Andrea Noble

Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik’s apartment rummaged through by reporters

In a bizarre move that baffled media commentators and confounded police experts, reporters rummaged through the personal belongings of the San Bernardino shooters on live television Friday after gaining access to the California home the couple rented.

December 4, 2015

Tashfeen Malik pledged allegiance to ISIS in Facebook post during San Bernardino attack

Female San Bernardino attacker Tashfeen Malik pledged her allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdad on Facebook as she carried out a deadly shooting spree with her husband, according to CNN.

December 4, 2015

Syed Farook, Tashfeen Malik erased digital footprints day before San Bernardino attacks

The Muslim husband and wife behind the mass shooting in San Bernardino began erasing their digital footprint a day in advance of the deadly attack, deleting email accounts, disposing of hard drives and smashing their cellphones, according to law enforcement investigators who are treating the probe as a counterterrorism case.

December 3, 2015

Authorities move toward terrorism as motive in San Bernardino rampage

Law enforcement authorities edged closer Thursday to the conclusion that the Muslim husband and wife team that carried out the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, may have been radicalized by Islamic extremists either in the U.S. or during trips the couple made to the Middle East, including to Saudi Arabia.

December 3, 2015

Syed Farook, wife had arsenal of 5,000 rounds of ammunition, 15 pipe bombs

The two attackers who killed 14 people in a rampage at a banquet fired as many as 75 rifle rounds at the scene, left behind three rigged-together pipe bombs with a remote-control device that apparently malfunctioned, and had over 1,600 more bullets with them when they were gunned down in their SUV.

December 3, 2015

San Bernardino shooting: 15 pipe bombs found at suspect-linked locations

Federal authorities say investigators have recovered 15 pipe bombs from two locations tied to the shooters who opened fire at a San Bernardino, California, social services building Wednesday.

December 3, 2015

San Bernardino shooting: Male, female suspects killed; terrorism a possibility

A team of gunmen killed at least 14 people and seriously injured another 17 at a San Bernardino, California, social services agency Wednesday, prompting a dragnet that led to probes for terrorism ties and a fatal shootout with police in the city's streets that killed two suspects.

December 2, 2015

Support for Islamist terrorists in U.S. at highest level since 9/11: Study

Fifty-six individuals have been arrested for plotting or helping support Islamist terrorists in the United States this year, the largest number in any year since September 11, according to a new study.

December 2, 2015

New marijuana breath test device to detect levels of THC

The legalization of marijuana in several states in recent years has fueled concern over drugged driving -- and not just among law enforcement officials who want to prevent it. Pot users are also concerned that without a way to measure if a person is high -- current tests can only determine whether the person has recently used the drug -- they could unfairly face consequences for driving under the influence.

December 2, 2015

Rahm Emanuel, Chicago mayor, fires Garry McCarthy, city police superintendent

The leader of the Chicago Police Department has been fired as part of efforts to overhaul the agency following criticism of how police handled a 2014 fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white officer.

December 1, 2015

Jabari Dean charged in threat to kill white students, staff at U. of Chicago

A 21-year-old Chicago man was arrested Monday in connection with making threats to kill students and staff at the University of Chicago in retaliation for a fatal 2014 shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer.

November 30, 2015

Chicago police announce expansion of body camera program following protests

After public release of a video showing a Chicago police officer fatally shoot a 17-year-old sparked protests in the Windy City over the Thanksgiving holiday, the city's mayor has announced plans to deploy body-worn cameras that could capture future fatal encounters in even more graphic detail.

November 30, 2015

Rare wines seized from convicted counterfeiter for sale

Ahead of the Black Friday holiday shopping season kickoff, the U.S. Marshals Service is auctioning off high-end bottles of wine seized from a convicted wine counterfeiter.

November 23, 2015

Gun group to Chief Cathy Lanier: D.C. firearms laws make it hard to take down active shooter

D.C. police Chief Cathy L. Lanier's suggestion that ordinary citizens try to take down an active shooter before officers arrive is drawing criticism from Second Amendment advocates who question how residents of a city with some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation could be expected to defend themselves.

November 23, 2015

James Comey: No connection between Paris attackers and U.S.

The nation's top prosecutor and the head of the FBI sought Thursday to reassure Americans that officials are doing all they can to prevent terrorist attacks on U.S. soil and to encourage them not to let fear dictate their actions in the wake of deadly violence in Paris.

November 19, 2015

Majority of D.C. residents back gun ban in city: poll

Just over half of D.C. residents would support the return of a gun ban in the nation's capital, with affluent white residents more likely to support a ban than black residents who live in areas of the city with higher crime rates, according to a new poll.

November 19, 2015

Marco Rubio, others co-sponsor Zadroga Act renewal after Paris attacks

First responders to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. are using the backdrop of the carnage in Paris to urge Congress to act on a languishing proposal to renew their health care benefits.

November 18, 2015

House committee OKs bill to reduce mandatory minimum prison sentences

Efforts to reform criminal justice laws in the U.S. were bolstered Wednesday with approval of a bill by the House Judiciary Committee that would reduce some mandatory minimum prison sentences.

November 18, 2015

Loretta Lynch: Guantanamo detainee transfers to U.S. soil prohibited by law

Attorney General Loretta Lynch seemed to fall out of step with the Obama administration's reported plans to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to U.S. soil, saying Tuesday that such a move is prohibited under law.

November 17, 2015

Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney general: ‘Robust’ screening for Syrian refugees

Attorney General Loretta Lynch defended the process by which refugees are vetted before coming to the United States, calling the process "robust" and saying protocols in place make the U.S. less vulnerable to infiltration by terrorists than European countries.

November 17, 2015