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7:15 PM ET, October 2, 2017

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Will Ricciardella / The Daily Caller:
CBS Legal Exec: No Sympathy For Vegas ‘Because Country Music Fans Often Are Republican’  —  A top legal executive at CBS, Hayley Geftman-Gold, said she “is not even sympathetic” for the victims of the shooting at a country music festival at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Sunday night.
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Washington Post:
Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock enjoyed gambling, country music, lived quiet life before massacre  —  Before he opened fire late Sunday — killing at least 50 people at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip — the gunman Stephen Paddock lived a quiet life for years in a small town outside Las Vegas.
David French / National Review:
Based on the Early Reports, The Las Vegas Shooting Is Very, Very Strange  —  Before I begin, let me clearly state two things.  First, as I note in the title of this post, my observations are based on early reports, and early reports are often wrong.  Second, do not read this post as implying any sort of conspiracy theory of any kind.
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
Here Are All The Hoaxes Being Spread About The Las Vegas Shooting  —  This post will be updated as more hoaxes surface.  —  At least 50 people were killed and more than 200 were injured in a shooting on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday night.  Police have confirmed that “one suspect is down” …
ABC News:
President Trump's full remarks on the deadly Las Vegas shooting  —  Below are President Donald Trump's full remarks on Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas, as delivered from the White House's Diplomatic Room on Oct. 2, 2017.  —  Thank you.  My fellow Americans, we are joined together today in sadness, shock and grief.
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘He was just a guy.  Something happened, he snapped’ -Las Vegas shooter's brother says family is ‘dumbfounded’ at massacre and have no idea of motive  — Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas Village early on Monday morning killing at least 50
Wall Street Journal:
Las Vegas Suspect Likely Used Automatic Rifle in Massacre  —  Investigators found 18 to 20 firearms in alleged gunman's hotel room  —  The gunman who authorities said killed at least 58 people at a Las Vegas music festival appears to have used at least one fully automatic rifle …
Cindy Boren / Washington Post:
Las Vegas concert shooting prompts ESPN to change its mind about airing national anthem  —  Because of the horrific news of the shooting at a Las Vegas concert, ESPN has reversed course and will broadcast the national anthem that precedes Monday night's game between the Washington Redskins …
Bill O'Reilly / No Spin News:
Mass Murder in Las Vegas  —  Once again, the big downside of American freedom is on gruesome display.  A psychotic gunman in Las Vegas has committed the worst mass murder in U. S. history.  —  64-year-old Stephen Paddock, who lived in Nevada, began firing from a hotel window about 10pm Pacific time last night.
Discussion: The Hill, RedState, IJR and Raw Story
New York Times:
Las Vegas Shooting Near Mandalay Bay Casino Kills More Than 50  —  A gunman firing from a Las Vegas hotel rained a rapid-fire barrage on a huge outdoor concert festival on Sunday night, sending thousands of people fleeing until SWAT units found and killed him.
Washington Post:
At least 50 dead, more than 400 injured after shooting on Las Vegas Strip
Sam J. / twitchy.com:   WTAF?! Brother says Las Vegas shooter was multi-millionaire real estate investor
Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
How far-right trolls named the wrong man as the Las Vegas shooter
CNN:
50 dead after shooting on Las Vegas Strip; suspect ID'd
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why the debate over gun suppressors isn't really relevant to what happened in Las Vegas
Associated Press:
The Latest: White House says now is no time for gun debate
Discussion: Political Wire
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
In the Wake of the Las Vegas Shooting, There Can Be No Truce with the Second Amendment
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Las Vegas shooting updates: 59 people are dead and more than 525 injured
NBC News:
Las Vegas Shooting: More Than 50 Killed and 200 Hurt Near Mandalay Bay
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Interior watchdog opens investigation into Zinke's travel
Discussion: The Atlantic, Vox and Axios
Paul R. La Monica / CNNMoney:
Gun stocks up after Las Vegas shooting
Stephen Paddock / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
‘It was a horror show’: Mass shooting leaves at least 58 dead, 515 wounded on Las Vegas Strip
Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story and NPR
Karma Allen / ABC News:
At least 50 dead, 400 injured in Las Vegas shooting; suspect had at least 10 guns
Discussion: BBC, ThinkProgress and Daily Wire
New York Times:
Las Vegas Shooting: Live Updates
Discussion: Slate, Gizmodo, Refinery29 and Splinter
TMZ.com:
Tom Petty Found Unconscious in Full Cardiac Arrest (UPDATE)  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  1:35 PM PT — Sources tell us at 10:30 Monday morning a chaplain was called to Tom's hospital room.  We're told the family has a “do not resuscitate” order on Tom.  The singer is not expected to live through the day, but he's still clinging to life.
Discussion: RedState
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CBS News:
Tom Petty, legendary rocker, is dead at 66  —  Tom Petty, the rocker best known as the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is dead at 66, CBS News has confirmed.  —  The legendary musician suffered a full cardiac arrest and was found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home Sunday night.
Discussion: RedState
Rolling Stone:   Report: Tom Petty, Rock Iconoclast Who Led the Heartbreakers, Dead at 66
German Lopez / Vox:
Gun violence in America, explained in 17 maps and charts  —  In the developed world, these levels of gun violence are a uniquely American problem.  Here's why.  —  America is an exceptional country when it comes to guns.  It's one of the few countries in which the right to bear arms is constitutionally protected.
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Tomi Kilgore / MarketWatch:
Gun-maker stocks rally after mass shooting in Las Vegas
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
Trump's company had more contact with Russia during campaign, according to documents turned over to investigators  —  Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney leaves Capitol Hill on Sept. 19.  Cohen was there to appear privately before the Senate Intelligence Committee.  (Susan Walsh/AP)
Julia Ioffe / The Atlantic:
Did Manafort Use Trump to Curry Favor With a Putin Ally?  —  On the evening of April 11, 2016, two weeks after Donald Trump hired the political consultant Paul Manafort to lead his campaign's efforts to wrangle Republican delegates, Manafort emailed his old lieutenant Konstantin Kilimnik …
Reuters:
Special Report: HP Enterprise let Russia scrutinize cyberdefense system used by Pentagon  —  WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Enterprise allowed a Russian defense agency to review the inner workings of cyber defense software used by the Pentagon to guard its computer networks …
Discussion: Lawfare and Engadget
 
 
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