to charge man who supplied guns to California shooters: reports
• Cruz and Rubio, two sons of Cuban parents, are vying to lead the anti-immigrant party
• Pentagon says defense secretary used personal email
• Pentagon chief Carter used personal email account at times: NY Times
• Baltimore on edge after hung jury in policeman's manslaughter trial
• Exclusive: San Bernardino shooters buried in quiet funeral following Islamic rituals
• Pennsylvania couple handed long sentences in son's starvation death

Friend of San Bernardino shooter arrested: media Posted: 17 Dec 2015 01:02 PM PST Enrique Marquez, a friend of the man behind this month's attack in California, has been arrested in connection with the assault that left 14 people dead, US media reported on Thursday. Marquez, 24, who has been cooperating with authorities, legally purchased the two rifles used in the San Bernardino attack by US-born Syed Farook and his Pakistani wife Tashfeen Malik, authorities have said. It is believed he purchased the weapons on behalf of Farook, who did not want them traced to him and feared he would not pass a background check.

Friend of San Bernardino shooter arrested in connection with attack: LA Times Posted: 17 Dec 2015 11:59 AM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have arrested Enrique Marquez, a friend of San Bernardino, California, shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, the Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday, citing federal officials.

Obama says no specific, credible terror threat over holidays Posted: 17 Dec 2015 11:12 AM PST McLEAN, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials have received no specific, credible information suggesting a potential terrorist attack against the United States. He said Americans must be vigilant this holiday season.

Obama: U.S. will prevail over 'despicable' terrorist threats Posted: 17 Dec 2015 10:55 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday that U.S. intelligence professionals did not have any specific or credible information about a pending attack on the United States, but warned Americans to remain vigilant going into the holiday season. Obama, speaking to reporters during a visit with advisers at the National Counterterrorism Center outside Washington, said the United States had prevailed over much greater threats and would prevail over this as well. ...

AP Sources: Buyer of rifles used in massacre to be charged Posted: 17 Dec 2015 09:16 AM PST LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former security guard who bought the assault rifles used by his friend in the San Bernardino, California, massacre was expected to be charged as early as Thursday, according to two law enforcement officials.

U.S. to charge man who supplied guns to California shooters: reports Posted: 17 Dec 2015 05:01 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal authorities are set to file criminal charges later on Thursday against the friend who investigators say supplied guns to the two shooters behind the San Bernardino, California, attack earlier this month, according to media reports. CNN and NBC said the charges are expected to be filed later on Thursday against Enrique Marquez, a friend and former neighbor to Syed Rizwan Farook, who carried out the attack with his wife that left 14 dead and 21 injured. (Reporting by Susan Heavey and Megan Cassella)

Cruz and Rubio, two sons of Cuban parents, are vying to lead the anti-immigrant party Posted: 17 Dec 2015 03:11 AM PST

Pentagon says defense secretary used personal email Posted: 17 Dec 2015 01:19 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon acknowledged Wednesday that Defense Secretary Ash Carter used a personal email account to do some of his government business during his first months on the job.

Pentagon chief Carter used personal email account at times: NY Times Posted: 16 Dec 2015 08:13 PM PST U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter used a personal email account for some government business in his first months at the Pentagon, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing White House and Defense Department officials and copies of the emails. Carter, who took office in February, continued to use his own email account, contrary to Defense Department rules, for at least two months after it became public in March that Hillary Clinton had used only her personal email account while she was secretary of state, the Times quoted the officials as saying.

Baltimore on edge after hung jury in policeman's manslaughter trial Posted: 16 Dec 2015 05:49 PM PST By Ian Simpson and Donna Owens BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A mistrial was declared on Wednesday in the case of a Baltimore police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray, a black man whose killing while in custody sparked riots in April, and the city's mayor urged calm. The judge dismissed the jury in the involuntary manslaughter trial of Officer William Porter - the first of six officers to be tried in Gray's death - after 16 hours of deliberations during which the jurors were unable to reach a verdict on any of the charges against the policeman. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams said an administrative judge would schedule a new trial, but said there would be no court proceedings in the case on Thursday.

Exclusive: San Bernardino shooters buried in quiet funeral following Islamic rituals Posted: 16 Dec 2015 05:01 PM PST Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who opened fire on a San Bernardino holiday party earlier this month, were buried Tuesday in a quiet, graveside funeral guarded by FBI agents. At a Muslim cemetery hours away from San Bernardino, the bodies were cleansed according to Islamic rules, wrapped in white cloth and buried. Muslims are usually buried within 24 hours of dying, but family members and community members had to wait for the bodies to be released by law enforcement officials and then for permission from a cemetery.

Pennsylvania couple handed long sentences in son's starvation death Posted: 16 Dec 2015 03:06 PM PST A Pennsylvania man and his wife were each sentenced to up to four decades in state prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty in the murder of their disabled nine-year-old son, who was found starved to death in a dark, feces-smeared room last year. Judge John Cherry of Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas said Jarrod Tutko Sr., 39, and Kimberly Tutko, 40, were equally culpable in the death of Jarrod Tutko Jr. and the near-death of his sister Arianna, now 12. Cherry castigated both parents, who were sentenced separately, but he reserved particular scorn for Kimberly Tutko.

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