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Meetings to discuss funding for Las Vegas shooting victims

The Las Vegas Victims Fund committee is holding two town hall meetings Tuesday to get input on the draft protocols it released Nov. 16, outlining who should receive donations following the Oct. 1 shooting.

Man who fled Las Vegas shooting is killed by hit-and-run driver

Roy McClellan, who had worked odd jobs, had good days and he had bad days before the festival, his wife said. But the shooting’s aftermath was a blow, worsening his existing troubles. Then, on Nov. 17, she learned he’d been killed. A driver on State Route 160 in Pahrump hit him and sped away.

New York man honors Las Vegas shooting victims with acts of kindness

Tommy Maher, of Long Island, New York, has been traveling to the home states of the 58 victims of the Las Vegas shooting — performing an act of kindness in remembrance of each one along the way.

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Route 91 bartenders trying to heal after Las Vegas shooting

A handful of events organized since Oct. 1 have brought together some of the 240 people who worked the bars on a weekend that promised alcohol and country music and instead left 58 dead and more than 500 injured.

No Nevada retailers sell bump stocks, but buyers find them online

Marc Minami thinks he knows a deal when he sees one. In the middle of October, the Las Vegas resident bought a bump stock — named for how it causes a gun to bump its trigger against a shooter’s finger for quicker firing — online for about $200.

Union to scrutinize employee schedule cuts at Mandalay Bay

The Culinary union said it will look into whether Mandalay Bay followed proper procedures when it cut employees’ work hours, effective immediately, in response to the Oct. 1 Las Vegas shooting.

Mandalay Bay employees see schedules cut in Las Vegas shooting’s aftermath

Serena Talledo and other Mandalay Bay employees say they were told this week that MGM Resorts International is reducing their schedules as a result of the company’s hardships in the aftermath of the Oct. 1 mass shooting.

Country stars honor Las Vegas shooting victims at CMA show

Eric Church, Keith Urban, Darius Rucker and Lady Antebellum opened the 2017 Country Music Association Awards with a touching performance honoring the 58 people killed at a country music festival on the Strip last month.

Security rules at Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon after Las Vegas shooting

The Metropolitan Police Department will have increased presence at Sunday’s Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon, and organizers expect security to be tight as ever. Police have planned for multiple scenarios at the marathon, and prepared safeguards and responses for each one, Capt. Andy Walsh said.

Las Vegas visitors, residents stunned by news of Texas shooting

Seeking closure, 38-year-old California resident James Marrs was returning to Las Vegas for the first time since the Oct. 1 country music festival shooting. Marrs had been driving for about two hours when the news alert flashed on his phone screen: “Deadly shooting at Texas church.”