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Andrea Noble

Andrea Noble was a crime and public safety reporter for The Washington Times.

Articles by Andrea Noble

This undated file image shows Omar Mateen, who authorities say killed dozens of people inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, June 12, 2016. (MySpace via AP, File)

FBI partial transcript of 911 calls: Omar Mateen claimed to be ‘Islamic soldier’

Orlando gunman Omar Mateen told police during the three hours he was holed up inside a gay nightclub with hostages that he was an "Islamic soldier" and armed with additional explosive devices that he threatened to detonate, according to transcripts released Monday of his phone conversations with law enforcement. Published June 20, 2016

Lotus Gunworks is shown, Thursday, June 16, 2016, in Jensen Beach, Fla. The co-owner of the store, Robert Abell told reporters that Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen came in roughly five weeks before the nightclub shootings asking to buy body armor and about 1,000 rounds of ammunition. The young man left empty-handed when an employee told him the store didn't have either, and the worker called the FBI to report a suspicious person. But nobody knew his name until after Mateen was identified in the Orlando nightclub attack. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

FBI confirms prior contact with Florida gun store

The FBI confirmed that agents did visit a Florida gun store after employees reported to the agency in May that a suspicious person, now believed to be Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, had tried to purchase body armor. Published June 17, 2016

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2006, file photo, Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland is seen. Whoever wins a majority of the 2,472 convention delegates, or 1,237 votes, at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland is the party’s nominee. What happens if there’s no winner on the first ballot? Delegates vote again and again until one candidate gets a majority. On subsequent ballots, most delegates are free to vote for whomever they please.(AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

ACLU files suit against Cleveland over GOP convention rules

Restrictions on public demonstrations in Cleveland during the Republican National Convention are "trampling First Amendment rights" of the thousands of demonstrators expected to come to town next month to both protest and support Donald Trump, according to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. Published June 15, 2016

FBI Director James Comey said a 10-month preliminary investigation was triggered when Omar Mateen told co-workers at a private security firm that he had family connections to al Qaeda and had mutual acquaintances with Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombers. (Associated Press)

James Comey defends FBI’s handling of Omar Mateen investigation

FBI Director James B. Comey on Monday said the man who killed 49 people in an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was clearly "radicalized" and defended the bureau's work investigating 29-year-old Omar Mateen, saying he does not think agents should have done anything differently. Published June 13, 2016

This undated photo provided by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office shows fentanyl pills. (Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office via AP) ** FILE **

DEA warns: Fentanyl so dangerous that officers can die by mishandling drug

Having long sought to warn the public about the dangers of fentanyl, the drug that recently killed Prince and has been blamed for hundreds of overdose deaths in recent years, law enforcement officials are targeting education efforts toward a new audience -- themselves. Published June 10, 2016

FILE - In this May 26, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in Billings, Mont., Thursday, May 26, 2016. Trump says comments on judge 'misconstrued' as an attack against people of Mexican heritage. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Donald Trump protesters, supporters to face off at Cleveland convention

Cleveland's security plans for the Republican National Convention include the deployment of more than 3,000 police officers, but security experts and those expecting to attend fear that a compact space for demonstrations combined with turbulent crowds may be a recipe for explosive clashes. Published June 7, 2016