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Orlando imam denies ties to nightclub shooter

ORLANDO, Fla. – Marcus Dwayne Robertson, the Islamic imam who preaches intolerance toward homosexuals, denied that the Orlando nightclub shooter, Omar Mateen, was a student of his online Muslim academy, during a Tuesday night interview broadcast by Fox News. "Our heart goes out to the victims and we didn'

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Orlando shooter tied to radical Islamic teacher, Fox reports

ORLANDO, Fla. – The shooter who killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub while proclaiming his loyalty to Islamic State was reportedly enrolled in an online Muslim school run by an ex-Marine who preached against homosexuality and encouraged at least one follower to train for terrorist actions. Omar Mateen, 29, the

crime

US seeks death for accused shooter in Charleston massacre

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department intends to seek the death penalty against Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black parishioners last year in a church in Charleston, South Carolina, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Tuesday. "The nature of the alleged crime and the resulting harm compelled this

gun control

Obama measures wouldn’t have kept guns from mass shooters

The gun control measures a tearful President Barack Obama announced Tuesday would not have prevented the slaughters of 20 first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, or 14 county workers at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California. Obama's executive action expands mandatory background checks to

second amendment

Obama unveils presidential plan to cut gun violence

WASHINGTON (AP) — A visibly emotional President Barack Obama, at one point wiping tears from his cheek, unveiled his plan Tuesday to tighten control and enforcement of firearms in the U.S., using his presidential powers in the absence of legal changes he implored Congress to pass. Obama accused the gun

terrorism

Recipe for a happier, safer 2016: Care more; complain less

There's no getting around it. Americans have just gone through an annus horribilis, to borrow a phrase from Queen Elizabeth. The year of 2015 has been filled with disturbing news about acts of terrorism and the threat of more, mass shootings, racial unrest and major questions about how

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FBI shifts focus to terrorism in California massacre

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The FBI announced Friday that it is investigating the mass shooting at a Southern California office party as an act of terrorism, but the agency's director said there is no indication that the slain husband and wife who killed 14 and wounded more than

California

Shooters kill 14 in San Bernardino, Calif.; police slay two suspects

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A heavily armed man and woman dressed for battle opened fire on a holiday banquet for his co-workers, killing 14 people and seriously wounding more than a dozen others in a precision assault, authorities said. Hours later, they died in a shootout with police. Authorities were