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Ted Cruz believes the shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., may provide additional evidence that the United States is at war. The Texas senator acknowledged that details about the shooting are still developing, but he said he worries that the attack is an example of Islamic terrorism. Cruz kicked off a Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Washington, D.C., with a moment of silence in light of the murders. "At this point the details of what happened in San Bernardino are still unclear. Our prayers are with the families of those that were murdered and those that were shot," Cruz said. "All...

Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik seemed like any other pair of young Southern California parents — apparently posting an online baby registry a few months before senselessly mowing down 14 people at a government building on Wednesday. The future murderous duo accepted the most common gifts for their newborn daughter. A Target account for “Tashfeen Malik” said the mom was due to give birth on May 17 in Riverside, Calif., a city just 14 miles south of Wednesday’s massacre. Among the items still left on Malik’s registry by Thursday morning was a baby car seat, Johnson & Johnson baby wash,...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Investigators on Thursday hunted for a motive in the backgrounds of a husband and wife suspected in a shooting rampage that left 14 dead and 17 others wounded here, while federal agents traced the origins of the four guns recovered from the suspects — at least two of them bought legally — and officers combed through a sprawling set of crime scenes for evidence. The suspects, identified as Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27 — armed with .223-caliber assault rifles and semiautomatic handguns and wearing masks and body armor — are believed to have...

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As the holiday gathering got underway Wednesday morning, Syed Farook joined dozens of his colleagues from San Bernardino County’s Public Health Department. Farook seemed quiet during the early hours of the event, then vanished just as a group photo was about to be taken. Shorty afterward, gunfire erupted at the Inland Regional Center where the employees filled a conference room. Within hours, law enforcement sources identified a man named Syed Farook as a suspect in the massacre and said he was shot to death in a gun battle with officers. Police officials released little information about the suspects, including where...

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