Orlando Mayor Wants to Buy Pulse, Turn it Into a Public Memorial

Mayor Buddy Dyer has offered to buy the Pulse nightclub for $2.25 million. Pulse was the site of this spring’s horrible mass shooting. This makes sense as the owners expressed interest in making it a memorial as well. That and more in our look at culture news from around the world.

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