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One year later, remembering the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting

June 12, 2017Conflict

Thousands of the items will go on display — some in a museum, others online — on Monday, exactly one year after gunman Omar Mateen opened deadly fire inside the gay nightclub. In addition to those killed, 53 people were wounded in the hail of bullets.

Paris

Paris police officer dies in Champs-Élysées shooting

April 20, 2017

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