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Florida nightclub gunman’s wife accused of misleading police

CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — The wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, appeared an Oakland, California court on Tuesday (January 17), accused of misleading authorities investigating the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Noor Salman faces up to life in prison on a charge of aiding and abetting husband Omar Mateen’s attempt to provide material support to a terrorist organization and is also accused of […]

Obama calls Orlando nightclub shooting an attack on all Americans

  (Reuters)  President Barack Obama on Sunday described the worst mass shooting in U.S. history as “an act of terror” and “an act of hate,” saying the massacre of 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida was an attack on all Americans. “Today as Americans we grieve the brutal murder, a horrific massacre of dozens of innocent people,” he said in a statement at the White House. “Although it is still early […]