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Associated PressJune 21, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott is planning to appeal the denial of his request for the declaration of a federal state of emergency in the wake of the Orlando nightclub mass shooting. Scott doesn’t understand why the request was denied, representative Jackie Schutz told The Associated Press, especially since an emergency was declared after the Boston Marathon bombing. […]

Guest AuthorJune 21, 2016

The day before I jetted to Charlotte for a weeklong vacation, unspeakable ugliness ambushed the City Beautiful. First, it descended upon an Orlando nightspot where more than 300 revelers came on “Latin Night” to live “la vida loca.” Later, it crept into my bedroom. Early that Sunday at Pulse, too many fathers, mothers, sons and […]

Melissa RossJune 21, 2016

A new documentary film airing nationwide on dozens of PBS stations this week shows Florida’s gay community was targeted long before the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. The sordid tale of Florida’s infamous McCarthyesque witch hunt of suspected gay and lesbian students and professors at state universities is told in the new Emmy award-winning […]

Associated PressJune 20, 2016

A divided Senate blocked rival election-year plans to curb guns on Monday, eight days after the horror of Orlando’s mass shooting intensified pressure on lawmakers to act but knotted them in gridlock anyway — even over restricting firearms for terrorists. In largely party-line votes, rejected were one proposal from each side to keep extremists from […]

Scott PowersJune 20, 2016

Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente, a wealthy real estate, banking and car dealership businessman who was running for president out of California until March, has filed to run as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate in Florida. De La Fuente qualified to appear in the Aug. 30 Democratic U.S. Senate primary on Monday according to […]

Larry GriffinJune 20, 2016

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At the City of Orlando’s Family Assistance Center, over 600 people affected by the Pulse nightclub murders have been helped so far. According to a news release, the Family Assistance Center will continue operating at the Camping World Stadium Monday through Wednesday this week. Touted as a “supportive, inclusive and safe environment for everyone,” the […]

Associated PressJune 20, 2016

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. history. The FBI was releasing on Monday a printed, partial transcript of the conversations between the gunman within the Pulse gay nightclub and […]

Associated PressJune 19, 2016

A week has passed since the Orlando nightclub shooting that killed 49 club patrons and the funeral processions are wrapping up, but survivors and victims’ families say they realize the nightmare will live on long after the world’s attention fades. Jeannette McCoy made it out of the Pulse nightclub alive on June 12 as gunman […]

Associated PressJune 19, 2016

The music was thumping and crowds were dancing at gay pride events around the U.S., with some revelers saying the partying was proof that people won’t give in to fear after last weekend’s attack at a gay nightclub in Florida. Festivals and parades went ahead Saturday under increased security in cities such as Chicago, Columbus, […]

Associated PressJune 18, 2016

The largest fundraising arm for the victims of the Pulse nightclub attack reversed course Friday and will now distribute millions of dollars directly to families and survivors instead of through nonprofit agencies. The OneOrlando fund’s decision underscores the complexities of distributing huge amounts of money donated from people and businesses desperate to give some solace […]

Tag: Orlando

Rick Scott to appeal denial of federal emergency funds for Orlando massacre

Darryl E. Owens: The horror of wounded empathy — or when mass shootings become humdrum

‘The Committee’ airs nationwide this week, documents anti-gay discrimination at Florida universities

A divided Senate answers Orlando with gridlock on gun curbs

Roque De La Fuente files as Democrat in U.S. Senate race

Over 600 people helped so far at Orlando Family Assistance Center

FBI releasing conversations between Orlando gunman and police

As Orlando funerals wrap up, survivors worry about future

Gay pride events festive but some concerned after Orlando

OneOrlando fund changes course, will give money to victims