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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.
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
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.
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.
Sam J. / twitchy.com:
WTAF?!  Brother says Las Vegas shooter was multi-millionaire real estate investor  —  This story just keeps getting weirder, and weirder, and weirder. … Don't look at us, we just work here. … Our reaction to a T. … Preach Ben. … So far he's not fitting the normal characteristics …
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
Discussion: The Hill, RedState, IJR and Raw Story
Washington Post:
At least 50 dead, more than 400 injured after shooting on Las Vegas Strip
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
Callum Borchers / Washington Post:
White House: Now is not the time to talk about gun control. But ‘if you look to Chicago ...’
Discussion: CNN, NBC News and Fox News Insider
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
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Interior watchdog opens investigation into Zinke's travel
Discussion: Vox, Axios and The Atlantic
NBC News:
Las Vegas Shooting: More Than 50 Killed and 200 Hurt Near Mandalay Bay
Paul R. La Monica / CNNMoney:
Gun stocks up after Las Vegas shooting
Karma Allen / ABC News:
At least 50 dead, 400 injured in Las Vegas shooting; suspect had at least 10 guns
Discussion: ThinkProgress, BBC and Daily Wire
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why the debate over gun suppressors isn't really relevant to what happened in Las Vegas
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  —  Singer suffered cardiac arrest and was taken off life support at hospital  —  Tom Petty, the dynamic and iconoclastic frontman who led the band the Heartbreakers, went into full cardiac arrest at his Malibu home Sunday night …
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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Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
GOP still plans to vote on NRA-backed legislation that eases gun restrictions
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Preventing Mass Shootings Like the Vegas Strip Attack
Discussion: Hit & Run
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
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.
Discussion: Salon and CNN
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