"The last 36 hours have been sobering. I don't know that I knew any of the victims, but am sure there will only be one degree of separation between us. I was so thankful that the City of Miami Beach was quick to act in putting together last night's beautiful vigil. Now, our community must use this moment to get the federal government to completely lift the ban on gay men donating blood. And we must sadly get ready for dozens of funerals for dozens of young people."

(CNN) Brenda Lee Marquez McCool had already fought the battle of her life -- twice.

(EDGE) Authorities continue to release the names and identities of those lost in the tragic Orlando massacre at Pulse gay nightclub. While same names were released Sunday evening, CBS News is keeping a running list of others who died in the nation's deadliest mass shooting. At least 50 people died in the attack and dozens were injured.

Last week during the Democratic National Convention, Christine Leinonen of Orlando victim Christopher “Drew” Leinonen spoke at the event. The short speech received a standing ovation from the crowd.

U.S. Congressman Patrick Murphy said Republican leader Donald Trump’s response to the Orlando massacre was wrong and dangerous.

(AP) When the shooter claimed to have explosives during the Pulse nightclub shooting rampage in June, two bomb-sniffing dogs got a "positive hit'' on his vehicle outside the gay bar.

In the wee hours of June 12, a gunman entered Pulse nightclub in Orlando and opened fire, killing 49 people and injuring dozens of others. The world immediately went into action, sending prayers, condolences, social media shout outs, blood donations — and cash.

(AP) More than 500 anti-terrorism officers were deployed around the nation's largest city as a precaution Monday, a day after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

(CNN) President Barack Obama said Thursday that grief-filled parents in Orlando pleaded with him to take steps preventing the kind of gun violence that took their children. But he acknowledged, exasperatedly, that he could offer them few promises.

Maitland – Congregation Ohev Shalom, the oldest synagogue in the Central Florida area, will now perform and recognize same-sex unions. The synagogue’s Executive Board made the decision unanimously with the full support of the Board of Trustees of Congregation Shalom in Maitland, Fla.

Josh Bell was named the new executive director of the One Orlando Alliance in October 2020. He said starting the job in the midst of a pandemic brought a few bumps with it.

The OneOrlando Fund, established by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer in response to the Pulse shooting, has now raised more than $9 million.

The second class of recipients of onePULSE Foundation’s scholarship program was announced May 18. 

It has been over a week since a gunman went on a shooting spree that killed 49 men and women, mostly LGBT Latin people, and tragically made the Pulse nightclub in Orlando the most famous LGBT bar since the Stonewall Inn.

When the first line of marchers in your pride parade walk silently while holding placards bearing the name of nearly 50 of your slain brothers and sisters... well, it's a sober reminder of the world we live in.

Orlando has changed us.

I haven't slept much in the past week. I still can't begin to imagine what those inside of Pulse Nightclub went through in those early hours of Sunday, June 12. I'll admit, I was numb and disappointed in myself upon first hearing the news.

Orlando – Community activist and talk show host Randy Ross was arrested and put in jail Jan. 23 on insurance fraud charges, according to the Orange County Jail website.

More than 100,000 people have donated more than $5 million to two GoFundMe pages assisting the victims and their families of the terrorist attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, which has claimed 49 lives so far and has left more than 50 others injured.

Hospitals that aided the Pulse Nightclub shooting victims will not bill for their medical care.

(AP) Survivors, staff and family members of victims who were killed during the Orlando nightclub massacre are gathering outside Pulse to mark the six-month anniversary of the rampage.

The mayors of Orlando and Orange County have designated June 12 as “Orlando United Day — A Day of Love and Kindness” in recognition of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. However, they left out two marginalized communities impacted by the massacre that took the lives of 49 people and injured 53 others. 

At the Orlando City Council’s June 23 meeting, Orlando mayor Buddy Dyer plans to ask the council to support him filing an amicus brief in Florida’s marriage equality lawsuits.

In the wake of this weekend’s mass shooting in Orlando that took the lives of 49 people and injured at least 53 others, there is an urgent need for blood donors to volunteer.

(AP) Orlando city officials say they want to keep an assistance center for victims of the Pulse nightclub massacre open for several more years.

Seeking to heal a community still coping with tragedy, Orlando city officials are producing a pride event next month.

The Orlando Sentinel was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news reporting for their coverage of the massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, which took the lives of 49 people, injured 53 others and became known as the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.

(AP) Officials in a Florida city are launching a program allowing businesses to designate themselves as safe places for gays and lesbians if they feel threatened.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Orlando's city council has voted to support overturning Florida's ban on same-sex marriage.

The site of the deadliest mass-shooting in United States history will turn into a memorial.