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Families Of Nightclub Shooting Victims Gather In Orlando

6:38pm June 13, 2016

by Ari Shapiro

Families of the victims of the nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., this weekend are gathering at the Beardall Senior Center on Monday. While authorities have identified most of the 49 victims, notifying next-of-kin has been a slower process.

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Hillary Clinton Responds To Mass Shooting In Orlando

6:38pm June 13, 2016

by Tamara Keith

Hillary Clinton planned to kick off her general election campaign Monday with a speech in Cleveland. Instead, the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., will take center stage.

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Orlando Mass Shooting Reignites Calls For Stricter Gun Laws

6:29pm June 13, 2016

by Ailsa Chang

The mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., has reignited calls on Capitol Hill for tighter gun laws.

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Authorities Continue Investigation Into Orlando Nightclub Shooting

6:29pm June 13, 2016

by Dina Temple-Raston

There are new details emerging from Orlando, Fla., where a lone gunman opened fire on a popular gay nightclub early Sunday morning. Omar Mateen killed more than four dozen people, making the attack the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. FBI Director John Comey says the shooter was radicalized but his connection to ISIS is tenuous.

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Counties where Aedes aegypti was reported between Jan. 1, 1995, and March 2016. Counties in yellow recorded one year ofA. aegypti being present; those shown in orange recorded two years; and those shown in red, three or more years.

Here's Really Where Zika Mosquitoes Are Likely In The U.S.

5:57pm June 13, 2016

by Michaeleen Doucleff

A few months ago, health officials published a map that made it look like a big part of the U.S. was at high risk for Zika. Now they've released a new map that paints a very different picture.

FBI Director James Comey (right) delivered an update on the Orlando Fla., shootings shortly after briefing President Obama on the investigation into the killing of 49 people.

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Orlando Gunman Had Been Taken Off Watch List, FBI Director Says

5:55pm June 13, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The man whose attack on a nightclub resulted in the deaths of 49 victims bought his guns legally, James Comey says. The shooter, he adds, also had three different contacts with a 911 dispatch service.

Tashfeen Malik (left), pledged allegiance to the Islamic State on Facebook just before she and her husband, Syed Farook, went on a shooting spree that left 14 dead in San Bernardino, Calif., last December. The couple is shown here in a 2014 photo. In just

A Mass Shooter 'Pledges Allegiance' To ISIS. What Does This Mean?

4:50pm June 13, 2016

by Greg Myre

Some see the shooters as seeking maximum publicity. Others say the Islamic State is inspiring terrorist attacks in the U.S. and in Europe, and needs to be routed as quickly as possible.

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Remembering The Orlando Shooting Victims

4:44pm June 13, 2016

NPR has a brief remembrance of two of those killed in the Orlando nightclub shooting, 26-year-old Oscar Aracena and 31-year-old Simon Carrillo.

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Mourners Gather In Orlando Following Massacre At Gay Nightclub

4:44pm June 13, 2016

by Ari Shapiro

The timeline is now coming together for what unfolded inside Orlando's Pulse nightclub early Sunday morning when a gunman killed 49 people and injured dozens.

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Survivors Describe Timeline Of Events Leading Up To Orlando Shooting

4:44pm June 13, 2016

by Hansi Lo Wang

Survivors of the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla., say the night began like a regular weekend at the Pulse club. But moments after gun shots rang out inside, staff and patrons scrambled for safety before police arrived.