Monday, August 1, 2016

Shootings at Orlando club, gas station related, deputies say and other top stories.

  • Shootings at Orlando club, gas station related, deputies say

    Shootings at Orlando club, gas station related, deputies say
    Investigators say a fatal shooting outside a gas station in west Orange County early Sunday appears to be related to an earlier shooting outside a downtown Orlando nightclub.LaDravious Bass, 20, was killed in the shooting at the 7 Eleven on Old Winter Garden Road near Kirkman Road, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office. He was lying on the ground when deputies arrived just before 3 a.m.A woman, whose name hasn't been released, also was shot. Bass died at the scene.Emergency crews to..
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  • Shootout in heart of Orlando tourist district sends people scrambling ...

    Shootout in heart of Orlando tourist district sends people scrambling ...
    Updated: Jul 25, 2016 - 5:35 PM © 2016 Cox Media Group. ORLANDO, Fla. — A shootout along International Drive in the middle of the afternoon sent people scrambling for cover Monday. That gun battle played out in a shopping plaza in the heart of the tourist district, and at least one mother with her young children were close by. People in the shopping plaza near Grand National Boulevard told Channel 9 they heard at least a dozen shots. The shooting happened at about 1 p.m. at a..
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  • Orlando Attack Survivor Says He's 'Not OK' After Devastating Tragedy

    Orlando Attack Survivor Says He's 'Not OK' After Devastating Tragedy
    MTV’s acclaimed documentary series, “True Life,” is taking a heartbreaking look at how survivors of the June 12 mass shooting in Orlando, Florida are coping in the weeks following the tragedy.  In these clips, survivor Tony Marrero opens up about the challenging recovery process. Marrero’s best friend, Luis Vielma, was one of 49 people who were killed in the attack.  “People think that because I got released from the hospital and I’m in rehab right now, that I’m OK,” he says in the first clip, w..
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  • 2 killed in mass shooting outside Fort Myers club

    2 killed in mass shooting outside Fort Myers club
    Officials pledged to bring justice after a shooting killed two — a 14-year-old boy and 18-year-old man — and injured at least 15 others outside a Fort Myers nightclub early Monday.Detectives are questioning three people possibly connected to the incident and working to determine a possible motive. Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi called the attack "truly heartbreaking" and said her office is offering to help the families of Sean Archilles, 14, and Stef'an Strawder, 18, pay for funeral expense..
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  • Pulse cost estimates top $2 million so far

    Pulse cost estimates top $2 million so far
    Two dozen governments, public agencies and a hospital have spent more than $2 million so far in the aftermath of the massacre last month at Pulse nightclub, according to estimates collected by the city of Orlando.That figure was released Monday in response to a public-records request from the Orlando Sentinel, the same day Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer gave his annual budget address to the City Council. Dyer noted that the city alone spent nearly $600,000 on Pulse-related expenses through July 7, th..
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  • Orlando Pride rookies gain valuable experience

    Orlando Pride rookies gain valuable experience
    The Orlando Pride got a glimpse of the future during the tough loss Saturday to the Seattle Reign FC.For the first time, coach Tom Sermanni's starting lineup featured three rookies — Sam Witteman, Christina Burkenroad and Dani Weatherholt. Witteman, who was selected highest among the group in the NWSL draft, had already worked her way into a regular starting job before six players were called up for the Rio Olympics.But Burkenroad and Weatherholt were promoted from super-sub roles during a diff..
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  • Universal Orlando lifts blackout dates for rest of summer

    Universal Orlando lifts blackout dates for rest of summer
    Universal Orlando annual passholders can now ride Skull Island: Reign of Kong any day of the week, without worrying about blackout dates. Universal Orlando announced it has lifted all its blackout dates for the remaining of the summer. The theme park made the announcement on its Twitter page on Thursday.Blackout dates only affect PowerPass holders, the lowest tier of annual passholders at Universal Orlando.This year's summer blackout dates for Universal's Islands of Adventure - home to Skull I..
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  • Dispute over cell phone leads to shooting outside I-Drive business

    Dispute over cell phone leads to shooting outside I-Drive business
    A man was shot in the leg outside an International Drive tattoo parlor Monday after a dispute about a missing or stolen cell phone, according to Orlando police.Police were called around 12:45 p.m. to the business, 5568 International Dr. When officers arrived an employee said he was shot at. He said the suspect fled in a white Chrysler 300. Officers found the vehicle at a home in Tangelo Park.A man came out of the home with a gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken to the hospital with a non-life..
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  • Feds: Stay vigilant to prevent Zika cases

    Feds: Stay vigilant to prevent Zika cases
    Local transmission of the Zika virus will happen in Florida this summer, federal health officials predicted during a visit to Orange County Mosquito Control on Monday."We don't know when or where," said Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "If the disease follows the trajectory of chikungunya and dengue, we would expect those [local] cases to be in limited numbers, but we're being extremely careful until we know." What's concerning officials most is the..
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  • That Jihad Attack on the Orlando Gay Nightclub Never Happened ...

    That Jihad Attack on the Orlando Gay Nightclub Never Happened ...
    SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERDo you remember the June 12 jihad attack by a Muslim that killed 49 Americans in the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida? It was a big thing in the media at the time, complete with reports about a cellphone confession by the jihadi, and evidence that his immigrant Muslim family knew about the planned jihad attack. Well, you imagined it, see, because extensively documented jihad attack didn’t happen, President Barack Obama told the world on Sunday.SIGN UP FOR OUR NE..
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