California shooters radicalized years ago, FBI says

California shooters radicalized years ago, FBI says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The two San Bernardino shooters became radicalized at least two years ago — well before one of them came to the U.S. on a fiancée visa — and had discussed jihad and martyrdom as early as 2013, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday in providing the most specific details to date about the couple's path toward extremism.

Investigators are also looking at whether the husband accused in the shootings, Syed Rizwan Farook, had planned an attack in 2012 but abandoned those plans, according to two people familiar with the investigation who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Supreme Court torn over affirmative action at colleges
Texas

Supreme Court torn over affirmative action at colleges

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Torn as ever over race, the Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether it's time to end the use of race in college admissions nationwide or at least at the University of Texas.

With liberal and conservative justices starkly divided, the justice who almost certainly will dictate the outcome suggested that the court may need still more information to make a decision in a Texas case already on its second trip through the Supreme Court.

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