After Orlando massacre, a nation seeks answers

Xavier Guadalupe-Diaz waved flags Sunday evening at a rally on Boston Common.

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Xavier Guadalupe-Diaz waved flags Sunday evening at a rally on Boston Common.

People put their hand prints on a makeshift memorial near the scene of the attack in Orlando.

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People put their hand prints on a makeshift memorial near the scene of the attack in Orlando.

In San Francisco, those mourning the Orlando victims gathered for a vigil at Harvey Milk Plaza.

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In San Francisco, those mourning the Orlando victims gathered for a vigil at Harvey Milk Plaza.

Mourners attended a candlelight vigil in Wellington, New Zealand, on Monday evening.

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Mourners attended a candlelight vigil in Wellington, New Zealand, on Monday evening.

After the shootings, scores of people lined up to donate blood at an Orlando clinic.

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After the shootings, scores of people lined up to donate blood at an Orlando clinic.

Sitora Yusufiy, the ex-wife of Orlando shooting suspect Omar Mateen, spoke to the media Sunday.

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Sitora Yusufiy, the ex-wife of Orlando shooting suspect Omar Mateen, spoke to the media Sunday.

Three victims of the shooting (from left): Edward Sotomayor Jr., Stanley Almodovar III, Luis Vielma.

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Three victims of the shooting (from left): Edward Sotomayor Jr., Stanley Almodovar III, Luis Vielma.

Police stood near the area of the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub on in Orlando on Sunday.

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How the Orlando nightclub shooting unfolded

Here is what authorities know about the attack, which left 50 people dead and scores wounded.

Early Sunday, 29-year-old Omar Mateen gunned down 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, police said.

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Who was Omar Mateen, the Orlando shooter?

Mateen, 29, was a body builder and a security guard, a religious man who once wanted to become a police officer.

MICHAEL A. COHEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Cohen-1798.jpg All of us must bear responsibility for Orlando

This is the America we have, as a nation, chosen to live in ? one in which mass shootings are a regular, depressing occurrence and nothing is done to stop them.

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/6de7d6c07d48460abb7a77034fc4eb1d-6de7d6c07d48460abb7a77034fc4eb1d-0.jpg Prayers aren?t enough. The US needs fewer guns.

The common thread in too many mass shootings is the availability of powerful semiautomatic weapons that serve no purpose but to kill.

The challenge in fighting terrorism: Finding lone wolves

?In many ways it?s searching for a needle in the haystack,? said one top lawmaker.

Friends and family grieved Sunday outside the Hampton Inn and Suites in downtown Orlando, which turned into a holding area for those trying to find out what happened to their loved ones.

An agonizing wait as victims? names trickle out

People huddled outside an Orlando hotel late Sunday, hoping for news ? any news.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-11003.jpg Terrorist attack must spark unity, not finger-pointing

It?s time to stop politicizing tragedy and find unity on fighting terrorism.

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Round after round was fired and people started dropping: some in panic, some because they were wounded, others because they were dead.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/phone1.jpg ?I?m gonna die?: Mother received texts from son during Orlando shooting

Mina Justice was sound asleep when she received the first text from her son, who was in the club where a gunman opened fire, killing 50.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_BS7I5.jpg Gunman pledged allegiance to Islamic State before shootings

Fifty people were killed and 53 were wounded Sunday in what was the deadliest shooting in US history.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/shootercrop-11014.jpg Orlando shooter referenced Boston Marathon bombings

Omar Mateen made a 911 call before the attack in which he cited the 2013 blasts on Boylston Street.

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Donald Trump said President Obama should step down after he ?disgracefully refused to even say the words ?Radical Islam? ? when speaking about the massacre.

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?Hamilton? continues its Broadway dominance with 11 Tony Awards

But Lin-Manuel Miranda?s blockbuster musical about the Founding Fathers fell short of the record for most Tonys (12) held by ?The Producers.??

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/miranda150-1485.jpg Lin-Manuel Miranda of ?Hamilton? reads moving sonnet at Tonys

The star and creator of ??Hamilton,?? read a sonnet onstage on Sunday, referencing tragedy and urging ??love and love and love.??

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wpi-11018.jpg Lawyer for victim in WPI rape case challenges school on legal strategy

Attorneys for the woman assert that the school knew about, and did not object to, a controversial legal tactic.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/11/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/chin061116PanosPanay_arts4.jpg Berklee to lead musical rights initiative

The college is behind a broad-based effort to streamline how artists get paid for their work.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/10/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/160404_KDB_GE_IMELT_003.jpg General Electric focuses on tech in its talent hunt

GE says it wants to hire the software programmers and other digital talent who are the backbone of the innovation economy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/13warehouse10.jpg Could outsourcing fix this T problem?

Officials say privatization of warehouse operations could lead to major improvements to the T?s maintenance work.

This three-story structure at 176 Humboldt Avenue in Roxbury sold for $100.

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Second of Two Parts

Pam family?s deals with nonprofits were less than charitable

Valuable properties owned by a pair of charities were peddled to the Roxbury family?s businesses under highly favorable terms.

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The Vermont senator said he will make decisions about his campaign?s future after that.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/539486944.jpg Trump will kick off his general election race in N.H.

Donald Trump is gearing up for what he hopes will be a blockbuster sequel to the state?s primary: Trump Takes New Hampshire, Part Two.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/200_pat_dean.jpg Twins? Pat Dean another New England success story

The rookie lefthander from BC kept the Red Sox in check Sunday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/13counterterrorism01.jpg Counterterrorism drill held at Fenway Park

An exercise included simulated explosions and realistic-sounding gunshots.

Opinion & Ideas

OPINION | GREGORY M. HEREK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/539572364.jpg The terror the Orlando attacks bring for LGBT people

LGBT people are still widely considered legitimate targets for violence, even while much of the population shows increasing acceptance of them.

Ground Game

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/trumpnh.jpg Knock-knock. Is anyone home at Donald Trump?s N.H. campaign?

Many New Hampshire Republicans are concerned about Donald Trump?s nearly non-existent Granite State campaign.

Globe investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight9090-10654.jpg Private schools, painful secrets

More than 200 victims. At least 90 legal claims. At least 67 private schools in New England. This is the story of hundreds of students sexually abused by staffers, and emerging from decades of silence today.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight-9497.jpg Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

Design New England

Design New England

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/low_res.png ?This is home?

Keith Leblanc and Kelly Monnahan create a haven for themselves, family, and friends in the piney hills of outer Cape Cod.