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Orlando shooting in context with the presidential election, the LGBT community and Islam, Los Angeles mourns Orlando victims
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Jun 13, 2016
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Orlando shooting in context with the presidential election, the LGBT community and Islam, Los Angeles mourns Orlando victims

How can the Orlando shooting alter the conversation around gun control in the election? Islam and the LGBT community, Angelenos react to Orlando events.

TOPSHOT - People wave flags during a vigil in reaction to the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida,in New York on June 12, 2016. Fifty people died when a gunman allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group opened fire inside a gay nightclub in Florida, in the worst terror attack on US soil since September 11, 2001. / AFP / Bryan R. Smith (Photo credit should read BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - People wave flags during a vigil in reaction to the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida,in New York on June 12, 2016. Fifty people died when a gunman allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group opened fire inside a gay nightclub in Florida, in the worst terror attack on US soil since September 11, 2001. / AFP / Bryan R. Smith (Photo credit should read BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images)
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How can the Orlando shooting alter the conversation around gun control in the election? Islam and the LGBT community, Angelenos react to Orlando events.

How the Orlando shooting will alter the conversation around gun control in the 2016 election
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A closer look at the impact of the Orlando shooting and how it could alter the conversation around gun control in the 2016 election,
On the Lot: a sequel wins the box office, a visit to Skywalker Ranch and celebrating composer John Williams
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Every week we talk about the business of Hollywood with Rebecca Keegan, entertainment reporter for the LA Times.
School for hard knocks: learning the basics of stunt driving
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A California school teaches things like how to lock your back wheels to do a wild slide, and something called a 'juicy lift." Its curriculum is stunt driving
What can the US do to prevent homegrown terror?
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President Obama said today it appears that the Orlando shooting rampage was a case of "homegrown extremism."
Clinton, Trump share plans for combatting homegrown extremism
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President Obama has just seven months left in office. Changes to gun laws and a long-term plan for combatting homegrown extremism will likely fall on the lap of his successor.
LA developing national model to help LGBT foster kids
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Some parents are afraid to foster or adopt an LGBT kid because they think they're different. Experts are trying to teach people that they aren't.
Carson group seeks birthright citizenship for American Samoans
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A group in Carson has been pushing to correct what they see as a historic wrong: a law from the early 1900s that denies American Samoans birthright citizenship.