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Fast Forward Was Orlando Gunman Gay — and Was Omar Mateen’s Attack a ‘Self-Hate Crime’?
Law enforcement officials are investigating reports that the man who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando may have been gay himself, but not openly so, two officials said on Tuesday, with one describing the massacre as a possible “self-hate crime.” Omar Mateen, who was shot dead by police after a three-hour standoff…
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Fast Forward ‘Stanford Rape’ Juror To Judge Aaron Persky: ‘Shame on You’
A juror in the Stanford University sexual assault case wrote to the judge expressing his disappointment over what was seen by many as a very lenient sentence handed down to former student-athlete Brock Turner. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky is facing a recall campaign following public anger over his decision to sentence…
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Fast Forward Israel Wins UN Legal Committee Chair in First
Israel on Monday won an election to chair the United Nations’ legal committee, the first time that it will head one of the world body’s six permanent committees since joining the U.N. in 1949. While it is a largely symbolic and procedural role, chairing the committee will give Israel a chance to have a higher…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Blames Muslims for Not Reporting Orlando Massacre
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump faulted the Muslim community on Monday for not reporting people like the man who carried out the Orlando gay nightclub attack, killing 49 people and wounding 53 others. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, speaking on Monday, after the massacre in a Florida nightclub, said the United States must find a…
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Fast Forward Orlando Gunman Worked for Sprawling Security Firm Embroiled in Israel Controversy
News that a G4S employee was the gunman who killed 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Florida wiped almost 200 million pounds ($282.80 million) off the value of the world’s largest security firm. Omar Mateen, 29, a Florida resident and U.S. citizen, had undergone company screening as recently as 2013 with “no findings,”…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Plans Meeting With Hillary Clinton To Push for Progressive Agenda
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he will meet with his rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday to press her to embrace his progressive agenda, saying he wants to know what she will stand for if she becomes president. Speaking on ABC’s “This Week” program on Sunday, Sanders did not concede he had lost the Democratic…
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Fast Forward Anti-Gay Gunman Kills 50 at Orlando Club in Worst Mass Shooting in U.S.
A gunman killed 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday and wounded 53 others before being killed by police in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. The shooter was identified as Omar S. Mateen, a Florida resident who a senior FBI official said might have had leanings towards Islamic…
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Fast Forward California Attorney General Kamala Harris Blasts Lenient Sentence in ‘Stanford Rape’ Case
California Attorney General Kamala Harris, the leading U.S. Senate candidate from the state, has joined the outpouring of criticism against a six-month jail sentence given to a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. Harris, speaking to reporters in the San Francisco Bay area on Wednesday, said she was concerned that…
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