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Associated PressSeptember 20, 2016

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is asking the FBI to share more information with local agencies offering assistance to victims of Orlando’s gay nightclub shooting, according to a letter released Tuesday. The letter Rubio wrote last month to FBI Director James Comey requested reforms and said some victims had their assistance delayed because the FBI didn’t […]

Associated PressSeptember 19, 2016

A battle over whether 911 calls from a mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub will be made public may hinge on a technicality over how lawsuits are filed at the courthouse. The City of Orlando and news media groups are in court Monday for the first of two hearings this week on the matter. […]

Scott PowersSeptember 15, 2016

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is introducing another bill aimed at preventing suspected terrorists from buying weapons, this time with a 10-year look-back provision on anyone who had previously been investigated. The bill, dubbed the Terror Intelligence Improvement Act, would require federal agencies to coordinate efforts so anyone investigated for terrorism by any federal agency in the […]

Scott PowersSeptember 13, 2016

The city of Orlando is replacing the temporary security fence around the Pulse nightclub with a decorative one that will feature a screen wrap displaying art pieces created by local residents in response to the June 12 massacre that killed 49 people. The new fence will go in next Monday, installed by the city, the Downtown […]

Associated PressSeptember 12, 2016

An assistance center for victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre should remain open for several more years, according to city officials. The Orlando Sentinel reports the city council voted Aug. 29 to pay the Heart of Florida United Way over $123,000 to staff the Orlando United Assistance Center through early November. City officials said they’ll […]

Associated PressSeptember 7, 2016

The U.S. Department of Justice has dropped its legal case against the release of 911 calls from the massacre at a gay nightclub in Florida, saying Wednesday that withholding the recordings is no longer necessary to the federal investigation. The reversal by federal prosecutors keeps the freedom of information fight in state court. About two […]

Scott PowersSeptember 6, 2016

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“The Pride Fund to End Gun Violence” — a political action committee created as a response to Orlando’s Pulse nightclub massacre — announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president Tuesday and that a Pride Fund leader would meet with her in Tampa. Pride Fund Executive Director Jason Lindsay will meet with Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, during her Tampa stop. After […]

Associated PressAugust 30, 2016

A mother called 911 for help as she texted with her son, who was trapped inside the Pulse nightclub. A sister told a dispatcher that her 20-year-old brother also was trapped, in a bathroom at the gay club, and that “he said there were a lot of dead people.” People were texting, calling and video-chatting […]

Associated PressAugust 26, 2016

The legal fight over releasing the 911 calls from the Pulse nightclub shooting was sent back to state court Thursday by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Paul Byron ruled that the federal court lacks jurisdiction over the claims in the case. “This case must be remanded to the state court,” he wrote. The lawsuit […]

Scott PowersAugust 25, 2016

The newly formed Pride Fund to End Gun Violence, a grassroots response to the Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre, has endorsed Democrat Stephanie Murphy in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. The endorsement is the first for the fund, organized earlier this month to support candidates who support both the LGBT community and gun reforms. “We are here […]

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Marco Rubio asks FBI to share assistance info after Pulse shooting

Orlando and media continue fight over Pulse 911 calls

Marco Rubio introducing bill to stop gun purchases by suspected terrorists

City of Orlando to install decorative fence around Pulse

Orlando officials want to keep Pulse assistance center open

DOJ drops fight over release of 911 calls from club massacre

Pride Fund endorses Hillary Clinton

911 calls: ‘Gunshots going like crazy’ in Pulse nightclub

Suit over releasing Pulse 911 calls goes back to state court

Pride Fund to End Gun Violence endorses Stephanie Murphy in CD 7