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Las Vegas Strip shooting survivor urges Senate to ban bump stocks

Three survivors from the Las Vegas Strip shooting appeared Wednesday at the first congressional hearing on “bump stocks” as a federal agency announced it would review legal classification of the devices following the tragedy in Nevada.

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Authorities put brakes on information flow in Las Vegas shooting

Fifty-eight people killed. More than 500 injured. And yet, nearly a month after the Las Vegas Strip experienced the worst mass shooting in modern American history, local and federal authorities are now refusing to fill in the blanks.

Orlando helps Las Vegas recover after shooting

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer woke up early that Monday morning three weeks ago, to a text message asking if he had Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman’s phone number.

Jet fuel tank targeted by Las Vegas shooter will soon be inspected

The giant jet fuel tank struck by rifle fire during the deadly Strip mass shooting has been drained and McCarran International Airport officials are close to hiring a safety expert to inspect it.

Conspiracy crowd working overtime since Las Vegas shooting

Every mass-casualty event attracts its share of crackpots, and the Oct. 1 attack in Las Vegas is no different. But the flow of “fake news” about the shooting exceeds anything Sheriff Joe Lombardo has seen in other high-profile cases.

Sheriff frustrated by unanswered questions after Las Vegas shooting

“You immediately think you’re gonna know the reasons why in the short term. Now, here we are a week after the fact and we still don’t know,”Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said during a Las Vegas Review-Journal interview Tuesday.