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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Attack On Orlando Nightclub

4:44pm June 13, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with New York Times reporter Rukmini Callimachi about the Islamic State's claim of responsibility for the attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.

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Obama: No Direct Evidence That Terrorist Group Directed Orlando Attack

3:02pm June 13, 2016

President Obama spoke Monday after being briefed by his national security team about Sunday morning's mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.

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Hillary Clinton On Tackling Self-Radicalization: 'We Need To Get To Work'

12:46pm June 13, 2016

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee talks with Steve Inskeep about the Orlando attack. Her proposals include a team "exclusively dedicated to detecting and preventing lone-wolf attacks."

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Omar Mateen Called 911 From Bathroom, Says House Intelligence Panel's Rep. Schiff

10:21am June 13, 2016

Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, shares the latest on what's known about the gunman in Orlando.

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The Latest On The Orlando Attacks, Deadliest Mass Shooting In U.S. History

5:44pm June 12, 2016

A gunman, identified as Omar Mateen, opened fire early Sunday morning at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. At least 50 people were killed and 53 injured in the course of the attack.

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On The Ground In Orlando

5:30pm June 12, 2016

NPR's Jeff Brady is in Orlando with an update on the mass shooting.

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The Latest: Orlando Nightclub Shooting

4:13pm June 12, 2016

The police, the FBI and the sheriff's office are all on the scene of a nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla. that has left many dead. Host Linda Wertheimer speaks with NPR's Eyder Peralta.

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Multiple Deaths; Shooter Dead After Orlando Nightclub Shooting

1:10pm June 12, 2016

A gunman opened fire inside a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. overnight. Catherine Welch of WMFE tells host Linda Wertheimer that there are multiple deaths and dozens hospitalized. The shooter is dead.

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The Gray Team with Maj. Jennifer Bell (center), who ran a concussion clinic, seen in the Helmand province of Afghanistan in 2010: Col. Michael Jaffee (from left) , Capt. James Hancock, Col. Geoffrey Ling, Lt. Col. Shean Phelps and Col. Robert Saum.

How A Team Of Elite Doctors Changed The Military's Stance On Brain Trauma

1:16pm June 11, 2016

by Jon Hamilton

A group of specialists called the Gray Team challenged the dogma that said head injuries were serious only if they were obvious and bloody. Bomb blasts can lead to lasting but invisible damage.

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Former CIA operative Sabrina De Sousa, photographed in her then-home in Washington, D.C., in 2013, has lost an appeal to the Portuguese court system and will be extradited to Italy, she says.

Former CIA Officer Says She Is Set To Be Extradited To Italy

6:29pm June 08, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Sabrina de Sousa was convicted by an Italian court of involvement in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric 13 years ago, as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.