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Three U.S. Special Operations officers were killed, and two others wounded, in Niger when Nigerien patrol was attacked Wednesday.

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Three U.S. Special Operations officers were reportedly killed - and two others wounded - near the Mali-Niger border when a joint US-Nigerien patrol was attacked Wednesday

"A joint U.S. and Nigerien patrol came under hostile fire in southwest Niger," Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Falvo, a spokesman for the United States Africa Command in Stuttgart, Germany, told the New York Times in an email late Wednesday.

Falvo added that the military is still "working to confirm details on the incident." The names of the dead soldiers were not immediately released.

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The ambush occurred about 120 miles north of the Niger capital Niamey, in an area known for raids from the al-Qaeda offshoot, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The three dead Green Berets represent the first U.S. casualties in the joint mission in Niger, where U.S Special Ops troops have been serving as advisers as the Saharan nation battles the ISIS-linked Boko Haram and the al-Qaeda group.

The details of the ambush, which occurred Wednesday afternoon local time, remain unclear, and no one initially claimed responsibility. But the U.S. said the operation was strictly training, not a combat mission.

The two wounded soldiers were in stable condition, CNN reported.

The terror group al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has been battling a French anti-terrorism effort called Operation Barkhane, though some experts believe it is only increasing instability in the region.

"Operation Barkhane may be doing more harm than good, since it provides crucial support to the repressive governments that are at the heart of the [region's] problems," Foreign Affairs reported. "A lighter French footprint focused on local peace-building efforts would cost less and be more effective in bringing real stability to the region."

In June, the Trump administration signed onto a French resolution at the U.N. creating a 5,000-person anti-terrorism force, though it is unclear who will pay for the mission, which was apparently a White House concern.

And even with French and U.S. military involvement, insurgents continue to enter Niger from Mali, Nigeria and Libya, the Times reported.

American troops are currently providing support and training to Niger, but also establishing a U.S. drone base, CNN reported.

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and President Trump teamed up Wednesday to blast an NBC News report detailing a supposed rift between them, with the top diplomat adamantly denying that he considered resigning – and the president calling on the network to apologize.

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President Trump slammed NBC News as "Fake" on Wednesday after a report saying Secretary of State Rex Tillerson once called the president a "moron."

According to the NBC report, Tillerson had considered resigning over the summer amid disagreements with the White House.

The report said Tillerson even called Trump a "moron" this summer after a meeting at the Pentagon with members of Trump's national security team and Cabinet officials. Vice President Pence reportedly got involved at the time to discuss ways to ease tensions.

Trump fired back Wednesday, as Tillerson prepared to make a statement.

"NBC news is #FakeNews and more dishonest than even CNN. They are a disgrace to good reporting. No wonder their news ratings are way down!" Trump tweeted.

Brooke Singman is a Politics Reporter for Fox News. Follow her on Twitter at @brookefoxnews.

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Trump slams NBC as a 'disgrace' after report that Tillerson called Trump a 'moron'

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President Trump slammed NBC News as "Fake" on Wednesday after a report saying Secretary of State Rex Tillerson once called the president a "moron." According to the NBC report, Tillerson had considered resigning over the summer amid disagreements with the White House.

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Russians targeting on Facebook Michigan and Wisconsin with ads that were before key for Trump winning last Novembers election.

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Some of the Russian ads appeared highly sophisticated in their targeting of key demographic groups in areas of the states that turned out to be pivotal, two of the sources said. The ads employed a series of divisive messages aimed at breaking through the clutter of campaign ads online, including promoting anti-Muslim messages, sources said.

It has been unclear until now exactly which regions of the country were targeted by the ads. And while one source said that a large number of ads appeared in areas of the country that were not heavily contested in the elections, some clearly were geared at swaying public opinion in the most heavily contested battlegrounds.

Michigan saw the closest presidential contest in the country -- Trump beat Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by about 10,700 votes out of nearly 4.8 million ballots cast. Wisconsin was also one of the tightest states, and Trump won there by only about 22,700 votes. Both states, which Trump carried by less than 1%, were key to his victory in the Electoral College.

The sources did not specify when in 2016 the ads ran in Michigan and Wisconsin.

As part of their investigations, both special counsel Robert Mueller and congressional committees are seeking to determine whether the Russians received any help from Trump associates in where to target the ads.

White House officials could not be reached for comment on this story. The President and senior White House officials have long insisted there was never any collusion with Russia, with Trump contending the matter is a "hoax."

The focus on Michigan and Wisconsin also adds more evidence that the Russian group tied to the effort was employing a wide range of tactics potentially aimed at interfering in the election.

Facebook previously has acknowledged that about one quarter of the 3,000 Russian-bought ads were targeted to specific geographic locations, without detailing the locations. The company said of the ads that were geographically targeted "more ran in 2015 than 2016." In all, Facebook estimates the entire Russian effort was seen by 10 million people.

Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told CNN the panel was still assessing the full geographical breakdown of the Russian ads and whether there was any assistance from individuals associated with the Trump campaign.

"Obviously, we're looking at any of the targeting of the ads, as well as any targeting of efforts to push out the fake or false news or negative accounts against Hillary Clinton, to see whether they demonstrate a sophistication that would be incompatible with not having access to data analytics from the campaign," Schiff said Tuesday evening. "At this point, we still don't know."

One person with direct knowledge of the matter said that some of the ads were aimed at reaching voters who may be susceptible to anti-Muslim messages, even suggesting that Muslims were a threat to the American way of life. Such messaging could presumably appeal to voters attracted to Trump's hard-line stance against immigration and calls to ban Muslims from entering the United States.

Schiff said that the committee was planning to investigate ads that suggested Muslims supported Clinton, and how those were geared to people who had been searching online for the Muslim Brotherhood and other items to suggest they were critical of Islam.

The ads were part of roughly 3,000 that Facebook turned over to congressional investigators this week as part of the multiple Capitol Hill inquiries into Russia meddling in the 2016 elections.

CNN reported last week that at least one of the Facebook ads bought by Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign referenced Black Lives Matter and was specifically targeted to reach audiences in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, according to sources with knowledge of the ads.

Lawmakers have only started to assess the scope of the data, and sources from both parties said the 3,000 ads touched on a range of polarizing topics, including the Second Amendment and civil rights issues. The ads were aimed at suppressing the votes and sowing discontent among the electorate, the sources said.

Members from both parties said that there was a clear sophistication in the Russian ad campaign, and they said they were only just beginning to learn the full extent of the social media efforts.

"It's consistent with everything else we've seen in terms of Russian active measures -- a combination of cyber, of propaganda and paid and social media," said Sen. John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican who sits on both the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary panels, both of which received the Facebook ads. "So, we're just looking at the tip of the iceberg."

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Some of the Russian ads appeared highly sophisticated in their targeting of key demographic groups in areas of the states that turned out to be pivotal, two of the sources said. The ads employed a series of divisive messages aimed at breaking through the clutter of campaign ads online, including promoting anti-Muslim messages, sources said.

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Boy loses his vision after only eating potatoes, pork, lamb, apples, cucumbers and Cheerios.

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One boy's vision problems and odd changes to his eyes turned out to be caused by a highly restrictive diet, according to a new report of the boy's case from Canada.

The 11-year-old boy's parents took him to the hospital after 8 months of progressively worsening vision, according to the case report, published Oct. 2 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

When doctors examined the boy, they found his vision was severely impaired: He could see hand motions only when they were within 12 inches (30 centimeters) of his face, said senior author of the case report Dr. Eyal Cohen, a pediatrician at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto who treated the boy.

The outer layer of the boy's eyes were also severely dry, Cohen told Live Science. This severe dryness can lead to a buildup of material in the cornea (the transparent outer covering of the eye), called Bitot spots, Cohen said.

The boy had multiple food allergies and eczema, according to the report. Because of concerns that certain foods could possibly trigger eczema outbreaks, the boy's diet was limited to potatoes, pork, lamb, apples, cucumbers and Cheerios.

One thing those foods have in common? None are a good source of vitamin A.

Indeed, when the doctors measured the levels of vitamin A in the boy's blood, they found that he had a vitamin A deficiency. The boy's blood levels of vitamin A were 14.3 micrograms per deciliter (ug/dL); the normal range for this vitamin is 25.8 to 48.7 ug/dL, according to the report. Cohen said the boy's deficiency was severe.

"Vitamin A deficiency is very common in poorer parts of the world, where it is a leading cause of blindness," Cohen said. But in more developed parts of the world, it is rarer, he said. Still, "people who have highly restricted diets like the child in this case report are at higher risk of [vitamin A deficiency] and other nutritional deficiencies."

Vitamin A is essential for vision, as it helps certain cells in the eyes function properly, according to the case report. Not getting enough of the vitamin can lead to abnormalities in the retina, Cohen said. The retina, found at the back of the eye, is home to light-sensing cells that make vision possible.

To treat the boy's vitamin deficiency, he was given intravenous "megadoses" of vitamin A daily for two days, consisting of 200,000 IU, followed by a third dose 2 weeks later. (A normal dose of vitamin A for an 11-year-old boy is 2,000 IU daily, according to the Mayo Clinic.)

Six weeks later, the appearance of the boy's eyes had significantly improved, according to the report.

His vision improved a lot as well, Cohen said, to 20/800 vision in both eyes. Cohen noted that this level of visual impairment may not be completely corrected by wearing glasses. Anything beyond 20/200 vision is considered legally blind, according to the American Foundation for the Blind. In some cases, vision loss linked to vitamin A deficiency can be reversed, but in the boy's case, a degree of loss is likely permanent, according to the report.

The boy's parents are taking steps to ensure that he gets enough vitamin A daily. Good sources of vitamin A include carrots, sweet potatoes, leafy green vegetables and fish, according to the report.
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At least 59 people are dead from the Las Vegas shooting.

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Here's the latest on the investigation into the Las Vegas shooting:

At least 59 people, including the shooter, died after Sunday night's attack at a Las Vegas music festival.

The motive remains unknown but police say the deadly assault was "obviously premeditated."

Suspected gunman Stephen Paddock was seen gambling for eight hours straight on the night before the shooting.

Paddock had been reportedly stockpiling firearms since 1982.

Authorities say they have recovered 47 firearms from three different locations so far.

Paddock's girlfriend has returned to the United States from the Philippines.

Meticulous planning preceded 'premeditated' shooting

As investigators delve deeper into how Sunday night's massacre in Las Vegas unfolded, chilling news details have emerged about the suspected gunman and how he allegedly carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Authorities say Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old resident of Mesquite, Nevada, opened fire on a music festival crowd from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, killing 58 people and injuring 530 others. The shooting lasted between nine and 11 minutes, with the first reports of gunshots beginning Sunday at 10:08 p.m. PT and the final shots being fired at 10:19 p.m.

Paddock is believed to have been solely responsible for the attack, according to police.

Paddock checked into the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Sept. 28, bringing with him 10 bags and at least 23 guns, including high-powered rifles. He set up surveillance cameras inside and outside of his two-room suite. There was one camera on a room service cart in the hallway, police said.

One official said Paddock also had a camera mounted in the room, apparently to record himself.

Paddock was shuttered inside his suite for three days at the giant hotel-casino, perched high above from where the Route 91 Harvest Festival was taking place across the street. Room service was provided at some point during his stay.

Investigators believe Paddock used a device similar to a hammer to smash the windows in his room before he allegedly opened fire on the music festival crowd Sunday night, shortly after a rendition of "God Bless America."

Police responded to the hotel room, where Paddock was found dead. He is believed to have killed himself prior to police entry.

Law enforcement sources told ABC News that Paddock utilized at least one camera outside the room possibly to monitor approaching authorities.

"I anticipate he was looking for anybody coming to take him into custody," Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said at a news conference Tuesday.

Lombardo said authorities are reviewing police body cameras.

While the motive behind the deadly rampage remains unclear, Lombardo said the attack was "obviously premeditated" and the shooter "evaluated everything he did."

ABC News has obtained images from inside Paddock's hotel room. A body is partially visibly in one of the photos, which is believed to be Paddock.

The images also show rifles and bullet shells scattered across the floor, with high-capacity magazines stacked like bricks in a corner.

WARNING: Images may be disturbing to some readers.

An employee at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino told ABC News she spent a total of 16 hours serving Paddock in the casino during her shifts there over the weekend. She said she watched the man gamble for eight hours straight, from Saturday night into Sunday morning.

He played high-stakes video poker on machines located in a separate, "exclusive" section of the casino, she said.

As soon as she saw Paddock's picture on the news, identifying him as the suspected gunman, the casino employee said she knew it was the same man who had been her customer the night before the shooting.

A 'plethora' of guns and ammo

Authorities have executed search warrants at three locations as well as for Paddock's vehicle parked at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.

In addition to the 23 guns recovered from Paddock's hotel room, which police said were purchased in Nevada, California, Utah and Texas, authorities also found a computer and several pieces of media there. Law enforcement sources said multiple loaded high-capacity magazines and a modified bump stock rifle, which allows a gun to stimulate rapid automatic gunfire, were discovered in the room as well.

Investigators are still in the process of examining the firearms to determine whether they were capable of firing automatically.

Meanwhile, material used to make explosives was found inside Paddock's car. Explosive material and 19 additional firearms were discovered at Paddock's home in a Mesquite retirement community.

Five handguns, two shotguns, numerous electronics and a "plethora of ammunition" were also found at his property in Reno, according to Lombardo.

Jill Snyder, special agent in charge at the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, told "CBS This Morning" in an interview this morning that Paddock had been stockpiling firearms since 1982. He bought nearly 50 guns legally, Snyder said, but none of those purchases set off any red flags for ATF.

"From October 2016 to Sept. 28, 2017, he purchased 33 firearms, majority of them rifles," Snyder said. "We wouldn't get notified of the purchases of the rifles, we would only get notified if there was a multiple sale, which would be two or more handguns in an individual purchase."

Suspect's girlfriend arrives back in US

Investigators say Paddock's girlfriend, Marilou Danley, who lived with him at his home in Mesquite, is more than a mere witness.

"Currently she's a person of interest," Lombardo said at a news conference Tuesday.

Danley, 62, returned to the United States from the Philippines Tuesday night. The Filipino-born woman landed at Los Angeles International Airport at 7:17 p.m. PT on Philippine Air Flight 102.

She was taken out a back way so she wouldn't be seen in public, and FBI agents met her immediately upon landing, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News.

While agents met Danley upon landing, she is not officially in custody and is free to go where she pleases. Investigators hope she can shed some light on the motivation behind Paddock's alleged massacre over the weekend.

In an interview with ABC News today, Danley's elder brother said he immediately contacted his sister when he saw the news that her boyfriend was allegedly behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

"I called her up immediately and she said, 'Relax, we shouldn't worry about it. I'll fix it. Do not panic. I have a clean conscience,'" Reynaldo Bustos said in his native Tagalog language today outside the capital of Manila in their homeland.

ABC News' Anna Marie Cerezo, Matt Gutman, Meghan Keneally, Alex Stone and Pierre Thomas contributed to this report.

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Here's the latest on the investigation into the Las Vegas shooting: At least 59 people, including the shooter, died after Sunday night's attack at a Las Vegas music festival. The motive remains unknown but police say the deadly assault was "obviously premeditated."

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One day after Trump said Puerto Rico's debt could be gone. his own budget director stepped out and said," we shouldn't take that word for word."

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One day after President Trump suggested that Puerto Rico's huge debt load could be wiped out, his own budget director walked the comments back.

"I wouldn't take it word for word with that," Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, told CNN's "New Day" on Wednesday.

The U.S. territory has struggled with a financial crisis for years -- since long before Hurricane Maria devastated the island two weeks ago. A $73 billion debt burden forced Puerto Rico in May to file for the biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy in history.

On Tuesday, Trump told Fox News' Geraldo Rivera that "we are going to work something out" on Puerto Rico's debt.

"They owe a lot of money to your friends on Wall Street," the president said in San Juan. "We will have to wipe that out."

Related: Speaking on Puerto Rican debt, Trump says 'we will have to wipe that out'

It wasn't clear what Trump had in mind, including whether he was suggesting a government bailout or a restructuring of the island's debt that would impose losses on investors.

On Wednesday, Mulvaney said the burden lies with Puerto Rico.

"This was a very badly mismanaged island for a very long time," he said. "And I think what you saw the president talking about was his acknowledgment that Puerto Rico is going to have to figure out a way to solve that debt problem in order to fix itself going forward."

Related: 5 facts about Puerto Rico's utter economic misery

As for how: Mulvaney mentioned a law called PROMESA, Spanish for "promise," that Congress passed last year to address Puerto Rico's debt. The law created a financial oversight board to help the island, and it staved off creditor lawsuits for a few months.

A messy legal battle followed anyway. Puerto Rico filed for bankruptcy as PROMESA's lawsuit protection provision ran out earlier this year.

"Those bonds are being dealt with, were being dealt with before the storm, will be dealt with after the storm through the PROMESA process," Mulvaney said. "Our focus will be entirely on rebuilding the island, making sure people are safe, and that Puerto Rico can get back on its feet."

--CNNMoney's Jethro Mullen and Matt Egan contributed to this story.

CNNMoney (New York) First published October 4, 2017: 10:58 AM ET

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Two kids under the age of three were found in an apartment all alone. The kids were found living in mold, feces, rotting food and bugs. The kids both had their names written on their forearms.

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GLENDALE, AZ - Two children under 3-years-old were found living in an apartment with mold, feces, rotting food and bugs in Glendale.

Glendale police report that on September 29, they were called to an apartment near 55th Avenue and Camelback Road after the apartment manager saw a 17-month-old female in a playpen covered in flies.

Police say the home smelled like a decomposing body, and inside they found the girl and her 2-and-a-half-year-old brother.

Officers observed "black mold in the apartment, standing water on the floor, rotting food, bugs and both children covered in dirt."

Police say the boy had what appeared to be feces on both sides of his face and his name written with a marker on his forearm.

The Arizona Department of Child Safety removed the children from home and took them to a hospital for evaluation.

The father, 25-year-old George Philip Riefler, reportedly told police that his apartment had been that way for about three months. He also allegedly told police that he had been depressed lately and felt overwhelmed.

He was arrested on two counts of child abuse.

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GLENDALE, AZ - Two children under 3-years-old were found living in an apartment with mold, feces, rotting food and bugs in Glendale. Glendale police report that on September 29, they were called to an apartment near 55th Avenue and Camelback Road after the apartment manager saw a 17-month-old female in a playpen covered in flies.

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64 year shooter mental state went down hill having an obsession with his girl friend ex husband came from the Philippines on Tuesday.

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In the months before his deadly rampage, 64-year old Stephen Paddock was a man "descending into madness," according to a person briefed on new findings in the investigation.

New details are emerging, investigators say, that suggest Paddock's mental state was deteriorating before the shooting: significant weight loss, an increasingly slovenly physical appearance and obsession with his girlfriend's ex-husband.

Authorities are hoping to learn further details about the motive that could have driven Paddock to open fire into a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas on Sunday when they speak with his longtime girlfriend, Marilou Danley, who arrived in Los Angeles from the Philippines on Tuesday night.

She had travelled to the Philippines just two weeks before the shooting, arriving in Manila on Sept. 15, according to travel records obtained by ABC News. In an interview with Australian television, one of Danley's sisters says she believes Marilou was sent away by Paddock so she didn't interfere with his plans to carry out the shooting.

"I know that she don't know anything as well, like us," Danley's sister said. "She was sent away. She was away so that she will be not there to interfere with what he's planning."

According to her brother, Danley assured her family she has a "clean conscience."

She was met by FBI agents immediately upon landing, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News, but one official told ABC News she has refused to answer any questions until a lawyer is present.

She is not in custody and free to go as she pleases, but investigators have made clear that she remains a "person of interest," especially after authorities discovered an additional cache of weapons, ammunition and explosives at the home she shared with Paddock in Mesquite.

"We are continuing the investigation into that female," Sheriff Joseph Lombardo, chief of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, said on Monday. "There are several questions that need to be answered."

ABC News' Mark Osborne and freelancer Anna Marie Cerezo contributed to this report.

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In the months before his deadly rampage, 64-year old Stephen Paddock was a man "descending into madness," according to a person briefed on new findings in the investigation. New details are emerging, investigators say, that suggest Paddock's mental state was deteriorating before the shooting: significant weight loss, an increasingly slovenly physical appearance and obsession with his girlfriend's ex-husband.

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A 106-year-old woman who made a journey to Europe in 2015 that involved her son and grandson carrying her through mountains, deserts and forests has finally been granted temporary shelter in the Scandinavian country.

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A Swedish administrative court says a 106-year-old Afghan woman who made a perilous journey to Europe in 2015 that involved her son and grandson carrying her through mountains, deserts and forests, has been granted temporary asylum in Sweden.

The Migration Court of Appeal said Wednesday it has reversed a decision by Swedish Migration Agency to deport Bibihal Uzbeki who is severely disabled and can barely speak.

The court said "particular consideration" had been given to "the extremely high age of the woman" and "her very bad state of health." That countered the agency's view that age doesn't by itself provide grounds for asylum.

Her grandson Mohammed Uzbeki said the ruling meant she was given "a time-limited residence permit for 13 months" which ends July 19, 2019.

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During the Las Vegas mass shooting, Taylor Winston found a truck at the festival with its keys in it and used it to drive victims to the hospital.

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In Las Vegas the police deiced to release some body footage from the night of the shooter killed 58 people and more than 500 injured

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The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released bodycam footage from the night of the mass shooting that left at least 58 people dead and over 500 injured.

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Portraits of the Las Vegas shooting victims

Over 58 People died and 500 others were hurt.

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Rachael Parker

She worked for nearly a decade at the front desk of the police station. Even in those stressful confines, she was known for her "cheerful and compassionate demeanor," police said.

"Rachael's smile could light up a room, even on the most difficult of days."

She also had eyes on higher education. Parker earned her bachelor's degree in social work from Colorado State University in June 2016, and she was in the process of applying to graduate school, police said.

She had a particular passion for working with older adults -- she completed her undergraduate practicum by working with Manhattan Beach's Older Adults Program -- and she loved her two adopted dogs, Maddie and Izzy. She enjoyed baking, country music and Los Angeles Kings hockey, police said.

"Rachael, we love you and we miss you. Our hearts are breaking," police wrote. "Please keep Rachael's family and friends in your thoughts during this difficult time."

She was one of four off-duty Manhattan Beach police employees who attended the Vegas concert. Another police employee, a sworn officer, was shot and suffered minor injuries, the department said.

Jordan McIldoon

Jordan McIldoon, a 25-year-old from Maple Ridge, British Columbia, died holding the hand of a stranger at the concert.

Heather Gooze told CNN she somehow ended up next to McIldoon, and, even though she didn't know him, she held his hand during his final minutes. She felt a squeeze from his fingers, then felt his hand go loose.

Gooze knew there was nothing more to do, she said, yet she stayed with McIldoon for hours. When his phone rang, she answered it and learned his name -- and said everything was not OK, she recalled.

Then, Gooze relayed the news of his death by phone to his long-term girlfriend and his mother, she said, all the while staying by his side.

"I didn't want Jordan to not have somebody with him," she told CNN through tears. "I didn't want him to just be a no-named body. I knew who he was, and now I had an obligation to make sure that everyone knew who he was."

McIldoon's mother told Gooze he was a good, nice and fun person.

"He loved his girlfriend and had great family and great friends," Gooze told CNN.

Christopher Roybal

Christopher Roybal, a 28-year-old general manager at a Crunch gym in North Colorado Springs, Colorado, was known for his "big teddy bear smile and infectious laughter," according to David Harman, managing partner at Crunch.

"More than a team member, we lost someone who was a son, mentor, friend and hero, as a Navy veteran who served in Afghanistan," Harman said.

Ryan Chiaverini, Roybal's former brother-in-law, told CNN that Roybal was attending the concert with his mother to celebrate his 29th birthday. He had a really good sense of humor and had a "fun, sweet, innocent way about him," Chiaverini said.

In a Facebook post from July, Roybal poignantly reflected on what it's like being shot at from his time overseas.

"My response has always been the same, not one filled with a sense of pride or ego, but an answer filled with truth and genuine fear/anger," he wrote.

He said his first fight was something he'd never forget. He felt sensory overload and extreme adrenaline, making him "excited, angry and manic." But as the fights continued, the excitement faded, leaving just the anger, he wrote.

"What's it like to be shot at? It's a nightmare no amount of drugs, no amount of therapy and no amount of drunk talks with your war veteran buddies will ever be able to escape," he wrote. "Cheers boys."

He died of wounds suffered in the concert shooting.

Hannah Ahlers

Brian Ahlers told CNN his wife of 17 years was "shot in the head while dancing" with him at the music festival.

Hannah Ahlers, 34, was a stay-at-home mom of three who had lived in Beaumont, California, for the last five years, but was originally from Redlands.

"She was a full-time house wife and mommy and she was amazing at it," he said. "Very active in moms groups and our daughter's volleyball team. She wasn't too good for anybody. Beautiful inside and out."

Ryan Chiaverini, who was friends with Ahlers, told CNN that "she couldn't hurt a fly."

"She was one of the kindest people I've met," he said.

Stacee Etcheber

The San Francisco Police Officers Association confirmed Tuesday that Stacee Etcheber was killed in the attack.

Etcheber attended the concert with her husband, Vinnie Etcheber, a San Francisco police officer who was off duty. When the shooting began, Vinnie Etcheber told his wife to run as he began to render aid to those wounded, the SFPOA said in a statement.

"With heavy hearts, we've learned that Stacee Etcheber has passed away. Stacee was a wonderful, caring wife, mother, and daughter. She will be terribly missed," SFPOA President Martin Halloran said in a statement.

"Our deepest condolences go out to the entire Etcheber family and our thoughts and prayers are with all those who lost a loved one during this tragic attack."

Denise Salmon Burditus

Denise Salmon Burditus, 50, and her husband Tony had traveled to Las Vegas and were enjoying a weekend away from their West Virginia home.

The couple, who had been married for 32 years, posted to their social media accounts several silly pictures of themselves lounging by the pool and having dinner with friends. Half an hour before the shooting began on Sunday, Denise posted a picture of herself and her husband standing in front of the Route 91 Harvest stage.

But the trip ended in tragedy, and Tony Burditus confirmed his wife's death on Facebook.

"It saddens me to say that I lost my wife of 32 years, a mother of two, soon to be grandmother of 5 this evening in the Las Vegas Shooting," he wrote. "Denise passed in my arms. I LOVE YOU BABE."

Denise described herself on Facebook as semiretired, and she was the former president of the Association of the United States Army sub-chapter in Lacey, Washington, according to NorthwestMilitary.com.

Charleston Hartfield

Charleston Hartfield was many things: a Las Vegas police officer, an accomplished Nevada Army National Guard sergeant first class and a youth football coach.

But beyond those titles, he "epitomizes everything good about America," said Brig. Gen. Zachary Doser, commander of the Nevada National Guard.

Hartfield was off-duty and attending the Route 91 Harvest concert when he was shot and killed, the Guard said in a statement.

Though just 34, Hartfield wrote a memoir titled " Memoirs of a Public Servant," which documented the "thoughts, feelings, and interactions of one Police Officer in the busiest and brightest city in the world, Las Vegas."

"Charleston Hartfield lived to serve the public and protect his family," Brig. Gen. William Burks, the adjutant general of the Nevada National Guard, said. "He is the epitome of a citizen-soldier."

Hartfield -- or "Coach Chucky," as some called him -- was also a coach for the Henderson Cowboys youth football program, the group said on Facebook.

"Coach Hartfield touched many lives both on and off the field. He was a great man who we all lost way (too) early," the program said.

Stan King, the father of one of the players on the team, said he was "an absolute all-American kind of guy."

"He is one of the nicest guys I know and helped countless youth become winners through NYS football here in Henderson, Nevada," King said. "This kind of guy comes around once in a blue moon. He was a very special guy to the community."

Angela Gomez

Angela "Angie" Gomez was a "fun-loving, sweet young lady with a great sense of humor" who loved the stage, the Riverside Unified School District said in a statement.

Gomez attended Riverside Polytechnic High School in California and was a member of the class of 2015. She acted on stage with the Riverside Children's Theater, was involved in the middle and high school choir, and was a cheerleader for the high school, the school district said.

She challenged herself academically with honors and Advanced Placement courses, the school district said. And she "was always seen with a smile on her face whenever she was on campus."

"Angie was a loyal friend who loved her family and will be forever missed by all those who knew her," the district said.

Her English teacher and cheer coach Lupe Avila said the school was "deeply saddened by the loss of a wonderful young woman who had her whole life ahead of her."

Sonny Melton

Sonny Melton, 29, a registered nurse from Tennessee, was shot and killed in the attack Sunday night, according to the Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tennessee, where he worked.

His wife, Heather Melton, an orthopedic surgeon at Innovative Orthopedics, survived the mass shooting, the statement reads.

In an interview with CNN affiliate WSMV, Heather Melton said her husband saved her life amid the gunfire.

"He saved my life. He grabbed me and started running when I felt him get shot in the back," she said. "I want everyone to know what a kind-hearted, loving man he was, but at this point, I can barely breathe."

Sonny Melton graduated from Union University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Accelerated degree and was president of his BSNA class, according to the university.

"You know how when you met someone and you just know that they're good and kind? That was Sonny," said Christy Davis, assistant professor of nursing at Union. "He just had a sweet, kind spirit about him."

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam tweeted that he was praying for those affected by the shooting, including Melton's family.

"In particular, Crissy and I extend our condolences and prayers to the family of Sonny Melton from West Tennessee who was among those killed in this tragedy," Haslam said. "We know other Tennesseans were in attendance or performing at the event, and my thoughts go out to them as we grieve and process the enormity of this attack. Tennessee stands with Las Vegas during this difficult time."

Sandra Casey

Sandra Casey, a special education teacher at Manhattan Beach Middle School, was fatally wounded in the shooting, according to Mike Matthews, the Manhattan Beach Unified School District Superintendent.

Casey had taught there for the past nine years and will be remembered for her sense of humor, her passion for her work, her devotion to her students, and her commitment to continuing her own learning and to taking on whatever new projects came her way, Matthews said.

"Our students, employees, and parents are devastated by Sandy Casey's death. We lost a spectacular teacher who devoted her life to helping some of our most needy students," Matthews said.

Several other members of the Manhattan Beach Unified School district attended the music festival as well but were unharmed, the school district said.

Jenny Parks

Jenny Parks, a kindergarten teacher for the Lancaster School District in California, was among those who died in the Vegas shooting, according to Steven McCarthy, her husband's uncle.

"She was truly one of the most loving people you could ever hope to meet," McCarthy said. "She always went out of her way to help anybody."

He said that he never saw her upset, and never saw her sad.

Her husband, Bobby Parks, is currently in surgery after a bullet injured his arm and finger, McCarthy said. He said that Bobby Parks is responsive and aware that his wife passed away.

Jenny Parks has two brothers who lived in Las Vegas, and the couple was visiting them.

Quinton Robbins

Quinton Robbins, from Henderson, Nevada, "was the most kind and loving soul," his aunt, Kilee Wells Sanders, said on Facebook.

Robbins' uncle, Mike Wells, confirmed that Robbins died and said his family was in disbelief. Quinton Robbins coached his younger brother's flag football team, and the two siblings had just attended a Dodgers game together.

"Everyone who met him, loved him," Sanders wrote. "His contagious laugh and smile. He was truly an amazing person. He will be missed by so many, he is loved by so many. So many awesome talents. I can't say enough good about this sweet soul."

Neysa Tonks

Neysa Tonks, a Las Vegas resident and mother of three, also lost her life in the Las Vegas shooting, her employer Technologent confirmed. Tonks leaves behind three sons -- Kaden, Braxton and Greysen.

"Neysa has brought so much joy, fun and laughter to Technologent -- she will be greatly missed by all!"

Technologent has established a GoFundMe page on behalf of Tonk's family. The effort had raised more than $120,000 by Tuesday.

Susan Smith

Susan Smith, a 53-year-old mother who was the office manager for Vista Elementary School in California, was killed in the shooting, according to Jake Finch, the Simi Valley Unified School District's media relations coordinator.

Smith, who had been with the school district for 16 years, was a "big country music fan" and had gone to Las Vegas with a couple of friends for the music festival, Finch said.

She was "always so welcoming," Finch said, and served as the "right hand to the principal."

Smith was married with two young-adult children, Finch said. Her own kids were once a part of the school district and she was very active as a parent, Finch said.

"Everybody knew her," he added. "She touched a lot of lives."

The PTA at Vista Fundamental Elementary School posted condolences for Smith on Facebook, saying "she was a wonderful woman, an advocate for our children, and a friend."

Bailey Schweitzer

Bailey Schweitzer was with her mother watching some of their favorite bands at the Route 91 concert in Las Vegas when the 20-year-old was shot and killed, according to CNN affiliate KBAK.

Schweitzer graduated from Centennial High School, where she was a cheerleader and played volleyball. She was also a member of the Valley Bible Fellowship Church and helped run her family's business, Bakersfield Speedway.

Matt Woessner, a family friend, watched Bailey grow up and said she "had a heart for people." He told KBAK that "the whole community has lost a great person in Bailey Schweitzer and she's going to be truly missed everywhere."

Jennifer T. Irvine

San Diego-based attorney Jennifer T. Irvine, who was on vacation in Las Vegas to attend the concert, was one of the victims of the shooting, her publicist Jay Jones said.

Irvine practiced criminal and family law and owned her own boutique firm. Her website describes her as a "tenacious litigator" who is passionate about assisting clients during difficult times.

The website also notes other unique interests out of the courtroom. She earned a black-belt in taekwondo, enjoyed practicing hot yoga, was an avid snowboarder, and aspired to learn indoor rock climbing and to experience sky-diving, the site says.

Jones, her publicist, released the following statement:

"Remembering a dear friend & colleague whose life was cut short by an unspeakable tragedy. Our sincerest thoughts to those affected during this difficult time. May our unity & strength shine over the darkness."

Lisa Romero-Muniz

Lisa Romero-Muniz, a secretary for Gallup-McKinley County Schools in western New Mexico, was killed in the shooting, school district superintendent Mike Hyatt said.

She had worked for the school district since 2003 at three different schools and specifically worked as a discipline secretary, acting as an advocate for students during times of discipline.

"As many students have mentioned in some Facebook posts and to many of us, she was there for them and she respected them and tried to work with them as much as she could," Hyatt said.

He said Romero-Muniz was outgoing, kind, and considerate of all those she worked with.

"We cannot express enough the loss that our organization feels at this time, and the heartache we feel for Lisa's husband, children, grandchildren and family," Hyatt said.

Rhonda LeRocque

Rhonda LeRocque of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, was one of the victims in the shooting, her family said.

Her mother, Priscilla Champagne, told CNN that LeRocque was a "beautiful woman inside and out."

"A truly great mother, daughter, wife, aunt, sister, worker, and a good, kindhearted friend. She had a great faith in Jehovah God, and had a wonderful family life. She loved Hawaii, Disney, and country music." she said.

"She was the best of the best. She was the hostess with the mostess ... the glue who kept our family gatherings together. She will be greatly missed by us all."

Her sister, Korina Champagne, said in a Facebook post on Monday that her heart was broken.

"My Beautiful Sister Rhonda LeRocque lost her life in the Las Vegas mass shooting," Korina Champagne posted. "My heart is broken, I'm numb, I feel paralyzed. This doesn't seem real. All I can do is turn to God's Word for comfort, just as she would want me to. May shec rest now until her name is called and she is awakened in paradise."

She added a Bible passage to the end of her Facebook post, "Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment."

Carrie Barnette

Disney employee Carrie Barnette was one of the victims of Sunday's shooting, the company's Chairman and CEO Robert Iger said Monday.

"A senseless, horrific, act, and a terrible loss for so many. We mourn a wonderful member of the Disney family: Carrie Barnette. Tragic," Iger tweeted.

In a statement, the company said Barnette had worked for Disney for 10 years "and was beloved by her friends and colleagues."

"Another valued Disney cast member, Jessica Milam, was also seriously injured and we are praying for her recovery," the statement said.

Correction: An earlier version of this story mistakenly identified the author of a Facebook post as the daughter of Susan Smith.

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Authorities investigating the Las Vegas massacre turned Wednesday to the shooter's girlfriend, hoping for more answers about the gunman and what may have sparked the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
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Investigators have spent the days since Sunday's attack - which killed 58 people and injured hundreds more - struggling to explain why 64-year-old Stephen Paddock holed up in a high-rise hotel overlooking the Las Vegas Strip and opened fire on concertgoers at a country music festival far below.

What they have found so far has been chilling evidence of extensive preparations, as Paddock turned his two-room suite in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino into an armed fortress. He brought in 23 guns along with "bump" stocks that can allow them to more quickly fire bullets, police said. The gunman also placed cameras so that he could monitor the arrival of police officers, who eventually breached his room and found that he killed himself before they arrived.

But a motive has remained elusive. Police hoped they could learn more from Paddock's girlfriend, Marilou Danley, who was in the Philippines when the shooting occurred.

Danley arrived late Tuesday night at Los Angeles International Airport and was met by FBI agents, according to a person familiar with the investigation. She is considered a critical witness in trying to decipher Paddock's motive.

While investigators have described her as a "person of interest," they have not suggested that she is considered an accomplice or involved in any way.

FBI agents speaking to Danley have essentially two critical questions: Did she have any idea what motivated him, and did she have any knowledge of what was about to take place and not alert authorities? Such was the case for Noor Salman, the wife of the Orlando gunman who killed 49 people last year. Salman was later arrested and charged with aiding and abetting terrorism and obstructing justice.

There were no immediate, obvious indications that Danley would fit the same bill, a person familiar with the case said, though they stressed that the investigation was still early. Investigators still have to run down any potential leads Danley may provide.

Given how little has emerged in Paddock's past that could foreshadow the attack, the "best lead is through this girlfriend," said Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.).

"They don't know a lot about who the girlfriend is and why she left the country a week prior to the shooting," said Heller, who has been briefed by authorities. "She is someone they need to have this discussion with to better understand the shooting and what his thought process was."

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said Wednesday morning that he is surprised they have not found evidence pointing to the gunman's motive yet.

"There's all kinds of things that surprise us in each one of these events," McCabe told CNBC. "This individual and this attack didn't leave the sort of immediately accessible thumbprints that you find on some mass casualty attacks....We look for actual indicators of affiliation, of motive, of intent, and so far we're not there. We don't have those sort of indicators."

McCabe said agents have been reconstructing "the life, the behavior, the pattern of activity of this individual and anyone and everyone who may have crossed his path in the days and the weeks leading up to this horrific event."

He said so far investigators have not had any problems accessing the gunman's computer electronic devices.

Amid a backdrop of anguish and questions, President Trump on Wednesday headed to Las Vegas to address law enforcement officials in Las Vegas as well as survivors of Sunday's massacre.

"We're going to pay our respects and see the police who really have done a fantastic job," Trump said to reporters before he left Washington for Nevada. "It's a very, very sad day for me, personally."

Piece by piece, investigators have put together a profile of Paddock - a retired accountant - making meticulous preparations for the moment when he smashed a plate-glass window in the 32nd floor of his hotel room and opened fire with a weapon, apparently modified to spew bullets with the split-second speed of an automatic rifle.

As he fired round after round during an 11-minute stretch from a suite at the Mandalay Bay, Paddock used multiple video cameras to keep an eye out for police storming his hotel room, according to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo.

"It was preplanned, extensively, and I'm pretty sure that he evaluated everything that he did in his actions, which is troublesome," Lombardo said Tuesday.

Paddock hid one camera in the peephole of his suite and two more in the hall, at least one of them disguised on a service cart, authorities said. At one point, he shot numerous rounds through the door, wounding a security guard.

Paddock eventually put a gun in his own mouth and pulled the trigger as SWAT officers closed in. They found him with blood pooling behind his head and around the empty shell casings that littered the carpet, a handgun near his body.

Once police entered the suite, they found that Paddock had brought 23 guns inside since he checked into the hotel on Thursday. Police also found another 26 guns at two other properties in Nevada and a large collection of ammunition and a chemical that can be used to make bombs.

Many of Paddock's guns were purchased in recent years. Between October 2016 and Sept. 28, the day Paddock checked into the Mandalay Bay, Paddock bought 33 guns, the "majority of them rifles," Jill A. Snyder, the special agent in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in San Francisco, said Wednesday in an interview with "CBS This Morning."

Paddock also had substantial ammunition in the room, with clips containing between 60 and 100 rounds, Snyder said. During a news briefing a day earlier, Snyder said Paddock had purchased shotguns, handguns and rifles in Nevada, Utah, California and Texas. She also said that inside Paddock's suite, authorities found a dozen "bump" stocks that can enable guns to fire bullets at a more rapid clip.

Included in the cache of guns found in his room: An AR-15-type rifle with a high-capacity magazine, another AR-15-type rifle with a magnification scope commonly used for hunting and a bipod stand to help steady it, according to law enforcement officials and experts who reviewed images of the weapons posted online.

Until carrying out the massacre Sunday night, Paddock had no criminal history himself. Despite repeated claims by the Islamic State to the contrary, he also had no ties to international terrorism groups, authorities said. He had done some government work, spent three years working for a defense contractor and had twice been divorced. Paddock was known to gamble routinely and extensively.

Some public officials seemed to suggest Paddock's mind was troubled, though there were no immediate indications that he had been diagnosed with a mental illness or was anything other than fully aware of what he was doing.

"A normal person would not cause this type of harm to innocent people," said Rep. Ruben Kihuen (D-Nev.). "Clearly, there was something wrong with this man."

Neighbors in several states where Paddock owned homes in retirement communities described him as surly, unfriendly and standoffish. Paddock was the son of a bank robber who was once on the FBI's most-wanted list and whom authorities described at the time as a "psychopath," but Paddock's brother said their father was not involved in their lives when they were children.

Relatives say the roots of Paddock's loner lifestyle might have been planted on July 28, 1960. On that day, when Paddock was 7, a neighbor from across the street took him swimming. The neighbor told a local newspaper at the time that she knew authorities were coming for his father, and she wanted to spare the young boy from the trauma of seeing his father taken away. From that point on, Paddock's family was never the same.

People close to the investigation also said that in the weeks before the attack, Paddock transferred a large amount of money - close to $100,000 - to someone in the Philippines, possibly his girlfriend. The significance of that development was not immediately clear, though investigators said they were interested in probing Paddock's finances and his avid interest in high-stakes gambling.

Danley's sister, interviewed by Australia's Channel 7, suggested that Paddock had arranged Danley's trip to visit her homeland to keep her from undermining the attack plans.

"I know she doesn't know anything as well like us," said the sister, whose identity was shielded by the channel. "She was sent away. She was away so that she would not be there to interfere with what he's planning."

According to court records, Danley appears to have been living with Paddock as early as August 2013, while she was still married to another man, named Geary Danley. Geary and Marilou Danley were married in Las Vegas in 1990. According to court records, they jointly filed for divorce on Feb. 25, 2015, and the divorce was finalized the next day.

At his home in Orlando, Eric Paddock, Stephen Paddock's brother, said he also doubts Danley had any prior knowledge of the incident and speculated that Stephen might have been trying to quietly ensure her financial security. Stephen Paddock loved and doted on his girlfriend, whom he had met when she was a hostess at a casino, Eric Paddock said. The couple often gambled side by side.

"He manipulated her to be as far away from here and safe when he committed this," Eric Paddock said. "The people he loved he took care of, and as he was descending into hell he took care of her."

Coroner John Fudenberg on Tuesday evening clarified that Paddock was among the 59 counted as slain; previously, authorities had said he wasn't. More than 500 people were wounded in the attack or injured in the rush to flee.

Undersheriff Kevin C. McMahill, speaking after Fudenberg at a news briefing, warned that the number of dead and injured could fluctuate as the investigation progresses.

Hospitals across the region continued to treat patients from the scene, many of them seriously injured. Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center said that as of Tuesday, it had 59 patients from the rampage, 31 of them still in critical condition. University Medical Center said it had 64 patients from the attack, 12 of them critical.
Lynh Bui and Tim Craig in Las Vegas; Barbara Liston in Orlando; Ally Gravina in Reno, Nev.; William Dauber in Los Angeles; and Brian Murphy, Devlin Barrett, Alex Horton, Wesley Lowery, Julie Tate, Jessica Contrera, Sandhya Somashekhar, Aaron C. Davis, William Wan and Sari Horwitz in Washington contributed to this report, which will be updated throughout the day.

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The European Union is telling member state Luxembourg to get $295 million in back taxes from Amazon in Brussels' latest regulatory move targeting U.S. tech companies accused of tax avoidance.

EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager also took Ireland to court for failing to collect a massive 13 billion euros ($15.3 billion) in taxes from Apple Inc., arguing that, like in Amazon's case, the company had profited from a system allowing it to escape most of its taxes the EU felt were due.

Vestager said Wednesday that U.S. giant online retailer Amazon unfairly profited from special low tax conditions since 2003 in the tiny Grand Duchy, where its European headquarters are based.

The EU nations are actively looking to close loopholes for U.S. internet multinationals and are considering harmonized tax rules.

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Wendy's has become so notorious for their expert Twitter skills, so it comes as no surprise that the fast-food chain has embarked on another social media-based battle of wits. The opponent this time? Chicken wing restaurant Wingstop.
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After Wingstop tweeted out an original rap, Matthew Lazor tagged Wendy's, egging them on by telling them to step up their game. Not known to back down from a challenge, Wendy's took the bait and the two were off.

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What ensued was an epic back-and-forth between the two chains that went on most of Tuesday. So was there a clear winner in this Twitter showdown? You decide.

This isn't the first time Wendy's has taken on another business. Earlier this year, the burger chain got in a sign battle with Pure Water Ice & Tea Company in Lubbock, Tx. The two businesses went back and forth, changing their street signs to one-up the other with witty puns and savage burns. People took notice and began driving by just to see the signs, documenting them on social media.

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The singer, who has had two long-running residencies in Vegas, the first in 2003, told the crowd proceeds from the night would go to the victims of Sunday's shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival and their families.

"Tonight is very different," Dion said ahead of her show, according to videos taken by fans. "After Sunday night's incredibly tragic event, all of us here find ourselves asking a similar question. For you, it's, 'Do we still go to Celine's show on Tuesday night, only two days after the nightmare?' For me, it's, 'Can I still do my show? Should I still do my show only two days after the nightmare?' These are difficult questions."

Dion said she ultimately decided to go on with her performances "to show love and support for those who are affected."

"On Sunday, we lost too many beautiful, innocent souls and so many are still suffering. But tonight, we are going to let these families know that we are supporting them and that we will help them through their tragic loss," she said. "They are going to need a lot of love, a ton of emotional support, as well as a great deal of financial aid."

Her announcement that proceeds would be donated drew more than 30 seconds of applause from the crowd.

Dion also dedicate the show to the victims, their families, first responders, and doctors and nurses "who are working around the clock to save lives."

"I want you to know that you have made the right choice in being here tonight," she said.

In the aftermath of Sunday's shooting, which killed 58 and injured more than 500, fellow Vegas-based performer Jennifer Lopez canceled her shows through October 7, according to a statement obtained by Variety.

Jason Aldean, who was on stage when the shooting began, also canceled his shows through October 12.

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The singer, who has had two long-running residencies in Vegas, the first in 2003, told the crowd proceeds from the night would go to the victims of Sunday's shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival and their families. "Tonight is very different," Dion said ahead of her show, according to videos taken by fans.