Friday, July 22, 2016

Orlando Nightclub Shooter Omar Mateen Was Taunted for Being ... and other top stories.

  • Orlando Nightclub Shooter Omar Mateen Was Taunted for Being ...

    Orlando Nightclub Shooter Omar Mateen Was Taunted for Being ...
    The shooter who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando was taunted for being Muslim, new documents reveal. Omar Mateen was reportedly taunted with derogatory epithets related to his religion while working as a contract guard at the St. Lucie Courthouse, according to the documents. The insults came from deputies and others, according to the Associated Press. Mateen responded to the insults by claiming to have ties with the Fort Hood shooter and the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Repo..
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  • Hillary Clinton is coming to Orlando this Friday

    Hillary Clinton is coming to Orlando this Friday
    Monday, July 18, 2016 Hillary Clinton is coming to Orlando this Friday Posted By Monivette Cordeiro on Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 2:26 PM click image Hillary Clinton is visiting Orlando this week ahead of rallies in Tampa and South Florida. The former Secretary of State's campaign announced she will be in Orland..
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  • Killer in Nice searched for articles on Orlando and Dallas attacks

    Killer in Nice searched for articles on Orlando and Dallas attacks
    Killer in Nice searched for articles on Orlando and Dallas attacks By Aurelien Breeden, NEW YORK TIMES July 18, 2016 This photo made available by Kapitalis shows Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel. French authorities detained two more people Sunday in the investigation into the Bastille Day truck attack on the Mediterranean city of Nice that killed at least 84 people, as authorities try to determine..
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  • East Tenn. boutique raises money for Orlando

    East Tenn. boutique raises money for Orlando
    East Tenn. boutique raises money for Orlando A Knoxville boutique is selling t-shirts they designed to fund raise for the families of the victims of the shooting at a nightclub in Orlando last month. Kendall Morris, WBIR 10:43 PM. EST July 18, 2016 NORTH KNOXVILLE - More than a month after the Orlando shooting at a gay nightclub that killed 49 people and injured many more, a North Knoxville boutique is raising money for the victims' families. Amanda Love, the owner of the Hot ..
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  • Boy Scouts gather flags left at Pulse memorial for retirement

    Boy Scouts gather flags left at Pulse memorial for retirement
    Michelangelo Dominguez's mother watched with pride Monday morning as the 13-year-old and other Boy Scouts picked hundreds of weathered American flags from the lawn outside the Dr. Phillips Center in Orlando.He helped collect mini-flagpoles stuck in the dirt around wet teddy bears and melted candles left for the 49 victims killed more than a month ago in the Pulse nightclub shooting. Officials from the Orange County Regional History Center oversaw the Scouts, who were asked to collect the flags ..
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  • Orlando police officers detail harrowing response to Pulse shooting

    Orlando police officers detail harrowing response to Pulse shooting
    The Orlando police officer could see a man lying on the floor of the Pulse nightclub, reaching out for help."He told me he could not stand or walk," the officer later wrote in a report. The officer could see that the man had been shot at least once, in his right leg. "I grabbed both of his wrists, and he grabbed mine. I dragged him outside of the club through the patio, and away from the building," the officer wrote.Then the officer, whose name was not included in the report, went back in. Othe..
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  • Clinton heading to Orlando on Friday

    Clinton heading to Orlando on Friday
    Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will campaign Friday and Saturday in the Sunshine State, highlighting the importance of the state in this year's battle for the White House.Clinton on Friday will visit Orlando and hold a rally at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, her campaign said Monday. She will then attend a rally Saturday in South Florida. The campaign did not announce if the public will have a chance to see her in Orlando, saying more details would be released later ..
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  • Documents: Orlando gunman repeatedly taunted for being Muslim

    Documents: Orlando gunman repeatedly taunted for being Muslim
    ORLANDO, Fla. — New documents show the gunman who killed 49 patrons at a Florida nightclub was repeatedly taunted for being Muslim in his job as a security guard at a Florida courthouse. Records released Monday by the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office show Omar Mateen claimed he was regularly called derogatory epithets for being Muslim by deputies and others at the St. Lucie Courthouse, where he worked as a contract guard. Also according to the records, Mateen told his bosses that in r..
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  • Intelligence group on Pulse attack day: Be ready for more

    Intelligence group on Pulse attack day: Be ready for more
    In the hours just after the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, law enforcement officers who specialize in gathering criminal intelligence in Central Florida sent out word to other cops: the Islamic State had claimed responsibility for the nightclub attack, and they should be ready for the possibility of more.Records recently released by the Central Florida Intelligence Exchange, a clearing house for classified and unclassified police intelligence for nine counties, show that it advised office..
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  • Former NYCFC coach Jason Kreis among Orlando City coaching ...

    Former NYCFC coach Jason Kreis among Orlando City coaching ...
    Orlando City president Phil Rawlins said some big names were on the Lions' shortlist of candidates to become the club's new head coach, and one of those names is Jason Kreis.A spokesman for the club confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel Monday that Kreis, former coach of New York City FC and an assistant with the U.S. men's national team, is in discussions with Orlando City to fill the vacant coaching spot left when Adrian Heath was fired July 6. However, the spokesman declined to characterize the ..
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