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Tampa elementary school was caught on fire which caused by electrical failure and the extensive amount of water damage after the flooding of Hurricane Irma. Lee Elementary Magnet School of World Studies and Technology just got there power back when the fire broke out. Rumors were spread saying that someone might have started the fire because someone was angered by the 106 year old school that was renamed in 1943 for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The Tampa Bay Time reports fire displaced 329 students and 49 employees

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Officials say a fire that destroyed a Florida elementary school was caused by electrical failure and extensive water damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.

Lee Elementary Magnet School of World Studies and Technology had just had power restored when the fire broke out. Wednesday's report from Tampa Fire Rescue comes amid rumors that the fire was set by someone angered that the 106-year-old school was renamed in 1943 for Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

Investigators were unable to pinpoint the precise cause of the electrical malfunction, but said extensive water damage sustained by the structure during Hurricane Irma likely was a factor. The roof on the northeast side of the three-story brick building eventually collapsed.

The Tampa Bay Times reports fire displaced 329 students and 49 employees.

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A toddler was seriously hurt after being run over by a van driven by her mother in Flint M who was getting ready to unpack some cases of water.  Sarah Freshcosy was backing up her van in the family's driveway Tuesday afternoon to unload the water when 2-year-old Jasmine stepped behind the vehicle. Jasmine is hospitalized in critical condition.

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Authorities say a toddler in Flint, Michigan, has been seriously hurt after being run over by a van driven by her mother, who was preparing to unload cases of water.

Many residents in the city consume bottled water since lead was detected in the municipal water supply. It wasn't clear why the mother bought the water.

Police said Sarah Freshcosy was backing up her van in the family's driveway Tuesday afternoon to unload the water when 2-year-old Jasmine stepped behind the vehicle.

Jasmine is hospitalized in critical condition.

Flint's water was tainted with the toxin for at least 18 months starting in spring 2014, as the city didn't treat river water to reduce corrosion. Experts say tap water is safe to consume, but they recommend filters.

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Authorities say a toddler in Flint, Michigan, has been seriously hurt after being run over by a van driven by her mother, who was preparing to unload cases of water. Many residents in the city consume bottled water since lead was detected in the municipal water supply. It wasn't clear why...

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After the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, the evil of one person was countered by the benevolence of countless others.
Heroes risking their lives to save strangers. Blood donors waiting for hours to help the wounded. Vigils from Reno to Las Vegas, where 59 country music fans were killed on the Las Vegas Strip late Sunday night.

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Every detail of this indiscriminate mass murder seemed meticulously planned. Yet no one knows why Stephen Paddock morphed from a retired accountant to the deadliest mass murderer in modern US history.

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Jonathan Smith is more than likely to spend his life with a bullet lodged into the side of his neck. While trying to save 2 young girls after a gunman opened fire into a crowd Jonathan was shot. The doctors said he was lucky to walk out of the hospital even with severe injuries.

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The Washington Post 5 hrs ago Heather Long

LAS VEGAS - Jonathan Smith is likely to spend the rest of his life with a bullet lodged in the left side of his neck, a never-ending reminder of America's deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Smith, a 30-year-old copy machine repairman, was shot Sunday night while trying to help save people after a gunman opened fire on the crowd at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival in Las Vegas. He knows he's one of the lucky ones to be able to walk out of the hospital, even with his severe injuries.

As the bullets rained down, family was Smith's top concern. He had driven to Las Vegas from Orange County, Calif., on Thursday to celebrate the 43rd birthday of his brother, Louis Rust, a big country music fan who had attended the festival in the past. They spent the weekend enjoying the music and had scored seats close to the stage for Jason Aldean's prime-time performance Sunday night.
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When the gunshots started, Smith initially thought they were fireworks. The music kept playing, Smith and Rust recalled. But the bullets kept coming. Aldean looked at his security guards and ran off the stage. Then the lights went out.

Rust realized what was really going on and told the entire extended family - all nine of them, including kids - to hold hands and run. By then, it was a stampede.

Smith was focused on saving his young nieces, but they separated in the crowd. He says he turned back toward the stage to look for them, he saw people hunched behind a sheriff patrol car at the northwest edge of the concert lawn. Others were so frightened they didn't know what to do. He kept shouting, "Active shooter, active shooter, let's go! We have to run."

He grabbed people and told them to follow him toward a handicapped parking area in the direction of the airport, away from Las Vegas Boulevard. It was a large field with several rows of vehicles. Smith and the others crouched down behind one of the last rows of cars.

"I got a few people out of there," Smith said. "You could hear the shots. It sounded like it was coming from all over Las Vegas Boulevard."
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A few young girls weren't fully hidden. He stood up and moved toward them to urge them to get on the ground. That's when a bullet struck him in the neck.

"I couldn't feel anything in my neck. There was a warm sensation in my arm," said Smith from the Sunrise Hospital lobby Monday afternoon as he was waiting for his final discharge. He has a fractured collarbone, a cracked rib and a bruised lung. The doctors are leaving the bullet in his neck for now. They worry moving it might cause more damage.

"I might have to live with this bullet for the rest of my life," Smith said, grimacing from the pain. A large white bandage covers the bullet hole.

Smith believes an off-duty San Diego police officer likely saved his life. The officer came over and tried to stop the bleeding and then flagged down passing cars to try to get Smith a ride. Many just drove by, but a pickup truck stopped and Smith was put in the back of it along with several other wounded victims. By then, he was struggling to breathe.

"I really didn't want to die," Smith recalled. The off-duty officer kept telling him he would be okay, just as he had said a few minutes earlier to other concertgoers.

Smith later reconnected with his brother and found out that his nieces - along with the rest of his family - made it out safely.

On Twitter and Reddit, many were quick to hold up Smith as a hero. A photo of Smith has been shared more than 74,000 times, with 177,000 "likes."

Jonathan Smith, 30, saved ~30 people last night before he was shot in the neck. He might live w/the bullet for rest of his life. #vegasstrip pic.twitter.com/6hLujXWe51

- Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) October 2, 2017

Hero: https://t.co/2xTu44mdJX

- Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) October 2, 2017

"I don't see myself that way," he said. "I would want someone to do the same for me. No one deserves to lose a life coming to a country festival."

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He was shot helping people during the Las Vegas shooting. His heroics helped his photo go viral.

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The Washington Post 5 hrs ago Heather Long LAS VEGAS - Jonathan Smith is likely to spend the rest of his life with a bullet lodged in the left side of his neck, a never-ending reminder of America's deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

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Since the hurricane everyone in Puerto Rico has lived without electricity. Only a quarter of its 80,000 residents have running water.

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Eyleen Gonzalez, all of 18 years of age, uttered that phrase without hesitating.

Gonzalez's house in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, was destroyed by Hurricane Maria nearly two weeks ago.

Since then, everyone in her hometown has lived without electricity. Only a quarter of its 80,000 residents have running water. About half of gas stations in town are open, with long queues stretching blocks. Most supermarkets are open but rationing food.

The destruction in Toa Baja is the rule, not the exception, in Puerto Rico, where the recovery has moved at a glacial pace, according to over a dozen interviews with residents, local relief workers and small-town mayors across the island.

Federal officials and Puerto Rican government leaders stress the recovery efforts are "united." But things took a divisive twist Saturday when President Donald Trump lambasted the mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz, for "poor leadership."

Trump visits Puerto Rico on Tuesday, and he may get a sense of why the recovery has been a nightmare for many of the island's 3.4 million US citizens.

"My people are suffering. This is a disaster," says Carlos Mendez, the mayor of Aguadilla in western Puerto Rico.

Overwhelming destruction

The Port of San Juan, where much of the humanitarian aid is arriving, doesn't have enough truck drivers. Even if it did, many trucks don't have enough diesel fuel to deliver food, water and other essentials. There's little cell service for those with the aid to communicate with towns, drivers and locals. Banks can't get enough armored trucks to deliver cash too.

On top of all that, roads are marred with fallen trees -- or the road just doesn't exist anymore. In one town, residents strung a cable across a river to ford it in knee-deep water because the bridge connecting the two sides had been washed a football field's length downriver.

Meanwhile, hospitals and food banks are running low on fuel for their generators to keep the lights on and preserve fruits, veggies and meat.

Federal officials have acknowledged the recovery hasn't been ideal.

"It's not nearly as fast as any of us want," John Rabin, acting regional administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, said at a press conference.

Puerto Ricans spend much of their time now waiting in line. On Sunday, one ATM line had several dozen people waiting two hours to withdraw a maximum of $40.

It's worse at gas stations: Hundreds of people camp out in their cars overnight, risking their safety so they don't lose their place in line. About 65% of gas stations were open on the island by Sunday, according to Puerto Rico's government.

The cash crunch is exacerbated because many businesses' credit card machines are still down, so they can only take hard currency.

"I'm overwhelmed," said Ana Ramos, tears streaming down her face as she waited in line for gas with only $20 in her hand. "I have to wait in line at the ATM because I don't have any more money."

Incomplete response

The federal government, initially led by FEMA, has tried to respond to the island's damage, which Rabin, the regional administrator, describes as "catastrophic." Three-star Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan was tapped by Trump earlier this week to spearhead recovery efforts.

There are over 10,000 federal workers on the island from dozens of federal departments and agencies. FEMA says it has reached all of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities and delivered a million meals, along with 2 million liters of water, to 11 distribution centers on the island.

But herein lies the rub: A breakdown of communication still leaves some towns empty handed.

Betito Marquez, the mayor of Toa Baja, an impoverished town near San Juan, went to a FEMA distribution center at 5 p.m. on Friday. It was closed and he couldn't pick up supplies.

Mendez, the mayor of Aguadilla, told CNN he's been driving across the island, two hours each way, every morning to pick up FEMA aid in San Juan.

"They're not coming here, I'm going there," Mendez said.

President Trump has dismissed any problems in his administration's response as fake news. Instead, he points to longstanding issues, like Puerto Rico's debt debacle or its infrastructure problems.

The island's slow recovery may exacerbate another problem Trump isn't talking about: An exodus of people off Puerto Rico and to places like Texas and Florida.

Over 400,000 Puerto Ricans have moved to the mainland United States since 2004, according to the Pew Research Center. Puerto Rico now has 3.4 million residents.

Many left because Puerto Rico suffers from high unemployment, rising taxes and few job opportunities outside of tourism.

Eyleen Gonzalez, the young woman who said she doesn't want to live on the only island she's ever called home, said she had been on the fence about applying for college in the mainland.

Maria made up Gonzalez's decision.

"I want to leave for the rest of my life," said Gonzalez. "I don't want to know anything about Puerto Rico."

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Eyleen Gonzalez, all of 18 years of age, uttered that phrase without hesitating. Gonzalez's house in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, was destroyed by Hurricane Maria nearly two weeks ago. Since then, everyone in her hometown has lived without electricity. Only a quarter of its 80,000 residents have running water.

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People started to scream as bullets sprayed through the air. While some people scatter or search for shelter, others stay and help.

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The Washington Post 16 hrs ago Lindsey Bever, Wesley Lowery

Seconds after the pop-pop-pops started echoing through the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday night, the music stopped and concertgoers tried to decide what had happened.

"That's gunshots," one person said. "That's gunshots."

"Get down," another person shouted. "Stay down."
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People started to scream as bullets sprayed into a crowd of thousands of attendees at the three-day Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas.

Some people started to scatter and search for cover.

But some people stayed behind - or even made their way to the chaotic and deadly scene - to help the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

A gunman had opened fire as country music singer Jason Aldean sang onstage.

At least 58 people were killed, including an off-duty police officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, authorities said. More than 500 others, including two on-duty officers, were injured.

The gunman, identified by police as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, was found dead in his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino by Las Vegas SWAT officers.

Former minor league baseball player Todd Blyleven, who had traveled with family and friends from Dallas for the concert, said they were center stage, toward the back, when they heard a "pop-pop-pop."

"You look up and you could see the muzzle flashes from the window at the Mandalay Bay," he told The Washington Post. "The stage went black, Jason Aldean and his crew all ducked and ran offstage. Everybody started screaming, and then you start to see people going down."

Blyleven said he and his brother-in-law guided their group out of the venue, ducking behind barbecue vendor carts, as gunshots continued to strike around them. Once he had gotten his group out, Blyleven headed back into the concert venue, joining a group of volunteers who hoped to get more people out.

"The shooting just seemed like it went on for 10 or 15 minutes," said Blyleven. He said he saw a police officer who had been shot through the neck, and carried out the lifeless body of a young woman who had been hit.

"Young girls and guys, older folks. Just people walking out of a country concert with bullet holes," he recalled. "Everybody was just trying to do whatever they could to get these poor people out of the gunfire."

Blyleven, who is the son of Hall of Fame pitcher Bert Blyleven, said he has no formal medical training but that he felt obligated to do whatever he could to save lives.

"I just felt like I had to," said Blyleven, who estimated that he may have helped about 30 or 40 people get away from the gunfire. "I would hope that if me, or my family, was in a situation like that, that someone would come in and get me."

During the gunfire, Mike McGarry, a 53-year-old financial adviser from Philadelphia, said he tried to shield his children.

"It was crazy - I laid on top of the kids. They're 20. I'm 53. I lived a good life," McGarry told Reuters. He said he had shoe prints on the back of his shirt from people who ran over him to get away.

A parade of police officers, firefighters and paramedics rushed to the scene of the shooting, where good Samaritans were seen in photos kneeling down, tending to victims.

One man told Fox News that he hid behind a table and, when it was all over, helped load several bodies into a truck.

This man is a HERO‼️

Las Vegas shooting witness: " I started loading them into the back of a truck." pic.twitter.com/iMkINeoela

- Mr. Jameson Neat (@MrJamesonNeat) October 2, 2017

One video showed someone approach a vehicle, telling the driver: "Hey Bud, right now, we need your truck. We just need to get people over to the hospital, okay?"

"Okay," a woman said from inside the vehicle. "Put them all in the back."

In the background, people appeared to be carrying victims on pieces of fencing to get them to safety.

"Oh my God," the woman said, her voice shaking. "Baby, this is horrible."

In the hours after the shooting, a nearby blood donation center became full, and people who lived nearby were trying to find ways to help those still at the scene.

LOOK: parking lot of blood donation center on Charleston is full. At 3:48am. #Vegas is strong and compasionate. @BethFisherTV@ktnv pic.twitter.com/ltcQ3P6a9K

- David Schuman (@david_schuman) October 2, 2017

Another pic of blood center. My friend there says line is out the door. Again, this was at 4:15. People care. @KTNV pic.twitter.com/Was1prG8Ml

- David Schuman (@david_schuman) October 2, 2017

Jessica Perez, who was at home in bed when she heard about what had happened, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that she loaded water into her car and she and her brother and her cousin headed for the scene of the shooting.

"We couldn't just sit at home doing nothing," the 21-year-old from Las Vegas told the newspaper. "Everyone was begging us, please don't go, but we couldn't sit there."

"My heart hurts, and I can't believe this is happening in my home," Perez added.
Read more: America's deadliest shooting incidents are getting much more deadly Route 91 Harvest Festival: The 'sleepover' that ended in a nightmare How far-right trolls named the wrong man as the Las Vegas shooter Gunman enjoyed gambling, country music, lived quiet life before massacre

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Thousands fled the hail of gunfire in Las Vegas. These people stayed to try to save lives.

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The Washington Post 16 hrs ago Lindsey Bever, Wesley Lowery Seconds after the pop-pop-pops started echoing through the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday night, the music stopped and concertgoers tried to decide what had happened. "That's gunshots," one person said. "That's gunshots." "Get down," another person shouted. "Stay down."

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Five people are remaining in custody after police found them attempting to bomb a apartment in Paris. The failed bombing came the same weekend as a deadly stabbing in Marseille by a man who used multiple aliases. His motives are unclear, though it was claimed by the Islamic State group. With these incidents happening the threat against France is "extremely big."

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Five people are in custody after an apparent failed bombing attempt in a chic Paris neighborhood.

Paris police say a neighbor alerted authorities to suspicious activity early Saturday in the building in the 16th arrondissement, or district. A judicial official said an explosive device was found and deactivated.

The five suspects remain in custody Tuesday and counterterrorism prosecutors opened an investigation, according to the judicial official. He was not authorized to be publicly named discussing an ongoing case.

The incident came the same weekend as a deadly stabbing in Marseille by a man who used multiple aliases. His motives are unclear, though it was claimed by the Islamic State group.

France's parliament is expected to approve a new counterterrorism law Tuesday.

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Tom Petty died on Monday at the age of 66. They found him at his home in Malibu on the floor in full cardiac arrest. He was rushed to the hospital where he died at 11:40. Tom Petty was a legendary rock star who became famous in the 70's.

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Tom Petty, who rose to fame in the '70s as the lead of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died on Monday at age 66.

Tony Dimitriades, the band manager, announced the singer's death in a statement. The legendary singer was reportedly found in cardiac arrest on Sunday at his home in Malibu, Calif.

Petty was taken to UCLA Medical Center but could not be revived, Dimitriades said. He died at 11:30 p.m.

Thomas Earl Petty fell in love with music at a young age after a chance encounter with Elvis Presley, and was the voice behind celebrated hits like "Free Fallin'" and "Don't Do Me Like That."

Born in Gainesville, Fla., Petty had a rough upbringing with an abusive father and saw music as his ticket out.

"Music," he recalled to Men's Journal, "was a safe place."

Petty started the band Mudcrutch in 1970, but his real success came in the late '70s with the birth of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The band's second album in 1978 was a hit with songs like "Listen To Her Heart."

The band relocated to Los Angeles and defied the odds by remaining on good terms. In 2017, they embarked on their 40th anniversary tour. Last week, he wrapped up a long leg of the tour with three sold-out shows at the Hollywood Bowl, according to Forbes.

The rocker recently said this tour would be his "last big one" during a chat with Rolling Stone.

He described the hectic nature of a country-wide tour during the June interview and said he had aspirations to record again.

Petty's final tour was one of the country's top grossing, clocking in at at #9, with over $1.6 million in ticket sales.

During an October 2015 interview with Men's Journal, Petty reflected on his famous determination.

"Probably the greatest achievement you can reach is when you're able to forgive the most heinous thing in your life. I forgive anyone. That's where I've arrived. And if I'm not successful at that, I forgive myself," he said with a smile.

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Tom Petty, who rose to fame in the '70s as the lead of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died on Monday at age 66. Tony Dimitriades, the band manager, announced the singer's death in a statement. The legendary singer was reportedly found in cardiac arrest on Sunday at his home in Malibu, Calif.

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Former Alabama coach Gene Stallings suffers massive heart attack. The past weekend he was admitted to the ICU. Now after a few days later he's finally breathing on his own.

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Legendary Alabama Coach Suffers 'Massive' Heart Attack

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Portraits of the victims of the Las Vegas shooting. One was a nurse who died protecting his wife. Another devoted her life to teaching children with special needs. They were people from different walks of life who had gathered to enjoy a country music festival in the glimmering heart of the Las Vegas Strip.

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Andrew Shelton is sentence because he robbed 100 guns on a freight train. The guns were put to focus on Norfolk Southern rail yard. The guns that he robbed are revolvers, rifles and other guns from the train. Andrew will serve 11 1/2 years in prison.

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A federal judge will sentence a purported street gang member for a heist of 100 newly minted guns that put a focus on security at a major Norfolk Southern rail yard in a high-crime part of Chicago.

Andrew Shelton's sentencing Tuesday is for the theft of revolvers, rifles and other guns off a freight train stopped overnight at the South Side facility in 2015. Three such thefts occurred from 2014 to 2016.

Prosecutors say the guns fell quickly into the hands of gangs and drug dealers. They've linked such thefts to Chicago gun violence.

Shelton is the first of eight defendants up for sentencing in coming weeks. Prosecutors seek an 11½-year prison term. They say the 43-year-old Shelton received less time for six previous train-theft convictions and it didn't deter him.

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1st thief up for sentencing in major Chicago train guns case

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a couple atmit to steating 1.2 millon dollers of stuff from amazon. they boght electronic goods then said they dint work to get a free one.

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An Indiana couple has admitted stealing more than $1.2 million in merchandise from Amazon in an elaborate scheme. Erin Joseph Finan, 38, and Leah Jeanette Finan, 37, pleaded guilty in federal court in Indianapolis to charges of mail fraud and money laundering in connection with the racket, the Star Press reports.

The duo bought hundreds of electronics such as Go Pro cameras, Samsung smartwatches, and Xboxes, then told Amazon the products weren't working and requested replacements at no charge.

The couple created "hundreds" of false identities to conceal the scam. Prosecutors say the Finans sold the loot to Danijel Glumac, 28, who marked it up before reselling it to an unnamed New York outfit, Fox59 reported in May when the trio was busted.

Glumac, who was also charged, allegedly paid the Finans about $725,000. The merchandise was eventually resold on the black market. "Consumer fraud is absorbed by all of us through higher retail prices," US Attorney John Minkler said at the time.

The Finans were ordered to repay Amazon $1.2 million, and they face up to 20 years in prison. Sentencing is set for Nov. 9. (A cashier managed to embezzle $13 million.)

This article originally appeared on Newser: Couple Admits Fleecing Amazon Out of $1.2M

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An Indiana couple has admitted stealing more than $1.2 million in merchandise from Amazon in an elaborate scheme. Erin Joseph Finan, 38, and Leah Jeanette Finan, 37, pleaded guilty in federal court in Indianapolis to charges of mail fraud and money laundering in connection with the racket, the Star Press reports.

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A photographer David Becker was taking photos of the concert for Getty Images. He started to hear popping sounds. He thought it was the bad speakers. But when he started to look at the photos he noticed their was blood and people on the ground.

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Witness to a massacre: Photos from Las Vegas

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Photographer David Becker was covering the Las Vegas music festival where a gunman fired on concertgoers. It became the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.

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After the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S History, There is 59 dead and about 500 injured. When the police checked his house they found 18 more weapons with a lot of explosives and ammo.

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Every detail of this indiscriminate mass murder seemed meticulously planned. Yet no one knows why Stephen Paddock morphed from a retired accountant to the deadliest mass murderer in modern US history.

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Gruden: Josh Norman 'out a couple of weeks'

Initially listed as questionable to return after a rib injury suffered in Monday night's game against the Chiefs, Redskins cornerback Josh Norman is now expected to miss "a couple of weeks," according to coach Jay Gruden.

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Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman is expected to "be out a couple of weeks," coach Jay Gruden said Monday during the Redskins' game vs the Kansas City Chiefs.

Norman suffered the injury late in the second quarter of Monday's game.

Norman was in the locker room getting X-rays on his ribs.

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Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman is expected to "be out a couple of weeks," coach Jay Gruden said Monday during the Redskins' game vs the Kansas City Chiefs. Norman suffered the injury late in the second quarter of Monday's game. Norman was in the locker room getting X-rays on his ribs.

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A Louisiana man attacked and killed his wife with an ax as she left for work in a New Orleans suburb Wednesday morning, authorities said.

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A Louisiana man attacked and killed his wife with an ax as she left for work in a New Orleans suburb Wednesday morning, authorities said.

St. Bernard Parish Deputy Chief John Doran identified the victim as Kimberly Owens, 48. The suspect was identified as 56-year-old Mark Owens.

Doran said Mark Owens may have been lying in wait for his ex-wife under the house she shared with her mother in Chalmette. He added that Owens also tried to attack his former mother-in-law, but she managed to escape to safety.

"The mother ... heard screams, exited the house and saw the attack in progress," St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlmann told reporters, "and begged for the attack to stop, and at some point, he may have gone after her."

Mark Owens initially fled the scene, but later turned himself in. He was being held at the St. Bernard Parish jail and faces a second-degree murder charge.

Pohlmann said Kimberly Owens had obtained a restraining order against Mark Owens in 2015 after he was arrested and charged with false imprisonment and simple battery. In that incident, Owens was accused of grabbing Kimberly Owens from a swing set near her house and brandished a weapon, though the sheriff said he likely meant "to harm himself." St. Bernard Parish officers responded to the scene, including a SWAT team, before Mark Owens eventually was talked out of his home and arrested.
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Ax-wielding Louisiana man kills ex-wife, authorities say

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A Louisiana man attacked and killed his wife with an ax as she left for work in a New Orleans suburb Wednesday morning, authorities said. St. Bernard Parish Deputy Chief John Doran identified the victim as Kimberly Owens, 48. The suspect was identified as 56-year-old Mark Owens.

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Jimmy Kimmel the host of the Late Show got emotional during the show because of the mass shooting that went on in Las Vegas. The host is from Vegas so he had some pretty strong feelings about it.He called out the president and also pointed out that when a Muslim does a mass shooting it's a terrorist attack but it's not the same for when an American kills other American.

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Late night TV hosts addressed the mass shooting that took place in Las Vegas on Sunday, but arguably none had the raw emotion of Jimmy Kimmel -- whose opening monologue had an extra level of poignancy since the host is from Vegas.

"Here we are again in the aftermath of another terrible, inexplicable, shocking and painful tragedy. This time in Las Vegas, which happens to be my hometown," said Kimmel, who was emotionally shaken.

Kimmel spoke for roughly ten minutes at the top of his show about Sunday's shooting, which killed at least 59 people and injured more than 500. It is now billed as the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

"We have children without parents and fathers without sons, mothers without daughters," he said. "It's the kind of thing that makes you want to throw up or give up."

Kimmel then said that he disagrees intensely when people say that there's nothing we can do about gun violence and events like this.

"When someone with a beard attacks us, we tap phones, we invoke travel bans, we build walls. We take every possible precaution to make sure it doesn't happen again," Kimmel said. "But when an American buys a gun and kills other Americans then there's nothing we can do about that [because] the second amendment, I guess. Our forefathers wanted us to have AK-47s is the argument, I assume."

Kimmel also called out President Trump in his monologue, as well as others like Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, and lawmakers who expressed concern in the form of prayers, but, Kimmel implied, had materially failed to prevent the shooting by supporting a bill in February that removed restrictions on gun sales to some mentally ill people. Similar votes seemed likely, he argued, "because the NRA has their balls in a money clip."

"They should be praying," Kimmel said. "They should be praying for God to forgive them for letting the gun lobby run this country."

Kimmel finished his monologue by telling his audience to contact their Congresspeople to do something, saying that "it's not enough to send your love and prayers." He also apologized for getting emotional.

"I'm not great with this kind of thing," Kimmel said. "But I think it's important."

The rest of late night also addressed the tragedy in Vegas.

CBS' Stephen Colbert opened "The Late Show" in a serious manner addressing his audience and speaking directly to President Trump from his desk.

"President Trump, you said you wanted to be a transformative president who doesn't care about the way things have always been done in Washington D.C. This is your chance to prove it," the host said. "I mean this sincerely, you do not owe the Republicans anything. You know the Republicans tried to stop you from being president. Well, screw 'em. You want to make America great again? Do something the last two presidents haven't been able to do. Pass any kind of common sense gun control legislation that the vast majority of Americans want."

NBC's SethMeyers spoke during Monday night's episode of "Late Night" about the tragedy and asked Congress if there are any "steps we can take as a nation to prevent gun violence or is this just how it's going to continue to be?"

Trevor Noah, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," who is from South Africa, tried to wrap his mind around another mass shooting in America.

"You know what blew my mind this morning? When I realize I've lived in the U.S., in New York for two years now, and in that time there have been twenty mass shootings," he said.

He went on to add that he "almost knows how it's going to play out" and that people will ultimately come out and say that now is not the time to talk about guns and gun control.

"Sometimes I wish I had used this logic as akid when I had done something wrong. When my mom wanted to ground me, I should have just said, 'Is this the time, mom, that we politicize what's happening right now?'" Noah joked. "This is atime for us to unite as a family."

CNNMoney (New York) First published October 3, 2017: 1:13 AM ET

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"Here we are again in the aftermath of another terrible, inexplicable, shocking and painful tragedy. This time in Las Vegas, which happens to be my hometown," said Kimmel, who was emotionally shaken. Kimmel spoke for roughly ten minutes at the top of his show about Sunday's shooting, which killed at least 59 people and injured more than 500.

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CNN 1 day ago By Ralph Ellis and Sheena Jones, CNN

A second Wisconsin teenager accused of stabbing a classmate to please the fictional Internet bogeyman Slenderman has accepted a plea deal, her attorney said Friday.

Morgan Geyser, 15, will appear in court Thursday, October 5, to plead guilty to a charge of attempted first-degree murder, attorney Donna Kuchler told CNN.

However, the plea deal stipulates Geyser was not criminally responsible due to her mental health, Kuchler said. She will be committed to a mental hospital operated by the state Department of Health Services, Kuchler said.
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CNN affiliate WTMJ reported that the deal calls for a maximum of 40 years in a mental institution. There's no minimum sentence.

Prosecutors could not be reached for comment Friday.

Geyser and Annisa Weier were both 12 in May 2014 when they allegedly stabbed a 12-year-old schoolmate in a Waukesha park 19 times and left her to crawl to her own rescue. The victim has since recovered from her injuries.

CNN does not generally name minors who are charged with crimes, but it does make exceptions if the minors are charged as adults. Both Geyser and Weier were charged as adults.

Weier, 15, pleaded guilty in August to attempted second-degree homicide due to mental illness or defect in the stabbing as part of a plea agreement. Then, in September, a jury said Weier was mentally ill when the attack occurred.

Weier will spend at least three years at a mental hospital before she can petition for her release, her lawyer, Maura McMahon, said at Weier's hearing. A judge could also order a commitment of up to 25 years, she said.

One of the girls encountered the name of Slenderman on a website known as Creepypasta Wiki, authorities said. One of the suspects allegedly told police that Slenderman is the site's supposed leader, and to climb into his realm, a user must kill someone.

During the trial, a psychologist testified that Weier developed a condition called shared delusional disorder, in which she came to share Geyser's delusion that Slenderman was real, CNN affiliate WISN reported.

Geyser was diagnosed with schizophrenia a few months after the assault, CNN affiliate WISN reported.

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CNN 1 day ago By Ralph Ellis and Sheena Jones, CNN A second Wisconsin teenager accused of stabbing a classmate to please the fictional Internet bogeyman Slenderman has accepted a plea deal, her attorney said Friday. Morgan Geyser, 15, will appear in court Thursday, October 5, to plead guilty to a charge of attempted first-degree murder, attorney Donna Kuchler told CNN.

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The Chiefs hung on last night with a 29-20 victory over the Washington Redskins. They are now the only undefeated team in the league at 4-0.

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Jolie Welling,a Pittsburgh mother was brought to tears when an anonymous stranger picked up the tab for her 6-year-old's birthday party with a total of sixteen guests.  Jolie says thank you to whom ever did it and will be sure to pay it forward. This same thing happened in an Apple bee's in Washington, Pa. for a church group. They say this "Mystery couple" has been paying for others meals at least two to three times each month for years. Other news on on people being generous, Denny's mobile kitchen is cooking pancakes and bacon for hurricane survivors.

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A Pittsburg mom was in for quite a surprise when an anonymous couple picked up the tab for everyone at her daughter's birthday party.

"Thank you to the person that took care of the bill tonight at Applebee's in Washington! My daughter turned 6 today and one of her favorite places is Applebee's. This person paid for the whole party of 16. I have never had this happen before and it brought tears to everyone's eyes. God bless and we will definitely be paying it forward," Jolie Welling wrote on a local public Facebook page.
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The same thing happened to a church group at the same Applebee's in Washington, Pa. about six months ago, KDKA reports.

"It's good to know that there are people that care about each other and give, pay it forward," said Darla Pepper-Miller, who was among the diners.

The mystery couple have been paying for fellow Applebee's diners' meals two to three times a month for years, according to KDKA.

While some of the restaurant employees know the couple's identity - who are local business owners -the assistant manager says she's sworn to secrecy.

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"He always says, 'I grew up poor and now I'm not' and that is all he says," one of the servers told KDKA, who said their generosity almost brought her to tears.

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A Pittsburg mom was in for quite a surprise when an anonymous couple picked up the tab for everyone at her daughter's birthday party. "Thank you to the person that took care of the bill tonight at Applebee's in Washington! My daughter turned 6 today and one of her favorite places is Applebee's.

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Las Vegas Nevada is home to the UFC and many of the company's fighters so the CEO Dana White donated $1M to the victims family's of those who are effected. As well as the UFC, Joe Rogan is taking %100 of the proceeds to the Las Vegas Victims Fund.

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Las Vegas, Nevada is home to the UFC and many of the company's fighters. It's no surprise, then, that the promotion was rocked by the mass shooting on Sunday night that left at least 59 dead and over 500 injured, per CNN.com.

The MMA world is taking action, with Adam Hill of the Las Vegas Review-Journal tweeting the UFC plans to donate $1 million to victims of the shooting:

Adam Hill @AdamHillLVRJ
UFC president Dana White tells me the organization will donate $1 million to the families of those affected by the tragedy in Las Vegas
2017-10-2 21:26:16

Personalities from all levels of the sport are looking to help those affected, including comedian and longtime UFC color commentator Joe Rogan, who will be donating the proceeds from his upcoming show to the Las Vegas Victims Fund:

Fighters have been unanimous in their support of the city as well:

Cody Garbrandt @Cody_Nolove
To the fight fans living or traveling to Vegas this week. Please consider donating blood. Let's make a difference! @ufc https://t.co/QnAediwl8k
2017-10-2 16:06:13

Miesha Tate @MieshaTate
I'm honestly devastated for my city of Las Vegas, I'm sending prayers for all those caught in the horrific act of violence last night
2017-10-2 17:06:26

Roxanne Modafferi @Roxyfighter
*pls SHARE*Syndicate MMA is hosting a charity seminar to benefit individuals&amp;families affected by the horrible shooting.$25 minimum donation https://t.co/3XQTMgpd6U
2017-10-2 18:15:21

Despite the tragedy, the company and its athletes will be returning to Las Vegas for UFC 216 on Saturday, according to CBSSports.com. Those wishing to donate to the Las Vegas Victims' Fund can do so on its GoFundMe page.

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Tom Petty, who rose to fame in the ‘70s as the lead of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died on Monday at age 66.

Tony Dimitriades, the band manager, announced the singer’s death in a statement. The legendary singer was found in cardiac arrest in the early hours of Monday morning at his home in Malibu, Calif.

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Tom Petty, who rose to fame in the '70s as the lead of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died on Monday at age 66.

Tony Dimitriades, the band manager, announced the singer's death in a statement. The legendary singer was reportedly found in cardiac arrest on Sunday at his home in Malibu, Calif.

Petty was taken to UCLA Medical Center but could not be revived, Dimitriades said. He died at 11:30 p.m.

Thomas Earl Petty fell in love with music at a young age after a chance encounter with Elvis Presley, and was the voice behind celebrated hits like "Free Fallin'" and "Don't Do Me Like That."

Born in Gainesville, Fla., Petty had a rough upbringing with an abusive father and saw music as his ticket out.

"Music," he recalled to Men's Journal, "was a safe place."

Petty started the band Mudcrutch in 1970, but his real success came in the late '70s with the birth of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The band's second album in 1978 was a hit with songs like "Listen To Her Heart."

The band relocated to Los Angeles and defied the odds by remaining on good terms. In 2017, they embarked on their 40th anniversary tour. Last week, he wrapped up a long leg of the tour with three sold-out shows at the Hollywood Bowl, according to Forbes.

The rocker recently said this tour would be his "last big one" during a chat with Rolling Stone.

He described the hectic nature of a country-wide tour during the June interview and said he had aspirations to record again.

Petty's final tour was one of the country's top grossing, clocking in at at #9, with over $1.6 million in ticket sales.

During an October 2015 interview with Men's Journal, Petty reflected on his famous determination.

"Probably the greatest achievement you can reach is when you're able to forgive the most heinous thing in your life. I forgive anyone. That's where I've arrived. And if I'm not successful at that, I forgive myself," he said with a smile.

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Tom Petty, who rose to fame in the '70s as the lead of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, died on Monday at age 66. Tony Dimitriades, the band manager, announced the singer's death in a statement. The legendary singer was reportedly found in cardiac arrest on Sunday at his home in Malibu, Calif.

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while the reason for the shooting is unknown, in the tragic shooting in las vegas at least 59 people were killed and at least 500 people are injured from shot wounds, or getting trampled by people

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The Washington Post 8 hrs ago By Matt Zapotosky, Devlin Barrett and Mark Berman

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LAS VEGAS - Perched in his suite at a high-rise hotel overlooking the Vegas Strip, a 64-year-old retiree with no real criminal history and no known affiliations with terror groups rained bullets down into a crowd at a country music festival Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring hundreds more in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

The attack, at least initially, was as inexplicable as it was horrifying. Law enforcement officials said they could not immediately tell what drove Stephen Paddock to fire at thousands of unsuspecting concertgoers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino before killing himself.

Authorities said a sweep of law enforcement databases showed Paddock had no known run-ins with police, and - despite the Islamic State's repeated claims otherwise - investigators also could not find any connections to international terrorist groups. He was the son of a notorious bank robber and his own crime demonstrated some amount of sophisticated planning.
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Police said he stayed in a large hotel suite for several days and aroused no suspicion, bringing with him an arsenal of 23 guns - their calibers ranging from .223 to .308, some with scopes - authorities said. One of the weapons he apparently used in the attack was an AK-47 type rifle, with a stand used to steady it for firing, people familiar with the case said. He fired, without warning, from an elevated position on an open-air venue, leaving his victims few options to avoid harm.

"I can't get into the mind of a psychopath," said Joseph Lombardo, the sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, which is leading the investigation.

Investigators on Monday searched Paddock's home and another piece of property he owned, and they hoped to review surveillance footage and other electronic equipment to determine how and why Paddock perpetrated an unprecedented massacre.

Among the questions they have: How a former accountant with a penchant for high-stakes gambling obtained a weapon that sounded to those on the ground like it could fire as an automatic, and how he was able to bring it and many other weapons into a Vegas hotel suite undetected.

Lombardo said hotel staff had been in and out of the two-room suite, which Paddock had stayed in since Sept. 28, and spotted nothing "nefarious," though he had more than 10 suitcases.

"It wasn't evident that he had weapons in his room" before the shooting, Lombardo said.

Investigators believe at least one of the guns functioned as if it were fully automatic, and they are now trying to determine if he modified it or other weapons to be capable of spitting out a high volume of fire just by holding down the trigger, people familiar with the case said.

Gun purchase records indicate Paddock legally bought more than two dozen firearms across a period of years, according to a person close to the investigation. Guns & Guitars, a store in Mesquite, Nev., said in a statement that Paddock purchased some of his weapons there, but employees followed all procedures required by law, and Paddock "never gave any indication or reason to believe he was unstable or unfit at any time." Lombardo said Paddock also seemed to have purchased guns in Arizona.

Investigators also found at least 19 additional firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and the chemical tannerite, an explosive, at Paddock's home in Mesquite, Nev. They also found ammonium nitrate, a chemical that can be used in bomb-making, in Paddock's vehicle, Lombardo said.

More than 22,000 people had been at the Route 91 Harvest festival, a three-day country music concert with grounds across the street from the Mandalay Bay resort, when the shooting began about 10 p.m. Sunday, according to police. As country star Jason Aldean played what was expected to be one of the last sets of the night, Paddock opened fire - his bullets flying from a window on the casino's golden facade, which Paddock had smashed with some type of hammer.

Aldean fled the stage. Thousands began racing for safety under the neon glow and glitz of the Vegas Strip.

"People were getting shot at while we were running, and people were on the ground bleeding, crying and screaming. We just had to keep going," said Dinora Merino, 28, a dealer at the Ellis Island casino who was at the concert with a friend. "There are tents out there and there's no place to hide. It's just an open field."

The death toll in Las Vegas was massive, surpassing the 49 people slain by a gunman in Orlando in June 2016. That shooter, who later said he was inspired by the Islamic State, opened fire inside a crowded nightclub. And Lombardo said the number of dead from Sunday's concert shooting could rise, as an additional 527 were thought to have been injured.

The dead included a behavioral therapist who was soon to be married, a nursing assistant from Southern California, a commercial fisherman and an off-duty Las Vegas city police officer. Two other officers who were on duty were injured, police said; one was in stable condition after surgery, and the other sustained minor injuries. Another off-duty officer with the Bakersfield Police Department in Southern California also sustained non-life threatening injuries, according to a statement from the department.

Some of the wounded were injured not by gunfire, but in the ensuing chaos. One 55-year-old California woman who declined to give her last name said she was "trampled" trying to flee what she initially thought were fireworks. Clark County Fire Chief Greg Cassell said responders saw a "wide range" of injuries, including gunshot victims, those wounded by shrapnel, people who were trampled and people who were hurt jumping fences.

But those who ran said they could clearly see the gunman's toll in the bullet wounds on those around them.

Taylor Benge, 21, said that when the lights came on he realized that "about five feet to the left of me there was a man with a bullet wound to his chin."

"He was just lifeless on the ground," he said. He said he and his sister threw themselves on the ground as the gunfire continued, then ran for the exit. "My jeans are covered in someone's blood, my T-shirt is covered in someone's blood, my sister's whole leg was covered in blood," Benge said.

Jonathan Smith - who came to Vegas to celebrate his brother's 43rd birthday - was shot at least twice, including once in the neck.

"I really didn't want to die," Smith said.

Syed Saquib, a surgeon on duty Sunday night at University Medical Center, said the hospital treated 104 patients, most of whom had gunshot wounds.

"Those that could be saved, were saved," Saquib said. "There were a few that came in with devastating, non-survivable injuries."

Police and hotel security ultimately scoured several floors of the hotel looking for the shooter and came upon Paddock's suite, Lombardo said. At some point, Paddock fired through the door and hit a security guard in the leg, he said, adding that the guard is expected to survive. SWAT officers ultimately stormed the room and some fired shots, though Paddock is believed to have killed himself, Lombardo said. He was not counted in the death toll that authorities reported.

President Trump ordered flags flown at half-staff and said he would visit Las Vegas on Wednesday. He praised the "miraculous" speed with which local law enforcement responded to the shooting - asserting that their actions saved lives - though he noted that hundreds were still mourning the loss of loved ones. Answers for them, he said, would "not come easy."

"It was an act of pure evil," Trump said during remarks from the White House.

Visitors, residents and officials filled the pews at the Guardian Angel Cathedral on Monday looking for comfort and unity during an emotional interfaith service. Hundreds of people wiped tears and embraced, and during a moment of silence, community religious leaders rang a gong 59 times to honor the dead.

Steve Sisolak, Clark County Commission Chair from Las Vegas, praised the police for their quick response and commended the outpouring of support from the community; more than 25,000 people have donated to a fundraising effort for victims and people have been waiting eight hours in line to donate blood, he said.

"Las Vegas will never be quite the same as a result of this," Sisolak said. But, he said, "We'll be back."

Eric Paddock, Stephen Paddock's brother, said he was stunned to learn that his brother could be responsible for such violence.

Stephen Paddock had no history of mental illness nor did he have problems with drugs or alcohol, Eric Paddock said, noting that his brother was a high-stakes gambler, sometimes wagering hundreds of dollars on a single hand of video poker.

When he spoke to the FBI, Eric Paddock said he showed agents three years of text messages from his brother, including one that mentioned winning $250,000 at a casino. A federal law enforcement official said investigators had reviewed reports suggesting Paddock engaged in high-dollar gambling, and they are trying to determine whether he faced financial strains.

Eric Paddock said his brother was "wealthy," in part because he had no children to support. Stephen Paddock had worked in the past as an accountant, and he had real estate investments in the Orlando area, Eric Paddock said.

Eric Paddock said he knew his brother had guns - Stephen once took Eric's children skeet shooting - though not the sort of weaponry that police discovered.

Police said they believe Paddock was a "lone wolf" attacker, though they were still interested in speaking more with a woman named Marilou Danley who lived with him in Mesquite, Nev., a little more than an hour outside of Las Vegas on the Arizona border. Police had said they were searching for Danley, Paddock's girlfriend, in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, but they later said she was outside the country - as of Monday afternoon, in Tokyo - and not involved in the shooting.

"We still consider her a person of interest," Lombardo said Monday. He said investigators also are exploring a report that Paddock attended a different music festival in September.

Not long after the shooting, the Islamic State claimed responsibility, though law enforcement authorities were quick to reject that assertion. "We have determined, to this point, no connection with an international terrorist group," Aaron Rouse, the special agent in charge of the FBI in Las Vegas, said at a news briefing.

The FBI was involved in the case - and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was helping trace the weapons - but they said they were supporting local authorities in Las Vegas. Homeland Security officials said there were no specific, credible threats to other public venues across the country.

The FBI had a previous dealing with the Paddock family, though it did not initially seem to involve Stephen. Eric Paddock said his father was Benjamin Hoskins Paddock, a convicted bank robber and con-man described in a wanted poster as "psychopathic'' with suicidal tendencies. But Eric Paddock said that his father, who escaped from prison in 1969 and was at one point on the FBI's list of most-sought-after and dangerous criminals, was not around during their childhood. Benjamin Paddock was apprehended in 1978, according to news reports.

Relatives said Stephen Paddock, a licensed pilot who owned two airplanes, was a quiet man who often went to Las Vegas to gamble and view concerts. In a statement, Lockheed Martin, the defense giant, said that Paddock worked for them for three years in the 1980s.

A former neighbor of Stephen Paddock's recalled that his home in a 55-and-over community in Florida looked more akin to a college freshman's dorm, with nothing on the walls and only a few pieces of furniture.

"One of the first times we met him, he told me he lived there, in Vegas," Don Judy, his next-door neighbor in the community until two years ago, recalled. "He explained that he was a gambler, and a prospector. He said he was buying this house to check it out for his mother ... and that if she liked it, he planned to buy another next door with a floor plan like ours."

Soon, Judy said, Paddock put up a for-sale sign and was gone, saying that he was moving back to Las Vegas.

Zapotosky, Barrett and Berman reported from Washington. Tim Craig, Felicia Mello and Heather Long in Las Vegas; Barbara Liston in Orlando; Justin Glawe in Mesquite, Tex.; and Derek Hawkins, Travis M. Andrews, Brian Murphy, Wesley Lowery and Julie Tate in Washington contributed to this report.

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At least 59 killed in Las Vegas shooting rampage, more than 500 others injured

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The Washington Post 8 hrs ago By Matt Zapotosky, Devlin Barrett and Mark Berman Slideshow by photo services LAS VEGAS - Perched in his suite at a high-rise hotel overlooking the Vegas Strip, a 64-year-old retiree with no real criminal history and no known affiliations with terror groups rained bullets down into a crowd at a country music festival Sunday, killing at least 59 people and injuring hundreds more in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.