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Associated PressAugust 1, 2016

A spokeswoman says the Pulse nightclub in Orlando will not reopen as a memorial to the dozens of people who died at the gay venue during an attack last month. Sara Brady of the OnePulseFoundation said in a statement Monday that a bogus Instagram posting from the day before that had announced the memorial has […]

Associated PressJuly 27, 2016

The Latest on the Democratic National Convention: Democrats are paying tribute to the victims of the June attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and the 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Christine Leinonen tells the crowd at the Democratic convention that her son – Christopher “Drew” Leinonen – always brought […]

Scott PowersJuly 21, 2016

Democrat Val Demings has earned the endorsement of Connecticut’s Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy in her run to win Florida’s 10th Congressional District in Orlando. Murphy has become one of the congressional leaders calling for gun control, a passionate position he’s held since the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. He’s organizing […]

Scott PowersJuly 20, 2016

Democrat Bob Poe is releasing his first television commercial in the Orlando-based Florida’s 10th Congressional District with a declaration of outrage over assault rifles and a promise to seek to ban them and to require universal background checks for gun purchases. Poe, an Orlando businessman and former chairman of the Florida Democratic Party, is pushing the […]

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 […]

Scott PowersJuly 19, 2016

House District 47 Democratic candidate Henry Lim is expressing his long professional and personal support for Orlando’s LGBT community in a new campaign video released Tuesday called, “What It Means To Be An Ally.” Lim is in a tough three-way contest for the Aug. 30 Democratic primary with Elizabeth Tuura and Clinton Curtis. The winner would […]

Associated PressJuly 18, 2016

The gunman who opened fire at a gay Florida nightclub last month in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history had complained he was repeatedly taunted for being Muslim in his job as a security guard at a Florida courthouse, according to records released Monday. When Omar Mateen first started working at the St. […]

Scott PowersJuly 14, 2016

All the Pulse massacre memorabilia laid on the lawn of the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center in Orlando, all the expressions of grief, love and togetherness, soon will be history. Literally. People will have one more weekend to see the remaining cards, pictures, flags, art and other expressions. But by Monday, the Orange County Regional […]

Scott PowersJuly 13, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Stephanie Murphy blasted her Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. John Mica, Wednesday for his co-sponsorship of a bill she characterized as anti-gay rights — and then sitting silently through a hearing on the bill one month after the Orlando massacre at the popular gay nightclub Pulse. The First Amendment Defense Act, House Resolution 2802, […]

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: Pulse nightclub

Owners: Bogus Instagram report said Pulse was reopening

Dems honor Fla. nightclub, Sandy Hook victims

Val Demings gets Sen. Chris Murphy’s endorsement in CD 10 for gun policies

Bob Poe’s first TV commercial in CD 10 race takes on assault weapons

Nightclub shooting police reports: hysteria, blood, bodies

HD 47 Democratic candidate Henry Lim releases support-LGBT video

Documents: Pulse gunman repeatedly taunted for being Muslim

Pulse memorabilia soon to be history; permanent memorial planning begins

Stephanie Murphy calls John Mica’s silence on anti-LGBT rights bill ‘unimaginable’ on Pulse’s anniversary

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