US fight over gunman’s locked iPhone could have big impact
By ERIC TUCKER and TAMI ABDOLLAH A U.S. magistrate’s order for Apple Inc. to help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by the gunman in the mass shooting in…
California
Officials: Man who led escape had help from jail teacher
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and ROBERT JABLON he probable mastermind in the brazen escape of three inmates from a California jail had help from a woman whose English classes he was…
Ex-NFL running back Lawrence Phillips found dead in prison
By DON THOMPSON Lawrence Phillips, a star running back at Nebraska and first-round NFL draft pick whose pro career quickly unraveled amid disciplinary problems, was found dead in his California…
Cable news network Al Jazeera America to shut down
By DAVID BAUDER The Al Jazeera America cable news network said Wednesday it will shut down two and a half years after its launch, a victim of a rough business…
Mother of ‘affluenza’ teen is jailed in Los Angeles
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER The mother of a fugitive Texas teen known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident is jailed in Los Angeles on Thursday after being…
AP Investigation: US power grid vulnerable to foreign hacks
By GARANCE BURKE and JONATHAN FAHEY Security researcher Brian Wallace was on the trail of hackers who had snatched a California university’s housing files when he stumbled into a larger…
AP FACT CHECK: Republican debaters go astray
By TAMI ABDOLLAH and VIVIAN SALAMA The vast complexities of a dangerous world were cast in too-simple terms in the latest Republican presidential debate. In addition, Chris Christie pledged to…
FBI investigates Southern California attack as act of terror
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and MICHAEL R. BLOOD The Pakistani woman, who joined her U.S.-born husband in killing 14 people in a commando-style assault on his co-workers, is now at…