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Aug. 25, 2016 - 2 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-fbi-investigation-mateen-20160712-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [The FBI investigated the Orlando mass shooter for 10 months \&\#8212; and found nothing. Here’s why](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-fbi-investigation-mateen-20160712-snap-story.html) The veteran FBI agent and a local sheriff’s deputy took no chances when they got a credible tip about a potential terrorist. July 14, 2016 - 3 [Entertainment & Arts](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts) ### [Lady Gaga leads off 49 stars honoring 49 victims of the Orlando shooting](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-orlando-shooting-victims-remembered-stop-the-hate-20160629-snap-htmlstory.html) June 29, 2016 - 4 [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [A proud member of the military as a man, and maybe once again as a woman](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-aurora-transgender-snap-story.html) When Ellie Lader woke up that Sunday morning, her wife was sitting up in bed looking at her phone. June 30, 2016 - 5 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-pulse-911-20160629-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Gunshots, screams and moans: Orlando 911 calls tell tale of terror at Pulse nightclub](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-pulse-911-20160629-snap-story.html) In 911 calls the night of the Pulse shooting, some of the patrons trapped inside the Orlando, Fla., nightclub described seeing the shooter. June 29, 2016 - 6 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-gay-fbi-20160623-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [FBI investigators say they have found no evidence that Orlando shooter had gay lovers](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-gay-fbi-20160623-snap-story.html) Since the shooting at an Orlando nightclub last week that left 49 people dead, reports have emerged that gunman Omar Mateen frequented the gay club, used gay dating apps and had gay lovers. June 23, 2016 - 7 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-fg-orlando-shooting-20160622-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch visits Orlando after deadly attack](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-fg-orlando-shooting-20160622-snap-story.html) Atty. Gen. June 21, 2016 - 8 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-911-call-20160620-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Orlando gunman called for the U.S. to ‘stop bombing Syria and Iraq’](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-911-call-20160620-snap-story.html) The gunman who launched last week’s deadly shooting rampage at an Orlando gay nightclub identified himself to police as an Islamic solider and demanded that the U.S. stop bombing Syria and Iraq, the FBI said Monday. June 20, 2016 - 9 [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre: Who they were](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-victims-who-they-were-snap-htmlstory.html) June 12, 2016 - 10 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-church-20160619-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Orlando vigil and church services urge unity after a week of death and fear](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-church-20160619-snap-story.html) At least 50,000 people packed into an Orlando park for a candlelight vigil Sunday night, one week since a gunman shot and killed 49 people at a gay nightclub. June 19, 2016 - 11 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-lynch-orlando-20160619-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Justice Department to release transcripts of calls with Orlando gunman](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-lynch-orlando-20160619-snap-story.html) The Justice Department on Monday will make public some conversations between hostage negotiators and the perpetrator of the deadly Orlando, Fla., nightclub massacre, Atty. June 19, 2016 - 12 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-flashbacks-20160616-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [From San Ysidro to Sandy Hook: Surviving, but never getting over it](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-flashbacks-20160616-snap-story.html) A trigger is pulled, and a country is devastated. Again and again. June 19, 2016 - 13 [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Did gunman have bombs or an accomplice? Captain says questions made SWAT team use caution](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-swat-20160617-snap-story.html) As the hours ground on and the death toll mounted, Orlando Torres wondered when the police would come to rescue him and others trapped by the gunman who had stormed the Pulse nightclub. June 19, 2016 - 14 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-crosses-20160618-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [For the builder of Orlando’s 49 memorial crosses, his craft from the heart is a familiar one](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-crosses-20160618-snap-story.html) A long line of crosses became small windows into 49 lives lost. June 19, 2016 - 15 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-survivor-memories-20160618-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Nearly a week later, a shooting survivor’s mind races with memories of her ‘hero’ cousin](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-survivor-memories-20160618-snap-story.html) After nearly a week, Tiara Parker still repeats a mantra to herself as a reminder: “It’s real, it’s real, it’s real.” June 18, 2016 - 16 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-media-20160618-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Are the media complicit in mass shootings?](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-media-20160618-snap-story.html) Among the most chilling details to emerge in the Orlando massacre is that the killer paused during his three-hour rampage at the Pulse nightclub to search Facebook for news about it. June 18, 2016 - 17 [Opinion Voices](https://www.latimes.com/opinion) ### [The LGBTQ community is done with moments of silence. It’s time for action](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-lgbtq-orlando-shooting-20160617-snap-story.html) To the editor: I can’t stop thinking about all the lives that were tragically cut short in Orlando Sunday morning. June 18, 2016 - 18 [](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-orlando-killer-name-picture-20160617-snap-story.html) [Opinion Voices](https://www.latimes.com/opinion) ### [Don’t print the Orlando killer’s name or show his picture, readers say](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-orlando-killer-name-picture-20160617-snap-story.html) This will be the first and final time you read the name Omar Mateen in this column. June 18, 2016 - 19 [Opinion Voices](https://www.latimes.com/opinion) ### [We can learn from the Orlando attack, but only if we’re willing to be brave](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-ol-orlando-lgbt-nightclub-fear-grief-hate-racism-homophobia-20160616-snap-story.html) This week, 49 people were killed and 53 were injured by a gunman in an Orlando, Fla., nightclub. June 17, 2016 - 20 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-investigation-20160617-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Security videos show killing rampage at Orlando nightclub](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-investigation-20160617-snap-story.html) FBI agents have recovered security footage from a number of cameras inside and outside Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., that recorded the violent shooting rampage that left 49 people dead, a U.S law enforcement official said Friday. June 17, 2016 - 21 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-reporter-20160616-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [He found a loving community at Pulse \&\#8212; then as a reporter came back to cover the carnage](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-reporter-20160616-snap-story.html) Flashbacks floated through Josh Replogle’s mind as he drove through darkness toward the crime scene Sunday morning. June 17, 2016 - 22 [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Even in third grade, Orlando shooter was troubled and aggressive](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooter-school-20160616-snap-story.html) Oppositional. Lacks remorse. Verbally abusive. June 17, 2016 - 23 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-charleston-shooting-20160617-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [As Orlando mourns, Charleston remembers shooting that claimed nine lives a year ago](https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-charleston-shooting-20160617-snap-story.html) South Carolina’s governor somberly held up programs from the funerals of the victims of last year’s Charleston church shootings, saying Friday during a memorial service that the faith of those victims showed how to heal in the aftermath of still another mass shooting. June 17, 2016 - 24 [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [How the Orlando attack prompted a quiet debate on gay America among the global LGBT community](https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-orlando-global-lgbt-20160616-snap-story.html) For years, the United States has been viewed as a haven for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the world, with immigration authorities approving asylum for LGBT people fleeing violence, LGBT students coming for college, and wealthy internationals choosing the U.S. for vacations. June 17, 2016 - 25 [](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-ol-mccain-obama-20160616-snap-story.html) [Opinion Voices](https://www.latimes.com/opinion) ### [John McCain, Mr. Civility, blames Orlando on Obama](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-ol-mccain-obama-20160616-snap-story.html) Last week Sen. June 16, 2016 - 26 [](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lgbt-gun-control-20160617-snap-htmlstory.html) [California](https://www.latimes.com/california) ### [State, local and LGBT leaders call for gun control after Orlando attack](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lgbt-gun-control-20160617-snap-htmlstory.html) June 17, 2016 - 27 ### [Inside Pulse: A timeline of the night emerges](https://www.latimes.com/visuals/graphics/la-na-g-orlando-shooting-ticktock-20160613-snap-story.html) 2:02 a.m.: An off-duty officer working at the nightclub responds to shots at the entrance and exchanges fire with Omar Mateen. June 14, 2016 - 28 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-fg-orlando-medical-examiner-20160616-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Orlando medical examiner kept shooter in a separate morgue from victims: ‘It’s just what I felt was right’](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-fg-orlando-medical-examiner-20160616-snap-story.html) Walking into the Pulse nightclub hours after a gunman opened fire Sunday, Chief Medical Examiner Joshua Stephany was struck by the magnitude of the task before him. June 16, 2016 - 29 [](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-vigils-20160612-snap-story.html) [California](https://www.latimes.com/california) ### [Several vigils are planned around Southern California for the Orlando shooting victims](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-vigils-20160612-snap-story.html) Several vigils and prayer services are planned around Southern California on Sunday to commemorate the victims of the Orlando, Fla., nightclub shootings. June 12, 2016 - 30 [](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-weho-shootback-rainbow-20160616-snap-story.html) [California](https://www.latimes.com/california) ### [West Hollywood plastered with rainbow \#ShootBack signs](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-weho-shootback-rainbow-20160616-snap-story.html) Stickers and posters featuring a rainbow-colored version of the Gadsden flag and the hashtag \#ShootBack were raising eyebrows in West Hollywood on Thursday morning in the wake of the massacre at a gay nightclub in Florida. June 16, 2016 - 31 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-cemetery-workers-20160616-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Cemetery workers prepare graves for Pulse victims](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-cemetery-workers-20160616-snap-story.html) With orange spray paint, Greenwood Cemetery caretaker Owl Goingback outlined a rectangle under a century-old oak, then stepped aside as a backhoe claw plunged into the spot where Anthony Luis Laureano Disla’s body will be buried. June 16, 2016 - 32 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-gay-latin-night-20160617-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [In a week of mourning in Orlando, members of the LGBT community vow to stay resilient](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-gay-latin-night-20160617-snap-story.html) Jaysean Alexander left his Jacksonville, Fla., home Sunday morning and sped south on Interstate 95. June 16, 2016 - 33 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160612-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [‘An act of terror and an act of hate’: The aftermath of America’s worst mass shooting](https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160612-snap-story.html) Latin Night was wrapping up at Pulse around 2 a.m. as about 320 people danced and drank to thumping reggaeton, salsa and merengue. June 12, 2016 - 34 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-orlando-shooting-20160616-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [In Orlando, Obama reprises role as comforter-in-chief](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-orlando-shooting-20160616-snap-story.html) President Obama is a reluctant veteran of memorial services for mass murders, yet no single one he’s presided over prepared him fully to mark the Orlando massacre. June 16, 2016 - 35 [](https://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-west-bank-salman-20160616-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [In the West Bank, Orlando gunman’s widow is remembered as sheltered, simple \&\#8212; ‘our flesh and blood’](https://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-west-bank-salman-20160616-snap-story.html) The first time Noor Salman got married, the wedding celebration was held in an apartment belonging to her father’s family just a few blocks from the Palestinian presidential compound in Ramallah. June 16, 2016 - 36 [](https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-cia-intel-20160610-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [CIA director predicts more terrorist attacks like those in Orlando, Brussels and Paris](https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-cia-intel-20160610-snap-story.html) CIA Director John Brennan warned Thursday that as Islamic State loses ground in Syria and Iraq, it probably will use “guerrilla tactics” to launch more terrorist attacks like those in Orlando, Fla., Brussels and Paris. June 16, 2016 - 37 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160616-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [‘It is imperative we get this right,’ FBI says of Orlando shooting investigation](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160616-snap-story.html) As President Obama arrived in central Florida to visit victims’ families Thursday, investigators were still trying to determine what motivated the deadly nightclub shooter, and whether he had help. June 16, 2016 - 38 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-cellphone-20160615-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Orlando gunman, during pause in his rampage, searched social media for news of it](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-cellphone-20160615-snap-story.html) The gunman who massacred 49 people at a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., searched on social media for news of his murderous rampage during the attack, investigators have found. June 16, 2016 - 39 [](https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-california-gun-control-bills-20160616-snap-story.html) [Politics](https://www.latimes.com/politics) ### [Capitol Journal: 2nd Amendment talk is nonsense \&\#8212; until we control the weapons and the killing stops](https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-california-gun-control-bills-20160616-snap-story.html) Call that killer a radical Islamic terrorist. Call him a hateful homophobic. Or a homicidal wacko. June 16, 2016 - 40 [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Congress remains unlikely to change U.S. gun laws after Orlando shooting](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-guns-congress-20160613-snap-story.html) Even the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history is not likely to persuade Congress to change the nation’s gun laws. June 13, 2016 - 41 [](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-oc-gay-nightclub-20160616-snap-story.html) [California](https://www.latimes.com/california) ### [In politically conservative Orange County, a vigil for Orlando in a Santa Ana gay nightclub](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-oc-gay-nightclub-20160616-snap-story.html) The comfort of words flowed, as smooth as their spirits. June 16, 2016 - 42 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-noor-salman-20160615-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Here’s what we know about Noor Salman, the widow of the Orlando gunman](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-noor-salman-20160615-snap-story.html) To her father-in-law, the California native whose husband attacked a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., killing 49 people, is a “sweet lady” and attentive mother. June 15, 2016 - 43 [California](https://www.latimes.com/california) ### [Craigslist ad referring to Orlando massacre warns, ‘San Diego you are next’](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-craigslist-orlando-threat-20160615-snap-story.html) San Diego police are investigating an ominous post reported on Craigslist that referred to the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., and warned that “San Diego you are next.” June 15, 2016 - 44 [Entertainment & Arts](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts) ### [Wands raised in tribute for Orlando victim at Wizarding World of Harry Potter](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-wands-raised-orlando-harry-potter-20160615-snap-story.html) Universal Orlando staff and guests gathered outside of Hogwarts castle Monday to pay tribute to one of their own in a vigil straight out of “Harry Potter.” June 15, 2016 - 45 [Movies](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies) ### [Ellen Page emotionally discusses Orlando shooting with Chelsea Handler](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-ellen-page-chelsea-handler-orlando-20160615-snap-story.html) As details continue to emerge about the shooting in Orlando, Fla., that left 49 patrons of a gay club dead and more than 50 others wounded, many celebrities have begun to share their feelings about the massacre. June 15, 2016 - 46 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160615-20160614-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [‘His head is always down, and his lips is moving’: Disturbing portrait emerging of Orlando shooter](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160615-20160614-snap-story.html) Seddique Mateen was too exhausted Wednesday to wake at 4 a.m. and eat before a long day of fasting for Ramadan. June 15, 2016 - 47 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-families-20160615-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [‘You aren’t prepared for something like this’: Loved ones cope with loss in Orlando massacre](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-families-20160615-snap-story.html) How do you grieve a son, a daughter, a sibling, taken suddenly from you? June 15, 2016 - 48 [Opinion Voices](https://www.latimes.com/opinion) ### [Opinion: LGBT Americans have always lived under the threat of violence. Will Orlando force straight people to acknowledge it?](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-violence-pulse-lgbt-queer-orlando-attack-massacre-20160614-snap-story.html) Three years ago, Mark Carson was walking with a friend in Greenwich Village, the Manhattan neighborhood that birthed the contemporary LGBT movement. June 15, 2016 - 49 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-restroom-survivors-20160614-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Survivor on Orlando gunman: ‘He was not going to stop killing people until he was killed’](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-restroom-survivors-20160614-snap-story.html) As Patience Carter and two friends cowered inside the handicapped bathroom stall, injured and pinned by a crush of bleeding bodies, the gunman who opened fire in the Pulse nightclub kept talking. June 14, 2016 - 50 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-fort-pierce-terror-20160614-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [A small Florida town is left to wonder: How did 2 terrorists come from here?](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-fort-pierce-terror-20160614-snap-story.html) The day after Omar Mateen shot about 100 people in an Orlando nightclub, killing 49 in the worst mass shooting in modern American history, many in this quiet Florida seaside town were upset when the local newspaper splashed “ONE OF US” across its front page. June 14, 2016 - 51 [](https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-gun-control-snap-20160614-snap-story.html) [Politics](https://www.latimes.com/politics) ### [Tempers flare as lawmakers move forward with a dozen gun-control bills in wake of Orlando shooting](https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-gun-control-snap-20160614-snap-story.html) With emotions still raw over the massacre in Orlando, Fla., tempers flared Tuesday as divided California state lawmakers advanced a dozen gun-control bills, including proposals to outlaw the sale of semiautomatic rifles with easily detachable magazines. June 14, 2016 - 52 [Television](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv) ### [Late-night hosts respond to Orlando shooting with grief, outrage and calls to action](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-late-night-reactions-to-orlando-shooting-20160614-snap-story.html) As has become routine in moments of national tragedy, the mass shooting in Orlando dominated the late-night conversation on Sunday and Monday nights. June 14, 2016 - 53 [](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-lgbt-muslim-orlando-20160614-snap-story.html) [Opinion Voices](https://www.latimes.com/opinion) ### [Opinion: The LGBT community isn\&\#8217;t condemning Muslims after Orlando and neither should you](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-lgbt-muslim-orlando-20160614-snap-story.html) “You can take my life, but you won’t stop our voice.” June 14, 2016 - 54 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-hospital-20160614-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [At an Orlando hospital, the victims kept coming \&\#8212; but so did an army of nurses](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-hospital-20160614-snap-story.html) Things started out fairly well, by a busy emergency room’s standards. June 14, 2016 - 55 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160614-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Investigators say Orlando shooter sought out Islamic State propaganda, may have staked out Disney sites](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160614-snap-story.html) Omar Mateen increasingly sought out Islamic State videos and other radical Islamist propaganda in the months leading up to his shooting rampage at an Orlando, Fla., gay nightclub Sunday, investigators have found. June 14, 2016 - 56 [California](https://www.latimes.com/california) ### [Sacramento pastor, amid backlash, defends sermon praising Orlando killings](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pastor-praises-orlando-killings-video-sermon-20160614-snap-story.html) A YouTube video in which a Sacramento Baptist church pastor praised the massacre of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida and called the victims pedophiles and predators was removed Tuesday for violating the website’s policy on hate speech. June 14, 2016 - 57 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-ticktock-20160613-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [A night of terror: How the Orlando nightclub shooting unfolded](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-ticktock-20160613-snap-story.html) In less than six seconds, 17 shots reverberated through the Pulse nightclub. June 13, 2016 - 58 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-gay-muslim-20160614-20160612-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [How the Orlando attack could mark a shift for gay Muslims](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-gay-muslim-20160614-20160612-snap-story.html) Like their counterparts worldwide, many gay Muslims in the United States have long felt doubly ostracized – both by the wider national culture and by their co-religionists. June 14, 2016 - 59 [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Why did two FBI investigations fail to identify the Orlando gunman?](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-fbi-investigation-orlando-20160612-snap-story.html) Omar Mateen was scaring his co-workers. In the spring of 2013, the edgy security guard at St. June 13, 2016 - 60 [](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-vigils-orlando-pulse-shootings-20160613-snap-htmlstory.html) [California](https://www.latimes.com/california) ### [More than 2,000 gather at L.A. City Hall to mourn ‘those amazing, precious souls in Orlando’](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-vigils-orlando-pulse-shootings-20160613-snap-htmlstory.html) June 13, 2016 - 61 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-ar15-20160613-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [The AR-15-style rifle: a popular seller tainted by mass murder](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-shooting-ar15-20160613-snap-story.html) The military-style rifles used in some of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, including Sunday’s massacre at a gay nightclub in Florida, have become increasingly popular in recent years among American consumers. June 13, 2016 - 62 [](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-west-hollywood-art-orlando-response-20160613-snap-story.html) [Entertainment & Arts](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts) ### [West Hollywood public art installation ‘No One Is Safe’ responds to Orlando tragedy](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-west-hollywood-art-orlando-response-20160613-snap-story.html) Each victim has a different face. June 13, 2016 - 63 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160613-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Orlando gunman had used gay dating app and visited LGBT nightclub on other occasions, witnesses say](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160613-snap-story.html) The gunman who attacked a Florida LGBT nightclub had attended the club before the attack and had used a gay dating and chat app, witnesses said. June 13, 2016 - 64 [](https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-gun-bills-snap-story.html) [Politics](https://www.latimes.com/politics) ### [After Orlando, California lawmakers push for action on gun control](https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-gun-bills-snap-story.html) On the eve of key votes on a package of 11 gun control bills, California lawmakers on Monday cited the Orlando massacre as a call for approval of the measures, and opponents of the measures accused the legislators of exploiting a tragedy. June 13, 2016 - 65 [Politics](https://www.latimes.com/politics) ### [How Trump’s and Clinton’s claims in their speeches after the Orlando shooting stack up](https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-clinton-fact-check-20160613-snap-htmlstory.html) June 13, 2016 - 66 [](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-abbey-guards-20160613-snap-story.html) [California](https://www.latimes.com/california) ### [West Hollywood gay bar considering armed guards after Orlando shooting](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-abbey-guards-20160613-snap-story.html) A well-known West Hollywood gay bar is considering making armed security guards a regular presence after the mass shooting in an Orlando, Fla., gay nightclub Sunday. June 13, 2016 - 67 [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Pictures: Newspaper front pages after Orlando mass shooting](https://www.latimes.com/nation/os-orlando-mass-shooting-newspaper-front-pages-pictures-photogallery.html) Images from Florida and national newspapers the day after the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub that left 50 people dead. June 13, 2016 - 68 [](https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-clinton-trump-orlando--20160613-snap-story.html) [Politics](https://www.latimes.com/politics) ### [The Trump and Clinton responses to the Orlando shooting just reset the political norm](https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-clinton-trump-orlando--20160613-snap-story.html) The candidates didn’t take the requisite timeout from the presidential campaign trail. June 13, 2016 - 69 [](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-adele-orlando-antwerp-20160613-snap-story.html) [Music](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music) ### [‘The LGBTQA community, they’re like my soul mates’: Adele pays tribute to Orlando shooting victims](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-adele-orlando-antwerp-20160613-snap-story.html) Adele dedicated her concert Sunday night in Belgium to victims of the shooting at a gay club in Orlando that left 49 people dead and 53 injured. June 13, 2016 - 70 [California](https://www.latimes.com/california) ### [Man found with weapons before L.A. pride parade has history of gun charges, records show](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-gay-pride-weapons-20160612-snap-story.html) An Indiana man who told Santa Monica police he was on his way to the L.A. June 13, 2016 - 71 [Television](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv) ### [Column: A bridge back to sanity: Hours after the Orlando shootings, the Tony Awards gave comfort and joy](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-tony-mcnamara-critics-notebook-20160612-snap-story.html) “History has its eyes on you,” Christopher Jackson’s George Washington sang in one of the most anticipated moments of the highly anticipated Tony Awards on Sunday night. June 13, 2016 - 72 [](https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-world-reacts-orlando-20160613-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Around the world, condemnation of the Orlando massacre](https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-world-reacts-orlando-20160613-snap-story.html) From around the world, officials and public figures are expressing condemnation and shock over the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday. June 13, 2016 - 73 [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [In a month of pride, the gay community becomes a target of terror](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-lgbt-20160612-snap-story.html) The news of the Pulse nightclub shooting took Abel Alan Fingurs back to his childhood a generation ago, when the gay rights movement was in its infancy and he was often scared. June 12, 2016 - 74 [](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-police-20160612-snap-story.html) [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [Police face questions about delayed response to Orlando shooting](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-police-20160612-snap-story.html) At 2:02 a.m. on a muggy night in central Florida, a gunman traded shots with an off-duty police officer, slipped into a nightclub with a rifle and killed at least 50 people in the most lethal mass shooting in U.S. history. June 12, 2016 - 75 [](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-orange-county-leaders-20160612-snap-story.html) [California](https://www.latimes.com/california) ### [Orange County religious and community leaders decry Orlando violence, urge unity](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-orange-county-leaders-20160612-snap-story.html) Orange County religious and community leaders gathered Sunday to stand in solidarity against the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., that left 50 dead and at least 53 injured. June 12, 2016 - 76 [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [A stranger was bleeding in the parking lot. This man saved his life with a shirt and a bear hug](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-rescue-20160612-snap-story.html) It was last call early Sunday morning at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. June 12, 2016 - 77 [](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-gay-pride-la-weapons-20160612-snap-story.html) [California](https://www.latimes.com/california) ### [Man with weapons was headed to L.A. gay pride parade](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-gay-pride-la-weapons-20160612-snap-story.html) Authorities on Sunday were trying to determine the intentions of an Indiana man with a cache of weapons, ammunition and explosive-making materials in his car and apparent plans to attend the L.A. June 12, 2016 - 78 [](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sf-police-presence-20160612-snap-story.html) [California](https://www.latimes.com/california) ### [San Francisco vows that its own Pride celebration will go on](https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sf-police-presence-20160612-snap-story.html) Officials here said they are increasing police presence throughout the city following the deadly attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. June 12, 2016 - 79 [World & Nation](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation) ### [President Obama: Orlando shooting was ‘act of terror and an act of hate’](https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-orlando-20160612-snap-story.html) President Obama said the FBI is investigating the worst mass shooting in U.S. history as an act of terrorism, calling the Sunday morning slaughter of 50 people at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., a “horrific massacre.” June 12, 2016 - 80 [](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-orlando-mass-shooting-terrorism-20160612-snap-story.html) [Opinion Voices](https://www.latimes.com/opinion) ### [Editorial: Mass murder in Orlando is the most recent in a horrific parade of violence](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-orlando-mass-shooting-terrorism-20160612-snap-story.html) The murder of at least 49 people in Orlando early Sunday was an act of terrorism, pure and simple. 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June 12, 2016 10:57 AM PT A heavily armed gunman who had reportedly pledged allegiance to Islamic State stormed into a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday, and began rapidly firing into the crowd, killing 49 people and wounding 53 in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - 37 - 38 - 39 - 40 - 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 - 50 - 51 - 52 - 53 - 54 - 55 - 56 - 57 - 58 - 59 - 60 - 61 - 62 - 63 - 64 - 65 - 66 - 67 - 68 - 69 - 70 - 71 - 72 - 73 - 74 - 75 - 76 - 77 - 78 - 79 - 80 - 81 - 82 - 83 - 84 - 85 - 86 - 87 More From the Los Angeles Times Most Read in World & Nation