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• Jury selection begins this week in the trial of Noor Salman, the widow of the Pulse nightclub shooter. The trial of Noor Salman is set to begin this week. Legal expert Charles Rose weighs in on the task ahead for Salman’s legal team, and what the trial means for the city, more than a year and a half on from the Pulse shooting.
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• The Orlando community sought the guidance of The GLBT Center after the Pulse nightclub shooting, and now with a newly renovated building, staff there hope residents will continue to find comfort.
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• The state has levied a $1,000 fine against the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida after an investigation into claims that staff there had mishandled money raised from the Pulse nightclub shooting.
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• Six months after the Pulse nightclub shooting, Orlando officials have launched a network of safe places for the LGBT community. These are businesses where people being threatened or harassed can go for help.
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• Orange County Regional History Center staff is collecting the last items from the makeshift Pulse memorial in downtown Orlando Monday. The more than 2,000 items that had been placed on the lawn of the Doctor Phillips Center for Performing the Arts will now become part of a permanent museum exhibit.
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• Dozens of people are gathering now at Senator Marco Rubio’s office in downtown Orlando for what’s expected to be a 49-hour sit-in. Organizers say that nearly a month after the Pulse nightclub shooting, lawmakers aren’t doing enough to keep more fatal shootings from happening.
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• Gov. Rick Scott said he will not call a special session to debate gun legislation in the wake of the Pulse nightclub shooting despite a loud cry from democrats.
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