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12:40 PM ET, October 2, 2017

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CBS News:
Las Vegas shooting leaves at least 50 dead - live updates  —  LAS VEGAS - A shooting at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 200 others late Sunday, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said.  —  It was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
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Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘He was just a guy.  Something happened, he snapped’ -Las Vegas shooter's brother says family is ‘dumbfounded’ at massacre and have no idea of motive  — Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas Village early on Monday morning killing at least 50
New York Times:
Las Vegas Shooting Near Mandalay Bay Casino Kills More Than 50  —  A gunman firing from a Las Vegas hotel rained a rapid-fire barrage on a huge outdoor concert festival on Sunday night, sending thousands of people fleeing until SWAT units found and killed him.
Washington Post:
Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock enjoyed gambling, country music, lived quiet life before massacre  —  Before he opened fire late Sunday — killing at least 50 people at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip — the gunman Stephen Paddock lived a quiet life for years in a small town outside Las Vegas.
Washington Post:
At least 50 dead, more than 400 injured after shooting on Las Vegas Strip  —  A gunman in a high-rise hotel opened fire on a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday, killing at least 50 people and injuring hundreds of others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.
CNN:
50 dead after shooting on Las Vegas Strip; suspect ID'd  —  (CNN)[Breaking news update at 8:06 a.m. ET]  —  The Las Vegas Strip massacre has no known link to overseas terrorism or terror groups, a US official with knowledge of the case said.  —  Separately, a woman described as a …
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
Here Are All The Hoaxes Being Spread About The Las Vegas Shooting  —  This post will be updated as more hoaxes surface.  —  At least 50 people were killed and more than 200 were injured in a shooting on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday night.  Police have confirmed that “one suspect is down” …
Discussion: Gizmodo and AOL
Leon Watson / Telegraph:
Stephen Paddock: Who was the Mandalay Bay attacker and what was his motive?  —  The gunman responsible for the worst mass shooting in modern US history is believed to be a grandfather who lived in a remote desert home.  —  Stephen Paddock, 64, was named by police as the perpetrator of the shooting on Sunday night.
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Las Vegas shooting: What we know about suspect Stephen Paddock  —  Stephen Paddock, 64, is the man suspected of killing more than 50 people and injuring more than 400 in Las Vegas on Sunday night in what is now believed to be the worst mass shooting in US history, police said today.
Discussion: Daily Wire and IJR
David Harris / Orlando Sentinel:
Las Vegas shooter's brother lives in Orlando, ‘completely dumbfounded’ by massacre  —  Eric Paddock, who is the brother of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock and lives east of Orlando, talked to Fox (WOFL-Ch. 35) about the Sunday night massacre.  —  Privacy Policy
Paul R. La Monica / CNNMoney:
Gun stocks up after Las Vegas shooting  —  Mass shooting in Las Vegas: at least 50 dead  —  Gun stocks rose Monday following the deadliest mass shooting in American history late Sunday night.  A gunman in a hotel room at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas killed at least 50 people attending an outdoor concert and wounded over 400 more.
Discussion: CNN and Washington Free Beacon
NBC News:
Las Vegas Shooting: More Than 50 Killed and 200 Hurt Near Mandalay Bay
Karma Allen / ABC News:
At least 50 dead, 400 injured in Las Vegas shooting; suspect had at least 10 guns
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Shooter's brother: 'It's like an asteroid just fell on top of our family'
David Montero / Los Angeles Times:
The trick play that Nevada used to whisk O.J. Simpson out of prison
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump's Puerto Rico Tweets Are Part of the Same Old War  —  The president's latest attacks on the media and his critics can't hide his administration's failures.  —  President Donald Trump rocketed across the Twitterverse this weekend taking on those who have given him poor reviews …
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Reuters and Mashable
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: A nation reels as mass shooting strikes Las Vegas
Discussion: Politico
Fox News:
FEMA's Long: No time for mayor's ‘spout off,’ focused on Puerto Rico
Discussion: NBC News
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump urges staff to portray him as “crazy guy”  —  In an Oval Office meeting earlier this month, President Trump gave his top trade negotiator, Robert Lighthizer, an Art of the Deal-style coaching session on how to negotiate with the South Koreans.  —  Trump's impromptu coaching came …
Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Attacks in Havana hit US spy network in Cuba  —  https://www.apnews.com/d0fa8db258bf4c54 92428e448e953102  —  Link copied!  —  HAVANA (AP) — Frightening attacks on U.S. personnel in Havana struck the heart of America's spy network in Cuba, with intelligence operatives among …
 
 
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