The widow of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay Orlando nightclub has been acquitted on charges of lying to the FBI and helping her husband in the 2016 attack. 

Lawyers for the widow of the Pulse nightclub shooter says they've only just been told that the attacker's father was an FBI informant for 11 years. 

Several people attended a public interfaith prayer service Monday night in Reno to remember the 49 people killed in one of the worst mass shootings in modern U.S. history.

A federal judge in California has agreed to release on bail the widow of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub until she faces trial on charges of aiding his attack.

The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman pleaded not guilty to charges that she aided and abetted her husband's support of the Islamic State group and then hindered the investigation of the attack.

The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman knew about the attack ahead of time, prosecutors said Tuesday as she appeared in court to face charges of aiding and abetting her husband in the months before the rampage last June that left 49 people dead.

A U.S. law enforcement official says the FBI has arrested the wife of the Orlando nightclub shooter. Noor Salman was taken into custody Monday morning in the San Francisco area and is due in court Tuesday in California. .

Relatives, friends and survivors of the Orlando nightclub massacre stood outside Pulse where candles were lit behind stars with the names of each of the 49 patrons who were killed. They hugged each other outside the shuttered gay club in the early morning hours Monday to mark the six-month anniversary of the massacre.

The father of the Orlando gay nightclub shooter was spotted at a campaign event for Hillary Clinton in central Florida.

Orlando police say there was a break-in at the Pulse nightclub just hours after law enforcement released the Orlando nightclub to its owner.