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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
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CBS News:
Las Vegas shooting leaves at least 50 dead - live updates — LAS VEGAS - A shooting at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 200 others late Sunday, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said. — It was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
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.
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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.
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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” …
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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CNN:
Las Vegas shooting: Live updates — Dozens were killed and more than 200 injured in a shooting at a country music concert with Jason Aldean in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Here's the latest.
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Washington Post:
At least 50 dead, more than 400 injured after shooting on Las Vegas Strip — A gunman in a high-rise hotel opened fire on a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday, killing at least 50 people and injuring hundreds of others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
CNN:
50 dead after shooting on Las Vegas Strip; suspect ID'd — (CNN)[Breaking news update at 8:06 a.m. ET] — The Las Vegas Strip massacre has no known link to overseas terrorism or terror groups, a US official with knowledge of the case said. — Separately, a woman described as a …
Paul R. La Monica / CNNMoney:
Gun stocks up after Las Vegas shooting — Mass shooting in Las Vegas: at least 50 dead — Gun stocks rose Monday following the deadliest mass shooting in American history late Sunday night. A gunman in a hotel room at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas killed at least 50 people attending an outdoor concert and wounded over 400 more.
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NBC News:
Las Vegas Shooting: More Than 50 Killed and 200 Hurt Near Mandalay Bay — More than 50 people were killed in the worst mass shooting in modern American history when a lone gunman opened fire into an outdoor country music festival from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel on Sunday night, police said.
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Leon Watson / Telegraph:
Stephen Paddock: Who was the Mandalay Bay attacker and what was his motive? — The gunman responsible for the worst mass shooting in modern US history is believed to be a grandfather who lived in a remote desert home. — Stephen Paddock, 64, was named by police as the perpetrator of the shooting on Sunday night.
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Las Vegas shooting: What we know about suspect Stephen Paddock
Las Vegas shooting: What we know about suspect Stephen Paddock
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David Harris / Orlando Sentinel:
Las Vegas shooter's brother lives in Orlando, ‘completely dumbfounded’ by massacre
Las Vegas shooter's brother lives in Orlando, ‘completely dumbfounded’ by massacre
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NBC News:
Stephen Paddock, Las Vegas Shooting Suspect, Identified
Stephen Paddock, Las Vegas Shooting Suspect, Identified
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Fox News:
Stephen Paddock: What we know about Las Vegas shooting suspect
Stephen Paddock: What we know about Las Vegas shooting suspect
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
ISIS Claims Responsibility For Las Vegas Attack; FBI Says Absolutely No Link at This Time
ISIS Claims Responsibility For Las Vegas Attack; FBI Says Absolutely No Link at This Time
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LasVegasSun.com:
More than 50 dead, 200 injured in mass shooting on Las Vegas Strip
More than 50 dead, 200 injured in mass shooting on Las Vegas Strip
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John Locher / New York Times:
How the Las Vegas Strip Shooting Unfolded
How the Las Vegas Strip Shooting Unfolded
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Karma Allen / ABC News:
Las Vegas shooting death toll rises to 58, no apparent connection to terror
Las Vegas shooting death toll rises to 58, no apparent connection to terror
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Los Angeles Times:
More than 20 dead and 100 injured in shooting on Las Vegas Strip; police say one suspect …
More than 20 dead and 100 injured in shooting on Las Vegas Strip; police say one suspect …
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Karma Allen / ABC News:
At least 50 dead, 400 injured in Las Vegas shooting; suspect had at least 10 guns
At least 50 dead, 400 injured in Las Vegas shooting; suspect had at least 10 guns
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Tom Cleary / Heavy.com:
Stephen Paddock: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Stephen Paddock: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
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Christian Lowe / Weekly Standard:
Did Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock Use a Fully Automatic Rifle?
Did Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock Use a Fully Automatic Rifle?
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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Shooter's brother: 'It's like an asteroid just fell on top of our family'
Shooter's brother: 'It's like an asteroid just fell on top of our family'
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Fox News:
Las Vegas shooting: At least 50 dead, more than 200 injured in massacre
Las Vegas shooting: At least 50 dead, more than 200 injured in massacre
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Murphy: ‘Time for Congress to get off its ass’ in the wake of Las Vegas shooting
Murphy: ‘Time for Congress to get off its ass’ in the wake of Las Vegas shooting
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Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
How far-right trolls named the wrong man as the Las Vegas shooter
How far-right trolls named the wrong man as the Las Vegas shooter
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Las Vegas Review-Journal:
‘It was a horror show’: Mass shooting leaves more than 50 dead, 400 wounded on Las Vegas Strip
‘It was a horror show’: Mass shooting leaves more than 50 dead, 400 wounded on Las Vegas Strip
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Callum Paton / Newsweek:
LAS VEGAS GUN LAWS: OPEN CARRY, CONCEALED WEAPON, MACHINE GUNS ALL LEGAL IN NEVADA
LAS VEGAS GUN LAWS: OPEN CARRY, CONCEALED WEAPON, MACHINE GUNS ALL LEGAL IN NEVADA
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Divert, Divide, Destroy — In one week's time, President Trump has again demonstrated that his sympathies stretch no further than his personal fortunes and personal favors. — He is using the power of the presidency and the might of the federal government in his own petty game of sticks and carrots.
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The Daily Beast:
Angry That People Think He Doesn't Care About Puerto Rico, Trump Spends Weekend Golfing and Hate-Tweeting
Angry That People Think He Doesn't Care About Puerto Rico, Trump Spends Weekend Golfing and Hate-Tweeting
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump's Puerto Rico Tweets Are Part of the Same Old War
Trump's Puerto Rico Tweets Are Part of the Same Old War
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Puerto Rico has big problems, but President Trump isn't one of them: Glenn Reynolds
Puerto Rico has big problems, but President Trump isn't one of them: Glenn Reynolds
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Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Attacks in Havana hit US spy network in Cuba — https://www.apnews.com/d0fa8db258bf4c54 92428e448e953102 — Link copied! — HAVANA (AP) — Frightening attacks on U.S. personnel in Havana struck the heart of America's spy network in Cuba, with intelligence operatives among …
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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 …
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