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Slain Vegas shooting victims' kin to split shooter's estate
Read full article: Slain Vegas shooting victims' kin to split shooter's estateFamilies of people killed in the Las Vegas Strip massacre in October 2017 will receive almost all of the $1.4 million estate of the man who unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history and killed himself before police reached him.
FBI documents give new view into Las Vegas shooter's mindset
Read full article: FBI documents give new view into Las Vegas shooter's mindsetA trove of FBI documents made public this week offers a new view into high-stakes gambler Stephen Paddock’s mindset before he carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern America.
US appeals court blocks ban on rapid-fire ‘bump stocks’
Read full article: US appeals court blocks ban on rapid-fire ‘bump stocks’A federal appeals court has ruled against a Trump administration ban on bump stocks, the devices that enable a shooter to rapidly fire multiple rounds from a semi-automatic weapon after the initial trigger pull.
Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage
Read full article: Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnageThe suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18 when authorities say they bought the weapons used in the attacks.
22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here's where the guns came from
Read full article: 22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here's where the guns came fromThe suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18 when authorities say they bought the weapons used in the attacks.
4th year since Las Vegas massacre: 'Be there for each other'
Read full article: 4th year since Las Vegas massacre: 'Be there for each other'People who are healing and some still struggling are gathering to remember those who died and were injured during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history four years ago on the Las Vegas Strip.
Las Vegas massacre memorial panel focusing on victim stories
Read full article: Las Vegas massacre memorial panel focusing on victim storiesA panel planning a permanent memorial at the Las Vegas site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history is focusing on stories about the more than 58 people killed and thousands left wounded and emotionally scarred, as well as on lessons learned.
A glance at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's incendiary words
Read full article: A glance at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's incendiary wordsRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., goes back to her office after speaking on the floor of the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Afterward, Greene suggested that the shooting might have been staged. Connecting a series of scattershot points, Greene suggested a bank controlled by the Rothschild family, who are Jewish, a utility company responsible for the fire and then-Gov. Greene “liked” the comment and replied, “Most people honestly don’t know so much. 9/11 ATTACKSIn November 2018, Greene shot a video in which she talked about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, referring to a “so-called” plane that crashed into the Pentagon.
Las Vegas marks 3rd year since deadliest US mass shooting
Read full article: Las Vegas marks 3rd year since deadliest US mass shootingAn unidentified woman cries during a ceremony Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, on the anniversary of the mass shooting three years earlier in Las Vegas. The ceremony was held for survivors and victim's families of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (AP Photo/John Locher)LAS VEGAS – The sun rose Thursday over a somber ceremony marking the third anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, as Las Vegas remembered the excruciating night when 58 people were killed at an outdoor country music festival in 2017. “I, for one, will always be changed because he wanted to do something for the families,” Rivera said of Zanis. Las Vegas police and the FBI found that he meticulously planned the attack and said he acted alone.
Las Vegas shooting victims closer to getting $800M payouts
Read full article: Las Vegas shooting victims closer to getting $800M payoutsAn $800 million settlement by casino giant MGM Resorts International could be in the hands of more than 4,400 relatives and victims of the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history by January 2021. The line-by-line list of victims, identified by initials only, runs for more than 170 pages of a 225-page civil complaint seeking compensation and punitive damages from MGM Resorts. A man with military-style weapons rained gunfire into a crowd at an outdoor country music festival from his room on the upper floors of the Mandalay Bay resort, which MGM Resorts owns. A separate document declares the case settled and asks Clark County District Court Judge Linda Marie Bell to set a date to field any final objections. Las Vegas police and the FBI determined the 64-year-old retired accountant and high-stakes poker player meticulously planned the attack and acted alone.
Top 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history
Read full article: Top 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern US historyThe world received news Saturday of a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Less than a day later, another mass shooting happened in a popular Dayton, Ohio, neighborhood. The shooting in El Paso has now become one of the top 10 deadliest shootings in modern U.S. history. The deadliest mass shooting took place on Oct. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada, when Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire on a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers from the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. It is the fourth deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.