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Lynn Waddell

Lynn Waddell is a freelance writer based in St. Petersburg, Fla. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times, and numerous other publications. She's a former staff writer of the Las Vegas Sun and The Birmingham News.

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NIGHTSTALKER

Serial Killer Strikes Again, but Now There’s a Description

Four people have died in a spate of murders in the same neighborhood since October. No one saw the man behind the first three, but eyewitnesses may have changed that.

Kelly Weill

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‘COWARDLY’

NYC Hit by Deadliest Terrorist Attack Since 9/11

Sayfullo Saipov allegedly killed eight people when he drove his truck onto a Manhattan bike path before yelling ‘Allah Akbar.’ Neighbors say he was devout, but didn't expect this.

Tim Teeman

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HELLRAISER

Omar Mateen ‘Lacked Remorse’ as a Child

The boy who would grow up to be an ISIS murderer was a violent and abusive student who was bounced from school to school.

Katie Zavadski

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Our Heroes

The Love That Bullets Couldn’t Stop

Gay couples. Straight couples. Best friends. Parents and children. Here are the stories of a love much stronger than the Orlando shooter’s hate.

M.L. Nestel

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Changed Man

Drag Queen: Orlando Killer Was My Friend

Omar Mateen committed the most horrific act of anti-gay violence on U.S. soil. But there was a time when he had gay friends, a high school classmate says.

Katie Zavadski

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Libya Tragedy

Terry Jones: Not My Fault

The Florida pastor tells Lynn Waddell he knows negative portrayals of the Prophet Muhammad can cause violence, but insists he never regrets exercising free speech.

Lynn Waddell

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Few & Far Between

Protesters Say They Were ‘Successful’ in Tampa Despite Low Turnout

Plagued by sparse attendance, convention protesters still say they had some success. Lynn Waddell reports.

Lynn Waddell

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ANGRY IN TAMPA

Leave Unions Alone!

Union leaders protest a GOP platform they say is killing organized labor. By Lynn Waddell.

Lynn Waddell

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Trouble in Tampa

Protestors: Voter Fraud Is a Fraud

Voter fraud is a fraud, Tampa protestors proclaimed, perpetrated by GOP-controlled state legislatures to discourage minority voting, writes Lynn Waddell.

Lynn Waddell

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Women’s Rights

Code Pink Shakes Tampa

Spunky Code Pink cofounder Medea Benjamin on the Republican National Convention protest scene. By Lynn Waddell.

Lynn Waddell

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