Orlando gunman raged against 'filthy ways of the west'
While his victims texted heartbreaking last words to loved ones from the blood-drenched floors of packed bathrooms, Omar Mateen apparently turned to social media to measure the viral shockwaves his...
View ArticleObama to seek healing in Orlando even as politicians spar
On a grim and delicate mission, President Barack Obama will offer solace and healing to a distraught Orlando, even as the political world turns the shooting into a fresh excuse to fight about terrorism...
View ArticleChristie orders flags lowered for Orlando nightclub shooting
New Jersey will remember the victims of the nightclub shootings in Orlando, Florida. Continue reading…
View ArticleMajor LGBT-rights group urges steps to curb gun violence
The Human Rights Campaign, the largest U.S. LGBT-rights organization, on Friday called for several measures to curb gun violence in the aftermath of the attack that killed 49 patrons and staff at a...
View ArticleRecords: Orlando gunman talked about violence in 3rd grade
As early as third grade, the Florida nightclub shooter talked frequently about sex and violence and before finishing high school was suspended for a total of 48 days, including for fighting and hurting...
View ArticleFlorida prosecutor suspended over Facebook comment about Orlando
Officials say a Florida assistant state attorney has been suspended after posting a Facebook statement tied to the Pulse nightclub attack. WESH-TV reports that Ninth Judicial Circuit state attorney's...
View ArticleChurch bells ring for Orlando shooting victims
Church bells rang in downtown Orlando and patrons at nightclubs paused for a moment at 2 a.m. to commemorate the shooting deaths of 49 victims at the Pulse gay nightclub exactly a week ago. At church...
View ArticleFBI releasing conversations between gunman and police
Federal investigators promised to provide more insight as to what was happening inside the Pulse nightclub after a gunman started a deadly assault that was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S....
View ArticleTrump now claims he never suggested arming club-goers
Republican Donald Trump is now claiming that he never suggested club-goers attacked in the Orlando massacre should have been armed. Continue reading…
View Article911 transcript: Orlando gunman said he was Islamic soldier
Orlando gunman Omar Mateen spoke in Arabic to a 911 dispatcher, identified himself an Islamic soldier and demanded to a crisis negotiator that the U.S. "stop bombing Syria and Iraq," according to...
View ArticleImagine Dragons to headline show for Orlando shooting fund
The Imagine Dragons and Nate Ruess will headline an "All is One Orlando Unity Concert" to benefit the OneOrlando Fund, which was established to assist the victims and survivors of the gay nightclub...
View ArticleBooker, Menendez tout gun control measures going before Senate
New Jersey's two U.S. senators are touting two gun control measures that are due to be voted on Monday night. Continue reading…
View ArticleObama names Stonewall national monument; 1st for gay rights
President Barack Obama created the first national monument to gay rights on Friday, designating the site of the Stonewall riots in Manhattan where the modern gay rights movement took root nearly five...
View ArticlePost Pulse, hearing into why Orlando didn't get funds
A month after the Pulse nightclub massacre, law enforcement leaders told a congressional committee in Washington on Friday that the Orlando area's tens of millions of tourists should be a bigger factor...
View ArticleOwners say they'll reopen Pulse nightclub as memorial site
The owners of Pulse nightclub in Florida it will reopen as a memorial to the 49 people who died there. Continue reading…
View ArticleJustice Dept. wants Pulse 911 case kept in federal court
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday appealed a ruling involving whether hundreds of 911 calls recorded during a massacre at a gay nightclub in Florida can be released. Continue reading…
View ArticleChurch bells ring for Orlando shooting victims
Church bells rang in downtown Orlando and patrons at nightclubs paused for a moment at 2 a.m. to commemorate the shooting deaths of 49 victims at the Pulse gay nightclub exactly a week ago. At church...
View ArticleFBI releasing conversations between gunman and police
Federal investigators promised to provide more insight as to what was happening inside the Pulse nightclub after a gunman started a deadly assault that was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S....
View ArticleTrump now claims he never suggested arming club-goers
Republican Donald Trump is now claiming that he never suggested club-goers attacked in the Orlando massacre should have been armed. Continue reading…
View Article911 transcript: Orlando gunman said he was Islamic soldier
Orlando gunman Omar Mateen spoke in Arabic to a 911 dispatcher, identified himself an Islamic soldier and demanded to a crisis negotiator that the U.S. "stop bombing Syria and Iraq," according to...
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