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SAN BERNARDINO

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 17, 2017
Contentious plea deal as man admits buying rifles used in San Bernardino massacre
In a plea deal criticized by the father of a victim, a California man pleaded guilty Thursday to providing the high-powered rifles used to kill 14 people in the San Bernardino terror attack.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 25, 2016
U.S. officials confident they can crack California killer's iPhone but say encryption debate not over
U.S. officials said on Thursday that they are hopeful they will be able to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters without help from Apple Inc., but said the national debate over privacy and encryption must still be resolved.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2016
In apparent shift, FBI chief tells Congress that request for iPhone data may be 'precedential'
FBI Director James Comey told a congressional panel on Tuesday that a final court ruling forcing Apple Inc to give the FBI data from an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters would be "potentially precedential" in other cases where the agency might request similar cooperation from technology companies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2016
Trump calls for boycott until Apple unlocks California shooter's phone
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called on Friday for a boycott of Apple products until it agrees to help the U.S. government unlock the cellphone of one of the killers in last year's shooting in San Bernardino, California.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 17, 2016
Apple ordered to aid FBI in unlocking California shooter's phone
A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered Apple Inc to help the FBI break into a phone belonging to one of the shooters in the December attack in San Bernardino, California, the latest episode in a long-running dispute between tech companies and law enforcement over encryption.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 1, 2016
Obama may announce executive action next week to boost background checks on gun sales
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce executive actions expanding background checks on gun sales, media outlets reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with White House proposals and planning.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 31, 2015
Neighbor of San Bernardino gunman indicted on terrorism charge
A former neighbor accused of supplying assault rifles to the couple who massacred 14 people in San Bernardino, California, was indicted Wednesday on charges of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 23, 2015
San Bernardino shooter denied militant leanings in U.S. visa application; Saudi date discrepancies seen
San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik denied having any militant sympathies or intentions when she was asked in an application form for a U.S. visa two years ago, documents described to Reuters on Tuesday showed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 18, 2015
After California shootings, Muslim American families struggle with identity
Mirvette Judeh began covering her hijab with a hoodie two weeks ago while in the car with her two young children. Someone might want to hurt their mother, she explained to them, because the head scarf easily identifies her as Muslim.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 16, 2015
Clinton urges more airstrikes against Islamic State targets, outlines ways to curb homegrown attacks
U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Tuesday outlined how she would stop homegrown terrorist attacks such as the San Bernardino, California, massacre.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 14, 2015
FBI ends search of California lake near massacre site, mum on items retrieved
FBI divers have wrapped up a three-day search of a lakebed where authorities suspect a couple inspired by Islamic State dumped evidence linked to their massacre of 14 people, an official said on Sunday, adding that the team retrieved some objects there.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 11, 2015
Wife linked to California massacre tried to contact wary jihad groups; lake near attack combed
Dive teams from the FBI and sheriff's department searched a small lake in San Bernardino, California, on Thursday as part of the investigation of last week's massacre of 14 people at a nearby county office center, a law enforcement source said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 9, 2015
The brothers Farook: one a decorated veteran, the other a killer
One brother liked to party and chase girls. After high school, moved by what he saw as his patriotic duty, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and received two medals recognizing his contributions to "the global war on terror."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 9, 2015
Predictable pattern: As U.S. gun sales shoot up after California carnage, makers' shares spike
Shares of U.S. gun makers have surged in the wake of the massacre of 14 people in California last week, following a pattern that has grown more common in recent years when high-profile mass shootings have spurred firearms sales as well as calls for gun control measures.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2015
U.S. House votes overwhelmingly to end visa waivers for travelers to Syria, Iraq
The House overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to bar people who have visited Iraq and Syria in the past five years from a program that allows visa-free entry to the U.S.
WORLD
Dec 8, 2015
Bank deposit of $28,500 made to California shooter: report
A deposit of $28,500 was made to Syed Farook's bank account on Nov. 18, some two weeks before he and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, went on a shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California, Fox News reported Monday, citing a source close to the investigation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 8, 2015
Trump's call to close door to all Muslims draws wide spectrum of scorn
Donald Trump is calling for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States," his campaign said on Monday, until "our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."
WORLD / Politics
Dec 7, 2015
Senate Democrats plan security bill, including TSA employee screening, 'watch list' arms sales ban
U.S. Senate Democrats plan to unveil a package of proposals this week to tighten domestic security in the wake of the mass shooting in California that killed 14 people and injured 21, according to a Senate Democratic source on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 7, 2015
Political correctness, lack of profiling paved way for California massacre, Trump says
Ahead of President Barack Obama's Sunday night speech outlining his plan to fight terrorism, Republican presidential candidates called for more surveillance tools for the intelligence community, while front-runner Donald Trump said political correctness and a fear of profiling may have helped allow last week's attack in California to occur.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2015
Investigators believe California shooters planned many attacks, probe if wife radicalized spouse
U.S. investigators are increasingly convinced the California shooters planned multiple attacks, given their stockpile of weapons, and are looking at whether the Pakistani woman involved radicalized her American husband, officials said on Sunday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.

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