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What Happened in Vegas
The days, weeks, and months after the worst mass shooting in modern American history. By Amanda Fortini. Photographs by Joshua Dudley Greer.
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High-tech, sphere-shaped arena coming to Las Vegas Strip
A massive high-tech, sphere-shaped venue that will host concerts and other events while engaging multiple senses will break ground this summer in Las Vegas, officials announced Friday. The New York-based Madison Square Garden Company revealed details of the 18,000-seat, futuristic-looking facility it is developing in partnership with Las Vegas Sands, which operates two casino-resorts on the Las Vegas Strip adjacent to the planned arena.
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Las Vegas police respond to reports of man with gun at Boulevard Mall
Las Vegas police are searching for a masked gunman who entered the Boulevard Mall on Thursday evening, forcing authorities to evacuate the building. Deputy Chief Chris Jones said police received several reports just before 7 p.m. of a person with a rifle in the mall. “We did obtain video of an individual who we believe was armed with a long gun,” Jones told reporters at the scene about two hours later. “That individual has not been located yet. We have done three systematic searches of this entire mall, which is very large.”
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How the Las Vegas Golden Knights went from a ragtag roster to Stanley Cup contenders in 11 months
The Las Vegas Golden Knights are one of the most compelling stories in sports right now. In their first year, the expansion franchise has shown that it can compete with the best teams in hockey, rounding together a roster of players from every team across the league and quickly becoming a force in the NHL.
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Building Community in Las Vegas with Airstreams
Constructed on the site of a former motel, the Downtown Project has attracted an eccentric mix of young residents, including musicians, families, and entrepreneurs.
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Google Pay’s got your transit ticket, starting in Las Vegas
Crowded public transportation can completely derail your day—especially when you're standing in line to buy a ticket and the train whizzes by. But the next time you’re traveling around Las Vegas, you can skip the line and get there faster with Google Pay.
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'Shoot a school kid only $29,' says vandalized Vegas billboard
A Las Vegas billboard was vandalized to read, "Shoot a school kid only $29," early Thursday morning. The billboard originally read, "Shoot a .50 caliber only $29." It was an advertisement for a local firing range called Battlefield Vegas, which, according to its website, is a business owned and operated by veterans that features a "military-style complex" a block from the Las Vegas Strip, as well as additional "outdoor training areas."
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Strippers Now Sporting Bitcoin Tattoos for Tipping
Long ago, Bitcoin made history when it was used to buy a pizza. Now, the cryptocurrency can be used to purchase many different items and services. One of the more intriguing services has just arisen in the Legends Room in Las Vegas, where customers can scan temporary tattoos on strippers in order to tip them in cryptocurrency.
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Las Vegas shooter’s autopsy report released
Las Vegas Strip shooter Stephen Paddock had anti-anxiety medication in his system, autopsy records obtained Friday by the Review-Journal show.
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Arizona man who sold ammo to Las Vegas shooter is charged
An Arizona man who sold ammunition to the gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was charged Friday with manufacturing armor-piercing bullets, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press. Unfired armor-piercing bullets found inside the Las Vegas hotel room where the attack was launched on Oct. 1 contained the fingerprints of ammunition dealer Douglas Haig of Arizona, according to the complaint filed in federal court in Phoenix.
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Protesters outside Mandalay Bay demand 1 October surveillance footage
"Show us the tapes." That was the message behind a protest on Sunday outside of Mandalay Bay. Demonstrators said they want answers about the 1 October shooting that claimed 58 lives. They demanded that the hotel and Las Vegas police release surveillance footage of the night of the massacre. "We want to know the truth. We're tired of the lies, we're tired of the murders, it's got to stop," one protester told 13 Action News. "They should release the video."
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Biggest Casino States in the U.S. [INFOGRAPHIC]
When you think about popular areas for casinos, a few places probably come to mind: Las Vegas, Reno, hopefully our little corner of Greektown… You might be surprised to learn, however, exactly how widespread casinos really are and how many of them are out there, vying for your time and attention (and money!) throughout the …
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Las Vegas Gunman Took Elaborate Steps to Hide His Tracks, New Documents Show
F.B.I. search warrants shed new light on the degree to which Stephen Paddock planned the attack and prepared for the aftermath to come.
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Hotel staff interacted with Las Vegas shooter more than 10 times before massacre
Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino staff interacted with Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock more than 10 times in the days leading up to the October 1 massacre that claimed 58 lives, the hotel's owner said.
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Customer pays for 59 strangers' meals to honor Las Vegas shooting victims
An anonymous man is just one of the hundreds of regulars who visit Maple’s, a Maine coffee shop known for its handmade baked goods — and a staff who knows many of its customers by name. But Saturday morning, this samaritan quietly asked to foot the bill for 59 people buying breakfast after he ordered his — one for each of the lives lost in the Las Vegas mass shooting on the evening of Sunday, Oct. 1.
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How One Las Vegas Emergency Department Saved Hundreds of Lives After the Worst Mass Shooting in U.S. History
The night that Stephen Paddock opened fire on thousands of people at a Las Vegas country music concert, nearby Sunrise Hospital received more than 200 penetrating gunshot wound victims. Dr. Kevin Menes was the attending in charge of the ED that night, and thanks to his experience supporting a local SWAT team, he’d thought ahead about how he might mobilize his department in the event of a mass casualty incident.
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Self-drive shuttle bus in crash on first day
A self-driving shuttle bus in Las Vegas was involved in a crash on its first day of service. The vehicle - carrying “several” passengers - was hit by a lorry driving at slow speed. Nobody was injured in the incident which city officials say was the fault of the human driver of the lorry. The man was subsequently given a ticket by police.
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Self-operating shuttle bus crashes after Las Vegas launch
LAS VEGAS — The robots won this one.A driverless shuttle bus was involved in a minor crash with a semi-truck less than two hours after it made its debut on Las Vegas streets Wednesday.
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REPORT: Vegas shooter's brother bragged about 1 October attack
The brother of Stephen Paddock reportedly bragged about being related to him, which led to his arrest on child porn charges. TMZ reports that Bruce Paddock bragged to residents at an assisted living facility in North Hollywood that Stephen was his brother, one day after he murdered 58 people and wounded over 500 others after opening fire into the crowd at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip.
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Trump: Sympathy for White Attackers, Vengeance When Muslim
Yesterday, a lunatic driving a Home Depot rental truck, barreled down a bike bathalongside the Hudson River, intentionally striking pedestrians and anyone else unlucky enough to be in his way. Within a few minutes, eight would lay dead, along with another dozen or so injured. The attacker, who jumped out of the vehicle shouting, “Allahu Akbar,” while armed with only a fake weapon and a paintball gun, would be apprehended soon after taking a gunshot wound to the buttocks.
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