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Las Vegas Gunman Targeted Responding Police, Jet Fuel Tanks

By KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The gunman who sprayed more than 1,000 bullets into a Las Vegas country music concert also took shots at jet fuel tanks and targeted police officers responding to the scene, investigators said Friday in portraying a killer who seemed determined to inflict even more carnage than the…
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Sheriff Again Shifts Time Gunfire Started In Vegas Massacre

By KEN RITTER and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas investigators offered a new version of events Friday in a shifting timeline surrounding the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history as they described how the gunman opened fire on nearby airport jet fuel tanks and on police officers arriving at the massacre.…
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Weary Californians try to find all that’s lost as fires rage

By ANDREW DALTON and JOHN L. MONE, Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — They are trying to find lost loved ones, to sift through the ashes of their homes, to count, identify and mourn the dozens of dead — all while the wildfires rage on. Communities in Northern California prepared for another day under siege Friday,…
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FBI Director: Motive In Las Vegas Shooting Still Unclear

By KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The FBI director said Thursday that investigators haven't yet determined a motive behind the mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival, but they're still digging. "There's a lot of effort being put into unraveling this horrific act," Director Christopher Wray told reporters following a ribbon-cutting for…
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President Trump Says $1M On The Way To Help After Las Vegas Attack

LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump says the federal government is sending $1 million to Las Vegas to help pay law enforcement costs related to last week's mass killing. Trump tweeted Wednesday that the grant will help pay for overtime logged by law enforcement officers after the gunman killed 58 people and injured hundreds…
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