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The mother of Syed Rizwan Farook has denied in a court document that she had any knowledge and did not participate in the San Beardino Dec. 2 terrorist attack by Farook and wife Tashfeen Malik that killed 14 people and wounded 22. Neither Rafia Farook nor her daughter Saira Khan took took part “in any way with the tragic attack,” the court document said. The statement was included in a claim of interest filed Wednesday in federal court for the $280,756.17 in life insurance benefits left behind by Syed Farook, who died with Malik in a shootout with law enforcement a few hours after the deadly, Islamic State-inspired attack. The disputed money has not been paid out. It is in the custody of th...

WASHINGTON — The computers of the House Democratic campaign committee have been hacked in an intrusion that investigators say resembles the recent cyber breach of the Democratic National Committee, a spokeswoman for the committee said Friday. Details were initially unclear about exactly who tapped into the computers and what information was accessed at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The organization raises money and provides other assistance for the party’s House candidates. President Barack Obama has said Russia was almost certainly responsible for the hack of the Democratic National Committee, an assertion with which cybersecurity experts have agreed. That breach led to t...

PHILADELPHIA >> As most Democrats rally around Hillary Clinton, the lingering “Beie or Bust” movement is stirring frustration at the party’s convention among delegates of color, who say they’re upset at the refusal of the Vermont senator’s most fervent backers to fall in line. “I am so exhausted by it,” said Danielle Adams, a black Clinton delegate from North Carolina. “I think there are undercurrents of privilege that conce me.” Adams is among those who say the “Never Hillary” crowd, a group that is largely younger and white, isn’t considering the struggles black Americans still face every day. And, they argue, how the nation’s ethnic and racial minorities may be affected by a Donald ...

The Democratic National Convention concludes tonight — Thursday, July 28, 2016, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, with Hillary Clinton slated to accept the party’s nomination. The final speeches are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. PST (7 p.m. EST), and Clinton’s speech should end around 8 p.m. PST (11 p.m. EST). Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti took the stage Thursday at 3 p.m. PT not quite primetime, but it was still an opportunity for him to address a national audience. • RELATED STORY: Mayor Eric Garcetti touts LA as model city in DNC speech Here is the list of the speakers scheduled to appear this evening. Exact times are not given but they will take the stage in this order, per th...

ATLANTA — The Democratic National Convention speaker’s lineup has highlighted an increasingly diverse country that could soon elect the first female president to succeed its first black chief executive. Yet the stream of women, African-Americans, Latinos, gay Americans — from U.S. senators and celebrities to activists, rank-and-file citizens and, Thursday, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton herself — also serves as a tacit reminder of Democrats’ struggles to coect with a majority of heterosexual white men. “It’s just sad,” says Dave “Mudcat” Saunders, a Democratic strategist tued Donald Trump supporter who says his party “has abandoned” culturally conservative white men like himself. It’s a...

The Democratic National Convention continues tonight — Thursday, July 21, 2016 — in Philadelphia with a prime-time speech from former President Bill Clinton. Following the roll call of the states, speeches on this second night of the Democratic convention are slated to begin at 4 p.m. Pacific time (7 p.m. Easte), with former President Clinton’s speech ending around 8 p.m. Pacific time (11 p.m. Easte). Speakers and others appearing are not given exact times but will take the stage in this order: 4-7 p.m. Pacific • U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Califonia, House minority leader, and Democratic women of the House • Former Georgia state Sen. Jason Carter • Former President Jimmy Carter (on video) • ...

PHILADELPHIA >> Ending months of animosity, Beie Sanders robustly embraced his former rival Hillary Clinton Monday night as a champion for the same economic causes that enlivened his supporters, signaling it was time for them, too, to rally behind the Democratic nominee in the campaign against Republican Donald Trump. “Any objective observer will conclude that — based on her ideas and her leadership — Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States,” he declared in a headlining address on the opening night of the Democratic convention. • PHOTOS: The Democratic National Convention gets underway in Philadelphia - inside and outside the hall President Bill Clinton, wa...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Califoia delegation came for breakfast Monday moing ahead of the Democratic National Convention and got pancakes, sausage and a side of political indigestion courtesy of a loud, chanting contingent of Beie Sanders supporters.Opposition to Hillary Clinton was so pronounced in the large hotel ballroom for the party's largest delegation THAT speakers from Califoia Secretary of State Alex Padilla to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi were drowned out by frustrated Sanders backers....

PHILADELPHIA — The Califoia delegation came for breakfast Monday moing ahead of the Democratic National Convention and got pancakes, sausage and a side of political indigestion courtesy of a loud, chanting contingent of Beie Sanders supporters. Opposition to Hillary Clinton was so pronounced in the large hotel ballroom for the party’s largest delegation THAT speakers from Califoia Secretary of State Alex Padilla to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi were drowned out by frustrated Sanders backers. “Count our vote! Count our vote!” they yelled while Padilla gamely tried to stress unity and support for the presumptive presidential nominee, who won the Califoia primary by double-digits in June....

PHILADELPHIA — Debbie Wasserman Schultz is resigning under pressure as Democratic Party chairwoman, a stuing leadership shakeup as party officials gather in Philadelphia to nominate Hillary Clinton. Wasserman Schultz’s aouncement Sunday follows a firestorm over hacked emails suggesting the Democratic National Committee favored Clinton during the primary, despite pledging neutrality. The leaked emails prompted primary ruer-up Beie Sanders to call for Wasserman Schultz’s immediate resignation. In a statement, Wasserman Schultz said she will step down at the end of the four-day convention. She said she plans to formally open and close the convention, as well as address delegates. Her statement...

PHILADELPHIA — Debbie Wasserman Schultz is resigning under pressure as Democratic Party chairwoman, a stuing leadership shakeup as party officials gather in Philadelphia to nominate Hillary Clinton. Wasserman Schultz’s aouncement Sunday follows a firestorm over hacked emails suggesting the Democratic National Committee favored Clinton during the primary, despite pledging neutrality. The leaked emails prompted primary ruer-up Beie Sanders to call for Wasserman Schultz’s immediate resignation. In a statement, Wasserman Schultz said she will step down at the end of the four-day convention. She said she plans to formally open and close the convention, as well as address delegates. Her statement...

Bo in Taiwan, Olivia Lee saw prejudice firsthand when she moved to Walnut. The Califoia Democratic delegate remembers her mother trying to sign up for English classes and the class administrator speaking rudely to Lee’s mother because of her poor English. The 11-year-old Lee wrote a letter complaining about her mom’s treatment. Lee got an apology back. “That was my first taste of being an activist,” she said. “And speaking out in terms of what I thought was wrong.” Lee, 27, is one of many young Califoia delegates headed to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, which begins Monday. She’s a pledged delegate for Hillary Clinton, and this is her first national convention. Accordin...

Charles Moran doesn’t expect to see less heat on Hillary Clinton this month at the Republican National Convention simply because the FBI recommended Tuesday that she not face criminal charges for using a private email server for classified information. The Donald Trump delegate from San Pedro said that while Clinton wasn’t indicted, FBI Director James Comey’s words showed she’s less trustworthy than the presumptive Republican nominee. “Hillary Clinton loves to make the justification that we can’t trust Donald Trump with the nuclear codes,” Moran said. “Well, we have trusted you with state secrets and we’ve seen what you’ve done with them. If she wants to use that same bright red line with Tr...

WASHINGTON >> Weary but jubilant House Democrats ended their extraordinary sit-in on the chamber’s floor Thursday more than 24 hours after it began, a protest that let them broadcast their demands around the world for gun-control votes in the wake of the mass shooting at a Florida nightclub. There were no indications that Republicans who run the House had granted Democrats’ insistence for votes on bills strengthening background checks and barring firearms sales to people on the govement’s no-fly list. Even so, 25½ hours after they commandeered the chamber and blasted images of themselves on social media, Democrats filed out and declared victory. “We are going to win this struggle,” sa...

WASHINGTON >> Rebellious Democrats staged an extraordinary all-day sit-in on the House floor Wednesday to demand votes on gun-control bills, shouting down Speaker Paul Ryan when he attempted to restore order as their protest stretched into the night. The stuing and unruly scene was broadcast live to the world from Democrats’ cell phones, feeds picked up by C-SPAN after Republicans shut down the network’s cameras. The sit-in was well into its 10th hour, with Democrats camped out on the floor stopping legislative business in the House, when Ryan stepped to the podium to gavel the House into session and hold votes on routine business. Angry Democrats chanted “No bill, no break!” and waved...

Several Southland legislators were among dozens of Democrats taking part in a sit-in at the House of Representatives today, bringing congressional activity to a halt while they demanded a vote on a gun- control measure in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida. “The American people are sick of silence,” said Rep. Janice Hahn, D- San Pedro. “They are demanding that Congress take action and protect their families. This nation has just witnessed the deadliest mass shooting in history and more people are dying every day. If we do not take action now, when will we? • Photos: House Democrats stage sit-in to force gun control vote “Inaction is tantamount to being complicit in the n...

Several Southland legislators were among dozens of Democrats taking part in a sit-in at the House of Representatives today, bringing congressional activity to a halt while they demanded a vote on a gun- control measure in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida. “The American people are sick of silence,” said Rep. Janice Hahn, D- San Pedro. “They are demanding that Congress take action and protect their families. This nation has just witnessed the deadliest mass shooting in history and more people are dying every day. If we do not take action now, when will we? • Photos: House Democrats stage sit-in to force gun control vote “Inaction is tantamount to being complicit in the n...

It started like a concession speech. Vermont Sen. Beie Sanders, speaking to a boisterous crowd of sign-waving “Beiecrats,” thanked them for their fervent support and boasted of how far his underdog campaign had come in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. “It is more than Beie,” he said Tuesday night. “It is all of us together.” “Don’t give up!” someone shouted. He didn’t. “Next Tuesday, we continue the fight in the next primary,” Sanders said, referring to the June 14 primary in Washington, D.C. The crowd in the Santa Monica airport hangar erupted in cheers. “What we believe is what the majority of Americans believe,” he said. “The struggle continues.” So, too, does the que...

Staff and wire reports Hillary Clinton is embracing her historic mantel as the first female nominee of a major political party. Her campaign created a video featuring footage of pivotal moments in women’s history interspersed with images of Clinton. The video will play before she takes the stage tonight in Brooklyn at a rally organized to celebrate her claiming the nomination. Clinton strengthened her hold on the nomination when she won the Democratic primary in New Jersey, according to AP projections. “Let’s keep making history,” reads a caption at the end of the tape. This time, Clinton gets the celebration she’d hoped for in 2008, when she lost the primary to then-Illinois Sen. Barack Oba...

LOS ANGELES >> Striding into history, Hillary Clinton will become the first woman to top the presidential ticket of a major U.S. political party, capturing commitments Monday from the number of delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination. Clinton’s rise to presumptive nominee arrived nearly eight years to the day after she conceded her first White House campaign to Barack Obama. Back then, she famously noted her inability to “shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling.” Campaigning this time as the loyal successor to the nation’s first black president, Clinton held off a surprisingly strong challenge from Vermont Sen. Beie Sanders. He mobilized millions with a fervently liberal ...