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Associated PressJuly 21, 2016

A senior resident at an Orlando hospital is still wearing the bloody shoes he wore as he treated victims from the Pulse nightclub shooting. Shortly after the June 12 shooting, Dr. Joshua Corsa wrote a moving Facebook status and posted a photo of his sneakers that were bloodied as 44 patients from the gay nightclub […]

Associated PressJuly 19, 2016

Authorities had just breached the wall to the Pulse nightclub, and patrons who had been trapped inside with gunman Omar Mateen started to flee. SWAT team members carried a man with four gunshots in his legs, hip and shoulder to Officer Luke Austin. The man was bleeding profusely. Austin grabbed him and said, “Stay with […]

Associated PressJuly 18, 2016

Festooned with Donald Trump‘s name and his “Make America Great Again” motto, the awnings at the three-story commercial property advertise a famous tenant. It’s vintage style for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee: a top-floor campaign office suite in an upscale shopping district, across the street from an automobile showroom of Bentleys and Aston Martins. But […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 17, 2016

Earlier in July, 4th Circuit Public Defender Matt Shirk raised eyebrows with a tweet about President Barack Obama that many found inflammatory. “Obama has deep ties to Islam,” Shirk tweeted. “Is this why he refuses to call Radical Islam what it actually is??” FloridaPolitics.com reached out to Shirk, and he doubled down on his position on Friday, […]

Larry GriffinJuly 15, 2016

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In response to Republican criticisms of her calls to close the loophole allowing people on the terror watch list to purchase firearms, Sen. Geraldine Thompson isn’t backing down. She invoked the Pulse tragedy as well as other recent shooting attacks, condemning the Republican opposition to passing new laws and vowing to continue her efforts. “The bloodshed we […]

Scott PowersJuly 15, 2016

Whose fault was it that Orlando did not qualify for federal funding to shore up anti-terrorism efforts the past few years? U.S. Rep. John Mica called a congressional hearing Friday to see, and several officials concluded it was at least partly because of Congress. Mica was not entirely convinced and countered with several reasons why he is […]

Associated PressJuly 15, 2016

It would take almost 14 days of eyes glued to the television to watch all the feel-good Hillary Clinton ads that have aired since the general election campaign began last month. Meanwhile, anyone flipping through the channels looking for positive ads about Donald Trump would be disappointed: He hasn’t yet put up a spot appealing […]

Peter SchorschJuly 14, 2016

National Ice Cream Day is Sunday, but ride-hailing service Uber announced it would celebrate the holiday a couple of days early in Florida with #UberIceCream. The company said between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, users can open their app, set their location and request “ICE CREAM” at the bottom. A few minutes later, users […]

Associated PressJuly 12, 2016

Ten protesters arrested for refusing to leave the lobby of an Orlando building where U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has an office have been released from jail. The protesters were released late Monday on $250 bond. They faced misdemeanor trespass charges after a sit-in commemorating the one-month anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting. Gunman Omar Mateen […]

Scott PowersJuly 11, 2016

Update: Ten protesters were arrested for trespassing Monday evening after the building’s management announced it wanted to lock down the building for the night and clear everyone out and those protesters refused to go. All 10 were released early Monday morning after posting bail for misdemeanor charges. There was no violence. When ordered to go, […]

Tag: Orlando

Doc still wearing bloody shoes 6 weeks after Pulse shooting

Nightclub shooting police reports: hysteria, blood, bodies

In Florida, a slow start for Donald Trump operation

Matt Shirk: Barack Obama is ‘comfortable’ with deaths from terrorism

Geraldine Thompson fires back against criticism of her calls for gun control legislation

John Mica congressional hearing on Orlando’s lost federal anti-terrorism money aims some blame at Congress

Hillary Clinton airing thousands of positive ads while Donald Trump silent

Uber offering free frozen treats for #UberIceCream Friday

Pulse protesters arrested at Marco Rubio’s office are out on bond

Arrests end sit-in protests over Marco Rubio’s post-Pulse policies