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Associated PressJune 28, 2017

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to keep an obstruction charge against the wife of the Orlando nightclub shooter. Prosecutors this week filed a response to a request from Noor Salman to dismiss a count she’s facing. Salman was charged with aiding her husband, and obstruction for allegedly misleading investigators. The obstruction charge was filed […]

Associated PressApril 20, 2017

The trial of the wife of the Orlando nightclub gunman could be pushed back to next March. A proposed trial schedule filed Wednesday in federal court would have Noor Salman‘s trial starting in March 2018 and lasting for 25 days. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday to go over the schedule. Court papers filed last […]

Associated PressMarch 27, 2017

A judge says a lawsuit brought by victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre against the gunman’s employer and wife may be tossed out of federal court. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra last week issued an order raising questions about whether federal court was the proper jurisdiction for the lawsuit. The judge gave the plaintiffs 10 […]

Associated PressMarch 1, 2017

A California judge will decide Wednesday whether to free the widow of the gunman who killed dozens of people at a Florida nightclub or keep her behind bars until she faces trial on charges of aiding his attack. Noor Salman, 31, also has been charged with lying to investigators after the shooting at Pulse nightclub […]

Associated PressFebruary 2, 2017

A federal judge in California declined Wednesday to release the widow of the man who killed 49 people at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub after prosecutors said she accompanied her husband on scouting trips for potential targets that included the Disney Springs shopping complex. U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu in Oakland said she wanted a psychiatric evaluation […]

Associated PressJanuary 18, 2017

The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of aiding and abetting her husband’s support of the Islamic State group and hindering the investigation of the attack that killed 49 people and injured 53 others. Noor Salman, 30, entered her plea in an Oakland, California, courtroom two days after she […]

Associated PressJanuary 16, 2017

The wife of the Orlando nightclub shooter, who was extensively questioned by federal agents in the days after the massacre, has been arrested by the FBI in connection with the attack, authorities said Monday. Noor Salman was taken into custody Monday morning in the San Francisco Bay area and is facing charges in Florida including […]

Scott PowersJune 21, 2016

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch expressed strong confidence in Orlando Tuesday that investigators will determine pretty clearly why Omar Mateen walked into a joyful nightclub and killed as many people as he could. Lynch had few answers in hand about the biggest horror and saddest day in Orlando’s history, Mateen’s June 12 post-midnight attack on […]

Associated PressJune 16, 2016

While his victims texted heartbreaking last words to loved ones from the blood-drenched bathrooms, Omar Mateen apparently went on Facebook to measure the shockwaves his attack on a gay nightclub was generating. He searched for the terms “Pulse Orlando” and “Shooting,” according to a letter released by a Senate committee. The letter detailing Mateen’s Facebook […]

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Prosecutors seek to keep charge against Pulse gunman’s wife

Trial for Pulse gunman’s wife could start next year

Judge says Pulse lawsuit may be tossed out of federal court

Judge to weigh freeing Orlando shooter’s widow before trial

Prosecutors: Pulse gunman’s wife helped scout potential targets, including Disney

Orlando gunman’s widow pleads not guilty to aiding husband

Wife of Pulse shooter arrested in California

Loretta Lynch brings pledge of support, few new answers

Orlando gunman apparently searched Facebook during attack