On San Bernardino
Hours before Wednesday's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, a group of physicians petitioned Congress to end the so-called Dickey Amendment, a nearly twenty-year-old ban that effectively...
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Some of Donald Trump's opponents have labeled him a demagogue - but are they right? And, if so, what is there to be done? Plus: Bob reflects on the media feeding frenzy in the house of the San...
View Article"Vultures, Jackals, and Hyenas"
Last Friday there was a virtual media frenzy as members of cable news teams stormed into the home of the alleged San Bernardino shooters and uncovered...well, nothing. Bob reports from Redlands,...
View ArticleSearching for a Motive in the San Bernardino Shootings
A heavily armed man and woman dressed for battle opened fire on a holiday banquet for his co-workers, killing 14 people and seriously wounding more than a dozen others in a precision assault,...
View ArticleLocked and Loaded: Citizens Terrorize San Bernardino
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.The 355th mass shooting of the year was carried out in San Bernardino, California yesterday. It is reportedly the worst mass shooting since the...
View ArticleConnecticut Senator Says Prayers Aren't Enough for Shooting Victims
This week's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, is renewing calls for tougher gun control laws. Authorities say the husband and wife responsible for the shootings had two assault rifles and...
View ArticleSan Bernardino Shooter Pledged Allegiance to ISIS
The woman who helped her husband kill 14 people at a holiday banquet for his county co-workers pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and its leader on Facebook using an alias, then deleted the...
View ArticleDaily News to GOP: Gun Control Not Prayers to Stem Mass Shootings
Jim Rich, editor-in-chief of the NY Daily News, discusses the newspaper's controversial cover story about the San Bernardino shooting (seen below), which makes a strong statement about GOP presidential...
View ArticleWhat Is Terrorism?
Evan Osnos joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss mass shootings and homeland security.
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Obama to meet with San Bernardino shooting victims
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 6, 2015. Photo by Saul Loeb/Pool/ReutersWASHINGTON — Continuing a grim ritual of his...
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Obama to meet with families of San Bernardino attack victims
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the shooting attacks in Paris, from the White House in Washington, D.C., Nov. 13, 2015. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/ReutersWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama...
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How federal law draws a line between free speech and hate crimes
Attendees sit next to a poster as speakers from different faiths speak at an interfaith rally titled “Love is Stronger than Hate” at the Islamic Community Center in Phoenix, Arizona on June 1, 2015....
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Fight over gunman’s locked iPhone could have big impact
Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers his 2015 keynote address at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Photo by Robert Galbraith/ReutersWASHINGTON — An extraordinary legal fight is brewing with...
View ArticleSen. Dianne Feinstein calls on Apple to obey court order
Tech giant Apple has refused a federal court order to unlock the encrypted iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, whose terrorist attack killed 14 people in December.The order, issued...
View ArticleNew York City Police: Criminals Say Apple Encryption a 'Gift from God'
Police and prosecutors in New York City said Thursday that the top-notch encryption technology on Apple mobile phones is now routinely hindering criminal investigations. And they predicted the problem...
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What’s driving the fight between U.S. and Apple?
Pieces of an iPhone are seen in a repair store in New York. Photo by Eduardo Munoz/ReutersWASHINGTON — Battling in intense public broadsides, Apple Inc. and the government are making their cases before...
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Apple tells employees why it won’t help hack shooter’s phone
Apple CEO Tim Cook says that the U.S. government should withdraw its demand that Apple help the FBI hack a locked iPhone used by a terrorist in last year’s San Bernardino attack. Photo by Robert...
View ArticleApple’s Lockdown
Patrick Radden Keefe joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss Tim Cook's argument against decrypting an iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino terrorists.
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News Wrap: Big tech supports Apple’s defiance of court order
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Good evening. I’m Judy Woodruff. Gwen Ifill is away.On the “NewsHour” tonight: Republicans stand back as their presidential nominee of four years ago...
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Justice Department appeals ruling on unlocking data in New York iPhone case
Pieces of an iPhone are seen in a repair store in New York. A court order demanding that Apple Inc help the U.S. government unlock the encrypted iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters opens a new...
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Justice Department cracks iPhone, withdraws legal action against Apple
A man displays a protest message on his iPhone at a small rally in support of Apple’s refusal to help the FBI access the cell phone of a gunman involved in the killings of 14 people in San Bernardino,...
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It’s the weapon of choice for U.S. mass murderers: the AR-15
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: The weapon used in the Orlando shootings is at once one of the most popular and most reviled weapons in America, the AR-15, the civilian version of the U.S....
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