Buyer of rifles used in California massacre faces terrorism charges

Buyer of rifles used in California massacre faces terrorism charges

LOS ANGELES (AP) —The man who bought the assault rifles used in the San Bernardino massacre was charged Thursday with terrorism-related counts.

The FBI arrested Enrique Marquez, 24, on charges of conspiring with Syed Rizwan Farook to commit terrorist attacks in 2011 and 2012 that they never carried out. Marquez was Farook's next-door neighbor and longtime friend who converted to Islam and was radicalized by Farook, federal prosecutors said.

Putin praises GOP leader Trump as ‘bright and talented’
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Putin praises GOP leader Trump as ‘bright and talented’

Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) — In Vladimir Putin's view, Donald Trump is "bright and talented." But as much as those words sound overtly like praise, there are some murky nuances. Trump responded saying it was "a great honor" to be praised by a man so "highly respected."

The most unequivocally favorable part of the comments the Russian leader made Thursday to a scrum of reporters after his annual year-end news conference was about the Republican presidential aspirant's claims that he wants to improve relations with Russia.

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