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TRENDING TOPICS, MOST CREDIBLE STORIES | | #1 in U.S. News • 39 articles Why did a truck crash into a Florida Pride parade? |  | |
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One dead, another injured after pickup truck plows through LGBTQ parade in Wilton Manors, Florida.
Washington Post (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 79% • 3 min read
The pickup driver and the two men he struck were all part of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men's Chorus, a tightknit group that is now in mourning. The driver, a 77-year-old man who has not been publicly identified, was a parade participant who had ailments preventing him from walking and had been selected to drive the lead vehicle for the procession.
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Immediately after the crash, Fort Lauderdale's mayor told reporters that it was "a terrorist attack against the LGBT community" that was "deliberate" and "premeditated." On Sunday, he released a statement acknowledging that the facts pointed to "an accident in which a truck careened out of control." The Fort Lauderdale Police Department said that it is still investigating.
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Wilton Manors [north of Fort Lauderdale] is known as a haven for the LGBTQ community. Its annual [Pride parade] draws about 35,000 people. It has the nation's second-highest percentage of gay couples and, from 2018 to 2020, was one of two cities with an all-LGBT city commission.
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Deadly crash at Florida LGBTQ parade was accident: police.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 71% • 3 min read - Top long-read
Hate crimes are rare in Florida. But only because many police fail to report them accurately. (2019)
Miami Herald (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 73% • 11 min read
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[Gov. Abbott's veto of funding for the Texas state Legislature] follows through with a threat he made at the end of May when Democrats blocked an election reform bill by walking out of the regular legislat...
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| | #1 in World News • 22 articles What are the differences between Armenia's candidates for prime minister? |
Armenia's snap parliamentary election on Sunday showed acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan leading over former President Robert Kocharyan. Pashinyan's party had picked up around 58.5%...
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[French President Emmanuel Macron] and his party failed to mobilize supporters, with an estimated 68% of voters shunning the polling stations – an unprecedented rate of abst...
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