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Musicians on Call offers healing respite for Las Vegas hospital staff and patients

For a brief but welcome 90 minutes Wednesday, the hospital’s usual sounds were replaced by the sweet, soulful, moving, rocking notes of country music during a concert at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center for staff and patients recovering from the festival shooting.

 
Donations for Las Vegas shooting victims are plentiful but disjointed

Donors from all over the world have contributed more than $15 million so far for victims of the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting. But the sum is spread over several accounts yet to be consolidated. It’s not clear how much of the funds raised will go directly to the intended recipients.

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Police arrest 2 in case of veteran who died after Henderson attack

Henderson police said a man and a juvenile punched a 71-year-old Vietnam War veteran, causing him to fall and smack his head on the street in April. He died from his injuries in July, and police arrested the two this weekend.

$1M grant to help pay for Las Vegas shooting response

President Donald Trump announced the grant Wednesday in what would for anyone else be an unusual manner — via Twitter.

Unmarked Las Vegas police vehicle stolen during burglary

An unmarked Las Vegas police vehicle was stolen from a garage during a residential burglary Monday afternoon in the area of South Pavilion Center and Alta drives.

Marijuana confiscated in Nye County bust buried in desert

Authorities seized nearly 2,400 marijuana plants from an illegal growing operation in northern Nye County late last month and airlifted them so they could be buried in the desert, it was announced Wednesday.

Democrats urge NIH gun research resume after Las Vegas shooting

Senate Democrats urged the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday to resume research into gun violence — citing mass shooting deaths on the Las Vegas Strip and at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.