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Authorities still not clear on who Stephen Paddock was

Stephen Paddock, the gunman who rained bullets on the Route 91 Harvest festival on Sunday night, spent decades stockpiling weapons and ammunition, and he “meticulously” planned the night he sprayed gunfire from his room at the Mandalay Bay on a crowd of concertgoers on the Strip, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Wednesday.

2 injured in shooting near downtown Las Vegas

Two people were injured after a shooting north of downtown Las Vegas, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

 
1 punch outside downtown Las Vegas bar leaves father of 5 dead

Luis Campos was punched once. The single strike came from a stranger, on Fremont Street, for no apparent reason early Sunday. It happened in seconds, and the 45-year-old husband and father of five never woke up.

Some squat in abandoned homes as survival, others as lifestyle choice

Squatting has roots that trace back to the founding of the United States. Throughout the country, the practice of squatting — back then known as homesteading — was essential to forming the nation. Yet when most people think about modern-day squatters, they think of criminals or crust punk anarchists who are “giving the middle finger” to a capitalist nation. The reality is, the face of squatters has changed since the Great Recession.