Authorities say they so far have no evidence that Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen had the help of any individual or organized group, despite his calls to 911 pledging allegiance to the Islamic State. California lawmakers join with LGBTQ, Muslim and gun control groups to express solidarity with the victims and urge support for a package of gun safety legislation up for a vote tomorrow in a State Senate committee. U.C. Berkeley students stage a vigil to remember the dead. A memorial grows in San Francisco’s Castro District.
Remembering another massacre: Also in Orlando, a former Chilean army officer faces a civil trial in the torture and death of Chilean social icon and folksinger Victor Jara in the days after the U.S.-backed coup on September 11, 1973.
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