Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, left, with Aaron C. Rouse, special agent in charge for the FBI in Nevada, discusses the Route 91 Harvest festival mass shooting at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. Law enforcement authorities on Monday made a significant change to the timeline of […]
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NRA supports push to regulate 'bump stocks'
WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association has joined an effort to restrict a device that was used to accelerate gunfire in the Las Vegas massacre, after the White House and top Republicans signaled a willingness to debate the issue in response the tragedy. “In Las Vegas, reports indicate that certain devices were used to modify […]
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Las Vegas gunman may have planned to attack other music festivals
LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the days and months before he mowed down concertgoers from his high-rise hotel suite, gunman Stephen Paddock rented rooms overlooking two other music festivals in Las Vegas and Chicago, authorities said. They gave no details on what his intentions might have been. The disclosures came as investigators struggled for a […]
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'I wasn't ready to die,' says Las Vegas victim from hospital bed
Natalie Vanderstay answers questions from her hospital bed at University Medical Center on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in Las Vegas. Vanderstay was shot in the stomach and suffered a leg injury after a gunman opened fire on an outdoor music concert on Sunday. LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tubes connecting to veins in her arms, Natalie […]
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In the chaos of Las Vegas shooting, there were heroes
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rob Ledbetter’s battlefield instincts kicked in quickly as bullets rained overhead. The 42-year-old U.S. Army veteran who served as a sniper in Iraq immediately began tending to the wounded, one of several heroes to emerge from the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Amid the massacre in Las Vegas, which […]
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Las Vegas hospitals care for hundreds of wounded from shooting
A woman sits on a curb at the scene of a shooting outside of a music festival along the Las Vegas Strip, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip.A woman hides inside the Sands […]
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Sniper in Las Vegas high-rise hotel kills at least 58, over 500 injured
Police officers stand at the scene of a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas. Multiple victims were being transported to hospitals after a shooting late Sunday at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. Medics treat the wounded as Las […]