Associated PressNovember 29, 2020
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The shot rang out as the pastor had just finished his prayers.
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Associated PressNovember 29, 2020
Ryan NicolSeptember 7, 2019
6min412
Florida lawmakers at the state and federal level have urged for increased action on gun regulation.
Scott PowersJune 5, 2017
5min228
The man authorities say killed five former co-workers and then himself early Monday morning in an Orlando business came in knowing who he wanted to kill and let at least one woman not on that list get away. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said John Robert Neumann Jr., 45, whose hometown has not yet been […]
Jim RosicaJune 27, 2016
3min306
State Sen. Don Gaetz is telling constituents not to take the special-session-on-gun-control bait. Gaetz, a Niceville Republican who was Senate president in 2012-14, sent out an email Monday. It reprinted and linked to an op-ed he wrote for the Northwest Florida Daily News, Okaloosa County’s newspaper. It appeared Sunday. He wrote on the mass shooting at […]
Jim RosicaJune 21, 2016
2min232
Heisman Trophy-winner and former Florida Gator Tim Tebow on Tuesday visited with survivors of Sunday’s mass shooting in Orlando. Gov. Rick Scott‘s official schedule shows he had breakfast with Tebow, now a college football analyst for the SEC Network, early Tuesday morning. In a statement, Scott said he and wife Ann “are grateful for the support of […]
Jim RosicaJune 20, 2016
5min368
Update: Later Monday, the Justice Department released a full text of one of the shooter’s calls, saying it wanted to “provide the highest level of transparency possible under the circumstances.” Click here for the statement and transcript. Gov. Rick Scott Monday called on federal authorities to release more from the 911 calls made by the Orlando shooter. […]
Associated PressJune 16, 2016
7min222
Offering sympathy but no easy answers, President Barack Obama came Thursday to Orlando to try to console those mourning the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Air Force One touched down at midday in this grief-stricken community, where Obama planned to spend a few hours meeting in private with families of the 49 victims, […]
Jim RosicaJune 16, 2016
5min412
One of the plaintiffs in the fight to overturn Florida’s gay-marriage ban has penned an open letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, the same week of her feud with CNN newsman Anderson Cooper. Christian Ulvert, a Miami-based communications consultant, wrote Bondi that he “dismayed by the response you offered to Mr. Cooper regarding your efforts […]
Mary Jo MeloneJune 16, 2016
5min267
Driving I-4 through Orlando, you see them. The billboards proclaim what is now ho-hum in this country. #OrlandoStrong #LoveOrlando #PrayforOrlando Add this to the list, please. #AmericaSickandTired Have you noticed the phrase “take him out” is now part of our everyday language? We are accustomed to terms like “SWAT team,” “active shooter,” “on lockdown,” “armored […]
Jim RosicaJune 15, 2016
6min419
CNN’s Anderson Cooper responded Wednesday night to Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying her complaints about their Tuesday live interview were “factually incorrect” and she’s “either mistaken or she’s not telling the truth.” Cooper, who came out as gay in 2012, had mentioned to Bondi “a lot of gay and lesbian people … said they thought you were […]