10 things you need to know today: December 4, 2015

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A vigil in San Bernardino.
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1. FBI looks into San Bernardino suspect's contact with extremists

San Bernardino massacre suspect Syed Rizwan Farook was in touch with people being investigated by the FBI for international terrorism, law enforcement officials said Thursday. An F.B.I. official said it would be premature to call the attack terrorism, but the agency is treating the case as a counterterrorism investigation. Investigators found 12 pipe bombs and thousands of rounds of ammunition in the SUV and apartment of Farook, 28, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 27. The suspects were both killed in a shootout with police a few hours after the attack, which left 14 victims dead.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.