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Las Vegas shooting victim’s surgeon was former neighbor

After Dr. Timothy Dickhudt, a University Medical Center trauma surgeon, operated on Philip Aurich after the mass shooting in Las Vegas, he discovered that their families had connections in his native Minnesota.

 
Drug given to Paddock calms some, provokes others, experts say

Diazepam, the anti-anxiety medicine prescribed for Las Vegas gunman less than four months before the mass shooting, has a deserved reputation as a Jekyll-and-Hyde drug, calming some and causing others to become more aggressive.

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Shooter’s brother: ‘We have no idea how this happened’

The brother of Strip mass killer Stephen Paddock wept Monday morning as he reacted to the news of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

 
Man steals over 100 phones at Coachella music festival

Police are warning people attending the giant Coachella music festival in the Southern California desert to take measures to safeguard their cellphones.

 
California murder suspect posts $35M bail, upsetting victim’s family

A Chinese real estate scion charged with orchestrating the murder of her children’s father was released from a San Francisco Bay Area jail after posting $35 million bail, a highly unusual financial transaction that startled and angered the victim’s family and friends.