Omar Mateen scouted Disney complex, Pulse, official says
Omar Mir Seddique Mateen's visits to the Pulse gay nightclub and Disney Springs happened between June 1 and June 6, a law enforcement official said Tuesday. Gay Days 2016 celebrations took place at Walt Disney World and other Orlando locations between May 31 and June 6.A law enforcement official said the gunman's wife, Noor Salman, went with her husband to the two locations. It's unclear how much she knew about his intentions. Mateen had showed an aversion toward gays -- making inflammatory rema..>> view originalHeat safety should be priority during hot summer months
Summer is just beginning, but the area is already in the middle of its first big heat wave. The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky, advises that temperatures will be in the mid-90s for most of the week. A few thunderstorms could pop up, as well, according to Kelly Hooper with the National Weather Service. "That's what makes a thunderstorm develop, the heating of the Earth," he told the Southeast Missourian. "That's what causes all weather." It's important to take extra safety measure..>> view originalCalifornia police officer dies after motorcycle collides with minivan
A Northern California police officer died in a motorcycle crash, authorities announced Tuesday. San Jose Police Chief Eddie Garcia said Officer Michael Katherman, 34, was riding his patrol motorcycle in uniform when he was involved in a head-on collision with a minivan at around 4:30 p.m. Garcia said at a news conference that the driver attempted to make a left turn down a street when he collided with Katherman on his motorcycle. A witness pulled over to assist Katherman and used his police rad..>> view originalStanford case judge removed from new sex case
An effort is underway to recall the judge who sentenced a former Stanford University student convicted of rape to six months in jail. The case has sparked outrage on campus and around the nation. (June 10) APSanta Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky in 2011. He is drawing sharp criticism for sentencing former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner to only six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.(Photo: Jason Doiy, AP)A California judge who has faced ..>> view originalThe Latest: Expert: Neck break likely paralyzed Freddie Gray
By Associated Press June 14 at 6:05 PM BALTIMORE — The Latest on the trial for a police van driver facing a second-degree murder charge stemming from the in-custody death of a 25-year-old black man (all times local): 6 p.m. A neurosurgeon has testified that a prisoner whose neck was broken in the back of a Baltimore police wagon would have been immediately paralyzed and unable to breathe after suffering his injuries. Defense attorneys called Dr. Joel Winer to testify Tuesday in the trial of ..>> view originalTennessee lawmaker receives threats for AR-15 giveaway
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Tennessee lawmaker said Tuesday that his office has received threats for planning to give away the same type of semi-automatic rifle used by a gunman in the massacre of 49 people at an Orlando nightclub.Before the shootings happened, Republican state Rep. Andy Holt had offered the AR-15 as a door prize at a fundraiser scheduled for later this month. When he was heavily criticized following Sunday's shootings, he said he would give away a second one as well."I'm not going t..>> view originalMove to fire high-ranking Chicago cop backfires when deadline missed
A bid to fire a controversial, high-ranking Chicago police officer for misconduct has fizzled after officials realized recently they failed to act before a five-year statute of limitations passed on taking disciplinary action.The missed opportunity is an embarrassment for the Independent Police Review Authority, the embattled agency that since the fallout over the Laquan McDonald video-recorded shooting has tried to reshape its performance and image. An IPRA spokeswoman said, however, that the..>> view originalTeen girl killed, 3 others injured in downtown Oakland shooting
A teenage girl died and three others were injured Tuesday night in downtown Oakland, police said.The 16-year-old, who was listed in critical condition, later died at the hospital. The other three victims in the shooting are in stable condition, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.Police originally said six people were shot, but later reported four were injured in the shooting.The victims range in age from mid-teens to early 20s, the Associated Press reported. They were attending a vigil two blo..>> view originalAlligator drags toddler into lagoon at Disney hotel, police say
Hours after the Tuesday night attack, the toddler was still missing despite a frantic overnight search to find him. The family of four -- parents, the boy and his 4-year-old sister -- is on vacation from Nebraska, Demings said. They arrived Sunday.They watched as the alligator attacked the toddler at the Seven Seas Lagoon."The father actually went into the water to wrestle his son from the grips of the alligator," he said. The father suffered minor scratches on his hand, but was unsuccessful in..>> view originalAfter Orlando, Republican Party Unity Behind Turmp Grows More Elusive
House Speaker Paul Ryan told a room of Republican donors and elites in Park City, Utah last weekend that he endorsed Donald Trump to keep the Republican Party together. That explanation implied that if the highest ranking Republican didn't support the top of the ticket and went against the legitimate winner of the primary electoral process that the Republican Party would limp forward as a divided party with no chance of electoral success. The Speaker suggested that he put party above persona..>> view original
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