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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Two officials say investigators are looking into whether Tashfeen Malik radicalized her U.S.-born husband Syed Farook and was the driving force behind the San Bernardino shootings. That possibility emerged when it was disclosed that the Pakistani-born Malik pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in a Facebook post around the same time as the shootings.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he understands why Americans are worried about the threat of terrorism after recent events in Paris and California but he's trying to reassure Americans that the U.S. will overcome it. In his televised address Sunday night, Obama said "we will prevail by being strong and smart." He said Americans cannot give into fear.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican presidential candidate who wants to replace President Barack Obama in the White House is not impressed with Obama's Oval Office speech Sunday on the terrorist threat. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio tells Fox News that people are growing scared because "we have a president who is completely overwhelmed" by the terrorist threat.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Justice Department is expected to announce this week a civil rights investigation of the Chicago Police Department similar to probes of police agencies in Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri. That's according to a person familiar with the decision. The investigation follows the release of a video showing a white police officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times.

NEENAH, Wis. (AP) — A lawyer says the man killed during a standoff at a motorcycle shop in Neenah, Wisconsin, on Saturday was a hostage who died while fleeing the gunman. Cole White, who says he is representing the family, identified the dead man as 60-year-old Michael Funk of Neenah. White says he got the identification from state authorities and from Funk's wife.

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