Orlando

Ryan RayJune 14, 2016

Tuesday, City of Orlando officials unveiled a new fund to support victims of last weekend’s deadly attack at a gay nightclub. The One Orlando Fund will aid victims and survivors, their families, and various communities affected by the attack at the Pulse club on Saturday night, now the most lethal mass shooting in American history. […]

Larry GriffinJune 14, 2016

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has announced a campaign called OneOrlando to help respond to the needs of the community both now and in the future, after the Pulse nightclub tragedy over the weekend. The fund will support nonprofits helping victims and families, the LGBTQ, Hispanic, faith and other affected communities, finding the underlying causes of the […]

Larry GriffinJune 14, 2016

The LGBT Center of Central Florida, in the wake of the Pulse Nightclub shooting, was awash Monday morning in a flood of those wishing to help. People milled in and out bringing food and drink donations, offering to counsel and hug those who needed the touch of another. One man who called himself Chris C. said he […]

Scott PowersJune 14, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Susannah Randolph has announced a three-point plan for guns including banning assault weapons and expanding background checks. Randolph is running in Florida’s 9th Congressional District, covering south-central Orlando and Orange County, Osceola County and eastern Polk County. Her position on gun violence was released in response to Sunday’s Pulse nightclub massacre. She, […]

Mitch PerryJune 14, 2016

Democrats returned to Washington Monday determined to push for gun control legislation in the wake of the Sunday morning shooting massacre in Orlando — and they’re concentrating their energies on a bill that would bar suspected terrorists from acquiring guns or explosives. “If we can’t at least come together to figure out how to get rifles out […]

Associated PressJune 14, 2016

Coloradans Randy and Tammy Harris had been planning the trip for 10 months. Seven-year-old son Jackson had his heart set on Space Mountain; his 4-year-old sister, Anabelle, was hoping to meet her namesake from “Beauty and the Beast.” They’d come to experience what’s billed as the “Happiest Place on Earth.” And then, just a few miles away, there was […]

Associated PressJune 14, 2016

President Barack Obama will travel to Orlando on Thursday to pay respects to the victims of last weekend’s nightclub shooting and to stand in solidarity with the community as it embarks on recovery, the White House said Monday night. Press Secretary Josh Earnest did not provide more details about the trip. Obama had canceled what was to be his […]

Associated PressJune 13, 2016

The gunman whose attack on a gay nightclub left 49 victims dead appears to have been a “homegrown extremist” who espoused support for a jumble of often-conflicting Islamic radical groups, the White House and the FBI said Monday. As Orlando mourned its dead with flowers, candles and vigils, counterterrorism investigators dug into the background of […]

Scott PowersJune 13, 2016

Florida’s senior Sen. Bill Nelson told the U.S. Senate today that hate calls are pouring into his Orlando office today about the Pulse nightclub massacre and Nelson implored that America has got to find a way to unite. Nelson, an Orlando resident who spent most of the past two days at the Orlando command center, said […]

Associated PressJune 13, 2016

As the largest mass shooting in modern U.S. history began to unfold, an off-duty police officer working at a gay nightclub exchanged gunfire with the suspect. But three hours passed before a SWAT team stormed the building and brought the attack to an end. The decision by law enforcement to hold off on entering the […]

Orlando
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Disney donates $1 million to One Orlando fund for victims of nightclub shooting

Buddy Dyer announces OneOrlando fund to help city after shooting

At LGBT Center, community bands together, looks for a way forward in tragedy’s wake

Susannah Randolph call for three-point plan regarding guns

Ted Deutch says terror watch list gun ban vote is ‘the very least we can do’

After shooting, the ‘Happiest Place’ confronts a sad reality

President Obama coming to Orlando on Thursday to pay respects to victims

Orlando killer appears to have been ‘homegrown extremist’

Bill Nelson says hate calls are pouring in

Did a delay in police response give shooter more time?