Judge clears way for release of many more Pulse 911 calls
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A judge Sept. 20 cleared the way for the release of many of the hundreds of 911 calls related to a mass shooting at a gay Florida nightclub, but calls capturing patrons’ deaths...
View ArticlePulse victims’ families can testify on 911 calls
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Relatives of the Pulse shooting victims, as well as the parents of the gunman, will be given the chance to speak at a hearing on whether all the 911 calls from the massacre can be...
View ArticleOrlando to buy Pulse, turn it into memorial
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The city of Orlando, Florida, has announced plans to purchase the Pulse nightclub and eventually convert the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history into a...
View ArticleSheriff releases body cam footage from Pulse shooting
Images recorded by the body cameras of police responding to the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando show officers clearing entrances and going into the building where gunman Omar Mateen had barricaded...
View ArticleSuspect in Albany LGBTQ bar shooting in custody
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – A suspect has been arrested in connection with the Thanksgiving morning shooting at a bar popular with Albany’s LGBTQ community that left one man dead and three wounded. Police say...
View ArticleMonths after brother died at Pulse, sister reopens his salon
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Six months after her brother and his longtime partner were killed in Orlando’s gay nightclub massacre, Jessica Silva is re-opening the couple’s beauty salon. Half a dozen black...
View ArticleOrlando shops designate themselves a ‘Safe Place’ for the LGBTQ community
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Officials in Orlando are launching a program allowing businesses to designate themselves as safe places for LGBTQ people if they feel threatened. City officials will begin...
View Article6 months later, 49 killed at Pulse are remembered
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Relatives, friends and survivors of the Orlando nightclub massacre stood outside Pulse where candles were lit behind stars with the names of each of the 49 patrons who were killed....
View ArticleHomo Erectus: The Evolution of Us – Hope (and Thoughts and Prayers) for Our...
The Parkland shooting has yet again re-ignited the great American gun control debate. Both sides of the coin have brought out their best arguments for control/freedom. It’s sadly yet another repeat of...
View ArticleOnePULSE Foundation to honor Parkland victims at one-year mark of school...
ORLANDO | OnePULSE Foundation announced that it will begin honoring victims from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 7 at the Pulse Interim Memorial. According...
View ArticleKansas City man pleads guilty to federal hate crime in shooting of gay teen
Malachi Robinson. (Mugshot from Jackson County Sheriff’s Office in Lee’s Summit, Missouri) A 26-year-old Kansas City man pleaded guilty in federal court July 7 to committing a hate crime by shooting a...
View ArticlePatrons in LGBTQ club shooting subdued gunman in ‘an incredible act of heroism’
(Screenshot from APNews.com) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) | As bullets tore through an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and wounding many more, one patron who had been partying...
View ArticleWatermark Issue 29.24: On the Frontlines
On the Frontlines: Central Florida and Tampa Bay women who fought in the early days of the AIDS crisis, Tampa Bay Sisters mark 20 years in service, One Orlando Alliance presents survey findings,...
View ArticleSuspect in killing of 5 at Colorado club held without bail
(Screenshot/YouTube KRDO 13 ABC News) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) | The alleged shooter facing possible hate crime charges in the fatal shooting of five people at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub...
View ArticleColorado shooting victim ‘wanted to save the family I found’
U.S. Navy Information Systems Technician Petty Officer Second Class Thomas James. (Photo courtesy U.S. Navy Public Affairs) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) | A member of the U.S. Navy who was injured...
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