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High Rise Sniper Kills At Least 58 At Las Vegas Concert

By SALLY HO and REGINA GARCIA CANO, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A gunman on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino rained heavy fire down on a crowd of over 22,000 at an outdoor country music festival, turning the expanse into a killing field from which there was little escape. At least 58…
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Las Vegas Police Call For Blood Donations Following Mass Shooting

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas authorities are calling for blood donations and setting up a hotline to report missing people in the wake of a mass shooting that injured more than 400 people and killed over 50 at a country music concert Sunday night. Las Vegas police said Monday that it will take time…
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50 Dead, 200 Injured In Las Vegas Attack

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada sheriff says the death toll has climbed to 50 in the attack on a Las Vegas concert Sunday, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says more than 200 people were wounded at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Strip.…
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President Trump Scoffs At “Politically Motivated Ingrates” After Maria

By JILL COLVIN, Associated Press BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday scoffed at "politically motivated ingrates" who had questioned his administration's commitment to revive Puerto Rico after a pulverizing hurricane and said the federal government had done "a great job with the almost impossible situation." The tweets coming from a president ensconced in…
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EPA Says Dioxins Might Have Washed Downriver During Harvey

EPA says dioxins might have washed downriver during Harvey By MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says an unknown amount of a dangerous chemical linked to birth defects and cancer may have washed downriver from a Houston-area Superfund site during the flooding from Hurricane Harvey. EPA said Thursday night it has…
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