Orlando Nightclub Gunman's Widow Acquitted

By Amy Green
NPR
Noor Salman, widow of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, was charged with obstruction of justice and supporting a terrorist organization. Host David Greene talks to Amy Green of member station WMFE. Listen here. 

Trial Begins For Widow Of Pulse Shooter

By Amy Green
NPR
Survivors of the Pulse nightclub attack and family members of those killed are preparing for the trial of the shooter's widow. Listen here.

Jury Selection Set To Begin For Trial Of Wife Of Pulse Nightclub Shooter

By Amy Green
NPR
Jury selection begins tomorrow for the trial of Noor Salman, the widow of Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen. Salman has pleaded not guilty to aiding and abetting and obstruction of justice. Listen here.

Plans Begin For Memorial At Site Of Pulse Nightclub Shooting

By Amy Green
NPR
As the first anniversary of the Pulse shooting approaches, there's an effort underway to transform the Orlando nightclub into a museum and a memorial to the 49 people killed. Listen here.

Six Months Later, Pulse Owner Reflects On Mass Shooting In First In-Depth Interview

By Amy Green
WMFE
Six months ago Monday a gunman opened fire at Pulse, leaving more than 100 dead or wounded in the worst mass shooting in modern American history.

The massacre put Orlando at the center of national debate about gun control, terrorism and xenophobia as mass attacks continue as an all-too-common occurrence.

90.7’s Amy Green talked with Pulse owner Barbara Poma in her first in-depth interview about the ordeal at the gay nightclub she established as a tribute to her brother, who died of AIDS. Listen here.

Historians Preserve Memorials After Mass Shootings

By Amy Green
NPR
At mass shooting sites from Orlando to Newtown to Virginia Tech, historians are collecting items that mourners and sympathizers leave and preserving them in archives. Listen here.

At Pulse, A Friend's Rescue Mission Ends With Tragedy

By Amy Green
WMFE
Patience Carter and her friend had made it out of Pulse. But as the shots rang out in the night they realized a third friend was missing.

Together they went back inside. Here is what happened next. Listen here.

Caylee's Family Secrets

By Amy Green, contributor
PEOPLE
What the police know. Read here.

A Mom's Web Of Lies

By Amy Green, contributor
PEOPLE
Inside the investigation. Read here.

What Happened To Caylee?

By Amy Green, contributor
PEOPLE
A missing 2-year-old and a mom under suspicion. Read here.

Attacks on the Homeless Rise, With Youths Mostly to Blame

By Amy Green

The New York Times

CROSS CITY, Fla. — Warren Messner was 15 when he and some friends attacked a homeless man and left him for dead. Mr. Messner jumped on a log laid across the man’s ribs. He does not know why. He was high, does not remember much and wants to forget the rest.

Today Mr. Messner is a baby-faced 18-year-old serving 22 years for second-degree murder. He used to like skipping school and listening to rap music with friends. He imagined he eventually would help his father install flooring. Now he talks to his parents nearly every night from the maximum-security Cross City Correctional Institution.

“It was just a senseless crime.” he said, his eyes down, his shoulders slumped. “I wish it would have never happened. It made no sense. It was stupidity.”

Mr. Messner’s story is not unusual. Nationwide, violence against the homeless is soaring, and overwhelmingly the attackers are teenagers and young adults. In Florida the problem is so severe that the National Coalition for the Homeless is setting up speakers bureaus to address a culture that sees attacking the homeless as a sport. It is the first time the organization has singled out a particular state. Read more here.