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Blake DowlingMarch 16, 2016

Law enforcement investigators are eager to see what information is on the iPhone5c that terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook used for his work at the San Bernardino, Calif. Health Department. Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people and injured 22 others in December in San Bernardino. They attacked during a Health Department holiday party. Farook […]

Scott PowersMarch 3, 2016

U.S. Rep. David Jolly, a U.S. Senate candidate, said Thursday he has introduced a bill that would stop the federal government from buying Apple computers and phones until the company cooperates with federal law enforcement. Jolly’s “No Taxpayer Support For Apple Act,” House Resolution 4663, would forbid federal agencies from buying Apple products until the company provides law […]

Melissa RossJanuary 4, 2016

Saying that states have the right to protect themselves from “acts of war,” state Rep. Lake Ray of Jacksonville has filed legislation that would compel Florida’s refugee resettlement organizations to allow state background checks on refugees being brought in from Syria and other troubled areas. “It addresses the concerns the state has and many citizens have related […]

Martin DyckmanDecember 23, 2015

Academe would be a dreary place without its occasional kooky professor, but James Tracy of Florida Atlantic University is simply too much. Hired to teach about conspiracy theories, he digressed into peddling his own, beginning with the claim that the Newtown, Connecticut, massacre three years ago was a hoax by the media and by the […]

Associated PressDecember 7, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called Monday for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” The proposed ban would stand “until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on,” his campaign said in a statement. The statement added that Trump’s proposal comes in response to the level of hatred […]

Jim RosicaDecember 7, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush repeated his call for a declaration of war against the Islamic State, criticizing President Barack Obama for viewing the conflict with the jihadist group as a policing “exercise.” Bush appeared Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program via satellite from Miami. “If this is a war, which I believe it is, then we need […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 3, 2015

Another horrifying mass murder happened on Wednesday in America; this one, which qualifies as domestic terrorism, in San Bernardino. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and Sheriff Mike Williams addressed it in a statement Thursday afternoon. “On behalf of the citizens of Jacksonville,” the joint statement from the Mayor’s office reads, “we extend our condolences and prayers to the […]

Peter SchorschDecember 3, 2015

After two assailants opened fire Wednesday on a holiday party in San Bernardino, leaving 14 people dead and 21 wounded, public outrage over gun violence is reaching a fevered pitch across the country. For many, silence is no longer an unacceptable option – irrespective of political party affiliation. Americans are starting to demand accountability, not […]

Tag: San Bernardino

Blake Dowling: FBI, Apple in battle over confidentiality of iPhone data

David Jolly wants federal government to lock out Apple until Apple unlocks phones

Lake Ray bill would require state background checks of Syrian refugees

Martin Dyckman: The kooky, the clueless, and the crooked

Donald Trump calls for ‘complete shutdown’ on Muslims entering US

Jeb Bush renews call to declare war on ISIS after President’s speech

Lenny Curry and Mike Williams address San Bernardino mass murder

GOP Senate candidates from Florida, please say something (anything) on gun violence