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transgender teen brutally killed in missouri by 3 people by being stabbed to death

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Police have arrested four suspects for their roles in the gruesome murder, and its cover-up, of 17-year-old Ally Lee Steinfeld.

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At a concert in Vegas a gunman killed 50 people and injured more than 400 people as well.

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At least 59 were killed and more than 500 injured in a shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Here's the latest.

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after 9 years, OJ Simpson is out of jail.

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After serving nine years for a Las Vegas kidnapping and armed robbery,he left prison early Sunday to start a new chapter as a parolee.

Simpson's parole plan was agreed upon at Lovelock Correctional Center prior to his release, Nevada's Division of Parole and Probation said.

"Mr. Simpson submitted a parole release plan for a residence in Las Vegas, Nevada. The plan was investigated and approved by the Division of Parole and Probation," it said.

The center did not provide more specifics of Simpson's release plan, saying it was up to Simpson, his family and his attorney as to whether they wanted such information shared.

However, now that the former NFL star is out of prison, those who know him are not expecting him to become a recluse.

"He's not going to hide," said longtime friend Tom Scotto, who attended Simpson's parole hearing this summer.

Several associates told CNN Simpson would be living in a gated residence with unspecified friends in a wealthy Las Vegas suburb, and planned to move to Florida later on.

"He's going to focus on kids, friends, his family and golf," Scotto said. "Maybe not the first day or second, but he is going to go out."

Two of Simpson's children live in the Tampa Bay area in Florida, one lives in Los Angeles and another in Georgia.

'Don't come back'

Simpson was picked up by a friend shortly after midnight local time Sunday, according to Brooke Keast, a spokeswoman for the Nevada Department of Corrections.

"I told him, 'Don't come back,' and he responded, 'I don't intend to,'" she said. "He was upbeat, personable and seemed happy to get on with his life."

Unlike previous instances, where controversy followed wherever he went, Simpson was released in the middle of the night to avoid media attention.

"Our biggest concern was our safety and the public's safety and not wanting anybody, paparazzi, to follow him," Keast said. "He left through a big blue door through the front gatehouse and exited quietly. He looked down because he didn't want to be photographed."

Meeting with parole officer

Before his release, prison officials did an inventory of what he wanted to take with him or leave behind. He walked out of prison with paperwork and "three or four boxes about the size of a microwave," according to Keast.

Inside the boxes were items such as a hot plate, clothing and shower shoes, she said.

Simpson also met with one person who'll become a fixture in his post-prison life: his parole officer.

"They went over what he needs for parole and where he needs to check in, what he should do to get a driver's license, et cetera, (and) instructions on what to do once he's out there," Keast said.

The Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners voted unanimously in July to release Simpson after he served nine years of a 33-year sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping.

During that robbery in 2007, he was part of a group that raided a hotel and casino to steal sports memorabilia at gunpoint. Simpson, a former player for the Buffalo Bills, said the items belonged to him.

No drugs, no alcohol

As a parolee, Simpson will have to meet a number of conditions set by the Nevada parole board.

While out of prison, he won't have the liberty to consume alcohol in large quantities or hang out with ex-convicts. The Nevada parole board forbids parolees from associating with convicted felons and people who engage in criminal activity, or possessing guns and drugs. Alcohol abuse can get a parolee hauled back to prison.

"You are permitt ed to consume alcoholic beverages but not in excess," the conditions of parole supervision read. "You shall submit to a medically recognized test for blood/breath content. Test results of .08 alcohol or higher shall be sufficient proof of excess."

Simpson received a bad score on his parole risk assessment guideline in the drug/alcohol abuse category, with the document citing him for "frequent abuse, serious disruption of functioning."

He testified that he had been drinking alcohol the day of the raid on memorabilia dealers that led to his arrest and conviction.

State of Florida 'objects'

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote a letter to Florida's Department of Corrections on Friday saying she did not want Simpson to move to her state and asking them to "notify all appropriate authorities of the State of Nevada that the State of Florida objects to the granting of such permission."

But Simpson lawyer Malcolm LaVergne lambasted Bondi over the letter, accusing her of exploiting the issue to score political points ahead of elections.

"One hundred percent Mr. Simpson will be able to move to Florida," he said Sunday. "She doesn't have jurisdiction over his move."

But Shawn Arruti, spokesman for Nevada Parole and Probation, said it's not a sure thing.

"Interstate compact is not a guaranteed thing," he said after Simpson's parole hearing in July, referring to an agreement between two states. "Interstate compact is a privilege, but it's a privilege based on meeting certain criteria. And Florida, when they do their investigation, they'll make the determination of whether or not they're going to be willing to accept his case. "

From NFL star to murder suspect

Simpson spent a lifetime in the limelight -- first for his athletic prowess, charm and good looks, then as a murder suspect in the 1994 killing of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman.

His murder trial in Los Angeles was dubbed "the trial of the century" and sparked years of debate over race and justice.

Simpson pleaded "100% not guilty" and assembled a team of famous local and national lawyers. He was eventually acquitted in 1995, but many questioned whether he got away with murder.

The victims' families filed a suit for wrongful death. Two years after his acquittal, he was ordered to pay $33.5 million in damages.

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After serving nine years for a Las Vegas kidnapping and armed robbery,he left prison early Sunday to start a new chapter as a parolee. Simpson's parole plan was agreed upon at Lovelock Correctional Center prior to his release, Nevada's Division of Parole and Probation said.

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Russia border guard killed in shootout near Ukrainian border.

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Russia's top domestic security agency says one Russian border guard has been killed in a shootout with two men who tried to cross into Ukraine.

The FSB said in a statement Monday the two men on Saturday opened fire when the officer who approached them in a Russian village that borders northeast Ukraine. One of the men blew himself up and the other was detained. The border guard died of gunshot wounds.

The FSB did not provide any other details on the attackers, although unnamed security sources told Russian news agencies the men were militants traveling from the Middle East to Europe.

Ukraine's Border Guard Service on Monday denied reports that the men were crossing over from Ukraine, saying no such clash happened on their side of the border.

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After gunfire broke out late Sunday night during the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas, concertgoer Adam Payne carried his wounded friend to safety.

Payne said he and his girlfriend were able to flee unharmed after a gunman opened fire from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, killing at least 50 people. Payne's friend, who was shot in the stomach, is now in stable condition after doctors removed the bullet.

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"When we turned around, we started running out toward the exit and I just happened to glance down at the right time and [my friend] was kind of laying on his back," Payne told "Good Morning America." "I stopped to help him and told my girlfriend to keep on going, get out."

He added, "We just got really lucky...we were some of the last people out."

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Payne said he was watching country music artist Jason Aldean perform when the gunfire rung out. He then carried his injured friend away from the scene until paramedics arrived.

"The initial string of gunfire sounded like a small chain of fireworks, like firecrackers," Payne said. "By the time the second string hit, it got a little bit louder, a little bit deeper and everybody started turning around, running around. The performer even ran off stage, him and his band."

He continued, "Everything hit the fan. You realize it was not just fireworks."

ABC's Karma Allen contributed to this report.

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After gunfire broke out late Sunday night during the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas, concertgoer Adam Payne carried his wounded friend to safety. Payne said he and his girlfriend were able to flee unharmed after a gunman opened fire from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, killing at least 50 people.

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elon musk is planning to send to spaceships to land on mars. He says that they are going to carry supplys for mining,power, and life support systems

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Elon Musk just unveiled more of his grand plan for colonizing Mars.

The hard-charging tech mogul said his rocket company, SpaceX, aims to land at least two cargo ships on the Red Planet in 2022 in order to place power, mining and life support systems there for future flights.

That's just five years from now.

"That's not a typo -- although it is aspirational," Musk said Friday during a presentation at the International Astronautical Congress in Australia. Ships carrying crews would arrive in 2024, he added.

Related: SpaceX to fly two space tourists around the moon in 2018

To hit those deadlines, SpaceX plans to start building the first spaceship by the middle of next year, he said. The billionaire entrepreneur does have a track record of setting ambitious time frames for SpaceX, and failing to meet them.

Musk revealed more details on the spacecraft -- the BFR, or Big Falcon Rocket, which inside the company is nicknamed the "Big F--king Rocket." If he has his way, the people who colonize Mars will eventually travel in style in the BFR, which will accommodate around 100 people spread out over 40 cabins, and include large common areas and an entertainment system.

SpaceX has figured out a way to pay for the costly missions, according to Musk, but he shied away from giving specific numbers.

The company thinks it can make enough money from its current business of launching satellites and servicing the International Space Station to finance its Mars ambitions. Musk's goal is to make the BFR reusable, which would significantly bring down the cost of launches.

Scott Hubbard, the former director of NASA's Ames Research Center and a director of the Planetary Society, said there's merit to that business plan.

If SpaceX can indeed make BFR "fully reusable," he said, "the cost barrier to human Mars exploration could be significantly reduced."

Hubbard added that he'd like to see more information about how SpaceX's spaceship will support 100 human lives for the long journey to Mars -- which could last six to nine months. (Musk says it can be done three.) "The devil is in the details," he said.

Related: Elon Musk wants to fly you anywhere in the world in less than an hour

Musk's vision for BFR also goes beyond Mars exploration. He says the rockets could allow SpaceX to eventually establish a lunar base, which he dubbed "Moon Base Alpha."

"It's 2017, we should have a lunar base by now," he said. "What the hell's going on?"

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Musk suggested the BFR could eventually also be used to clean up space by gobbling up old satellites and other junk orbiting the earth.

And it may come in handy closer to home. Musk said the rockets could fly people from city to city on Earth in incredibly short time spans, such as from New York to Shanghai in 39 minutes.

SpaceX isn't the only company with an eye on Mars, though.

Just hours before Musk took the stage in Australian city of Adelaide on Friday, Lockheed Martin touted its plans for a "Mars Base Camp" -- a mobile space habitat that it's developing for NASA. The system would work in tandem with Orion, the spacecraft NASA is developing for crewed missions to deep space.

Lockheed said the structure could be assembled at NASA's Deep Space Gateway -- a structure the agency is developing that would live in space between Earth and the Moon.

Related: Branson! Musk! Bezos! The billionaire space race throwdown

The company says it hopes to build and send the structure to the Mars in about 10 years.

Unlike SpaceX's plan, NASA and Lockheed aren't looking to colonize Mars. Their project is focused on executing experimental missions in which highly trained astronauts would visit the planet and ultimately return to Earth.

Aerospace giant Boeing has also said it wants the first person to set foot on Mars to get there on one of its rockets.

CNNMoney (Hong Kong) First published September 29, 2017: 1:31 AM ET

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Country music star Jake Owen said watching the deadly Las Vegas shooting unfold while he was on the stage of the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas was like seeing "a bad movie."

"Standing there, you could hear the bullets starting to hit the roof of the stage and people started fleeing everywhere. You could hear people screaming," Owen told ABC News. "It sounded like gunshots were coming from all around us, and this is before any of us knew that it was coming from above."

Describing the scene as "chaotic," Owen continued, "I keep saying it was like a bad movie that you've seen before but never thought it would be real life."

Owen, 36, performed at the music festival around 8 p.m. local time, according to the festival lineup, just before headliner Jason Aldean took the stage.

The first gunfire rang out just after 10 p.m. local time.

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"Jason turned around and started running back toward his drum riser to get out of the way once he realized that gunshots were being fired," said Owen. "The crowd started running. It was a bad scene."

He continued, "There were people literally being shot. You could see blood everywhere. It was something that I wouldn't ever want to see again or wish upon anyone else to see."

Gun shots!!! Vegas. Pray to god. Love you guys. Love you Pearl.
- Jake Owen (@jakeowen) October 2, 2017

Praying for everyone here in Vegas. I witnessed the most unimaginable event tonight. We are okay. Others arent. Please pray.
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Gun shots were ringing off of the stage rigging and road cases. No one knew where to go..thank you LVPD and responders for keeping us safe
- Jake Owen (@jakeowen) October 2, 2017

More than 50 people were killed and hundreds injured in the mass shooting by a lone gunman who fired from a perch high up in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, police said. It is the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.

The Las Vegas Police Department identified the suspected gunman, who is now dead, as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock. Authorities said Paddock was on the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay hotel.

Videos taken by onlookers gave a glimpse of the chaos, with some at the scene apparently thinking at first it was fireworks going off. Videos show Aldean continuing to play his set as the gunfire started, before the music abruptly stops.

"I don't think at first he could even hear the shots that were going off until I think someone maybe in his crew said, 'Hey, you need to get off stage and run back here,'" Owen said of Aldean. "I could tell he kind of stopped and started running."

He continued, "At that point, we were all not knowing what to do."

In addition to Aldean and Owen, other stars in the concert's lineup included Big & Rich, Luke Combs and Dylan Scott.

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At least 59 were killed and more than 500 injured in a shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Here's the latest.

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'SNL' hammers President Trump over Puerto Rico response

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The 43rd season premiere of the NBC sketch series opened with Alec Baldwin's Trump speaking on the phone with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, who was played by Melissa Villaseñor.

"I know things are, as the locals say, Despacito," Baldwin's Trump said over the phone. "FEMA takes a few days unless you join FEMA Prime."

The fake Trump then reminded Villaseñor's Cruz that Puerto Rico is "an island in the water. The ocean water. Big ocean. With fishies and bubbles and turtles that bite."

"Sir, we just need help, please," Cruz said before Trump hung up on her.

"Wow, that woman was so nasty," Trump said to Aidy Bryant's Sarah Sanders, who Trump congratulated on outlasting "Sean Spicer, Scaramucci, Bannon, Priebus, Gorka, Flynn, Yates, and Tom Price."

"Thank you, sir. I think it's because folks listen to me because I'm no nonsense, but I'm all nonsense," Bryant's Sanders said.

Related: 'SNL' is staying live coast to coast this season

The opening sketch wasn't the only part of the premiere that hammered the President regarding Puerto Rico. "Weekend Update" co-host Michael Che laid into the President over his response.

"After the mayor of San Juan criticized the federal government relief efforts, President Trump attacked her on Twitter saying, 'The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump,'" Che said. "Oh really, Donald? You bitch. Was she nasty to you? How nasty? Are you shaking? Do you want to go smoke a Virginia Slim until your hand stops moving?"

Che then retorted, "This isn't that complicated, man. It's hurricane relief. These people need help. You just did this for white people twice."

Away from Puerto Rico, the opening sketch also brought on Kate McKinnon as Attorney General Jeff Sessions and commented on Trump's attacks on NFL players who kneel during the National Anthem in protest of social and racial injustice.

Jay Z, the show's musical guest, made a statement of his own during his musical performance on Saturday night.

The rapper wore a football jersey with the name "Colin K" on the back -- a reference to quarterback Colin Kaepernick who was the first to kneel during the national anthem last fall.

CNNMoney (New York) First published October 1, 2017: 1:08 AM ET

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The 43rd season premiere of the NBC sketch series opened with Alec Baldwin's Trump speaking on the phone with San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz, who was played by Melissa Villaseñor. "I know things are, as the locals say, Despacito," Baldwin's Trump said over the phone.

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Cop accused for tackling James Blake to sue NYPD. The tennis star. The police officer was like I can't just pull out my gun and potentially killing this man so he said "I just tackled him".

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The cop accused of tackling James Blake like "Rambo" is suing the former tennis star and the NYPD - defiantly telling The Post that he would do the takedown the same way again.

In his first public comments since he forced Blake to the ground outside a Manhattan hotel Sept. 9, 2015, embattled Officer James Frascatore said, "People need to realize that, with the information I had at the time and the circumstances that presented themselves, it was the right call.

"I have a family to go home to. I'm on a crowded sidewalk, with a possibly armed suspect in the middle of 42nd Street,'' the cop said. "You have to take control of the situation. I can't just be pulling out my gun."

Frascatore's suit will be filed this week in Manhattan federal court, said his lawyer, Peter Brill.

The suit names as defendants Blake; the city; the NYPD; Civilian Complaint Review Board Director Tracy Catapano-Fox; and HarperCollins Publishers, which released the former tennis player's book. The parties cast Frascatore as a "racist goon'' - he is white, and Blake is black - and threw him under the bus because of the tennis player's sports celebrity and pressure from the city's "elite," the suit says.

Frascatore, 40, is on modified duty. He said his life since the takedown has been a living hell.

He said his supervisors on the stakeout - which was meant to capture a credit-card crook - mistook the former No. 4 tennis player in the world for the scammer as Blake stood outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Midtown. Blake closely resembled photos of the suspect, who reportedly was armed, the suit says.

Frascatore rushed Blake and brought him to the ground. When he realized his mistake, he took the handcuffs off Blake and apologized, the cop said.

But Blake and CCRB prosecutors blame Frascatore for the bad bust.

Frascatore tackled Blake "like an NFL linebacker'' and Hollywood tough guy Rambo, CCRB prosecutor Jonathan Fogel said at the cop's recent administrative trial. A decision is pending.
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The cop accused of tackling James Blake like "Rambo" is suing the former tennis star and the NYPD - defiantly telling The Post that he would do the takedown the same way again. In his first public comments since he forced Blake to the ground outside a Manhattan hotel Sept.

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A gunman opened fire at singer Jason Aldean concert in Las Vegas. There is 50 dead and 400 in the hospital.

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A gunman opened fire as singer Jason Aldean performed on stage at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas late Sunday night.

The suspect, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, was killed by police. He had apparently opened fire at concertgoers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.

The shooting, which left at least 50 dead and more than 200 people injured is described as the deadliest in modern history in the United States.

Las Vegas McCarran International Airport also temporarilty halted flights in the wake of the gunfire.

Here's how Jason Aldean and others in entertainment reacted to the mass shooting:

Jason Aldean called the night "beyond horrific." He said, "It hurts my heart that this would happen to anyone who was just coming out to enjoy what should have been a fun night."

"Flip or Flop" star Tarek El Moussa left the country concert shortly before the shooting began. He shared his thoughts in an Instagram story early Monday morning.

"So I just left the Route 91 country concert in Las Vegas. I'm safe but there was an active shooting. Many people we shot and killed and [I'm] just really, really sad," El Moussa shared. "So kind of bummed right now. Sucks that things like this happen. Have a good night."

Singer Trey Songz said, "To be in Vegas while this is happening, brings a pain to my heart."

Teller of the magician duo Penn & Teller tweeted, "A dreadful shooting incident took place tonight in Vegas. All of us with the P&T show are healthy and unharmed."

British TV presenter and fitness coach Joe Wicks said, "I am in Las Vegas tonight and am safe in my hotel room now. Thoughts to the victims."

Socialite Paris Hilton tweeted, "I can't believe what just happened in Las Vegas! What is our world coming to?!"

"Orange is the New Black" acress Ruby Rose said, "It is horrific just to see the videos."

Actress and singer Christina Milian tweeted, "Can't believe my eyes. My prayers are with everyone in Vegas."

Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren‏ said he was "totally in shock" about the shooting.

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Las Vegas shooting: Celebrities react to massacre at Jason Aldean concert

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A gunman opened fire as singer Jason Aldean performed on stage at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas late Sunday night. The suspect, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, was killed by police. He had apparently opened fire at concertgoers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.

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Two women have pleaded not guilty to murdering Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader. If found guilty, they will face the death penalty. His death was February 13, but they are still on trial for the murder.

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A gunman opened fired as Jason Aldean performed on stage at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas late Sunday night.

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A gunman opened fire as singer Jason Aldean performed on stage at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas late Sunday night.

The suspect, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, was killed by police. He had apparently opened fire at concertgoers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.

The shooting, which left at least 50 dead and more than 200 people injured is described as the deadliest in modern history in the United States.

Las Vegas McCarran International Airport also temporarilty halted flights in the wake of the gunfire.

Here's how Jason Aldean and others in entertainment reacted to the mass shooting:

Jason Aldean called the night "beyond horrific." He said, "It hurts my heart that this would happen to anyone who was just coming out to enjoy what should have been a fun night."

"Flip or Flop" star Tarek El Moussa left the country concert shortly before the shooting began. He shared his thoughts in an Instagram story early Monday morning.

"So I just left the Route 91 country concert in Las Vegas. I'm safe but there was an active shooting. Many people we shot and killed and [I'm] just really, really sad," El Moussa shared. "So kind of bummed right now. Sucks that things like this happen. Have a good night."

Singer Trey Songz said, "To be in Vegas while this is happening, brings a pain to my heart."

Teller of the magician duo Penn & Teller tweeted, "A dreadful shooting incident took place tonight in Vegas. All of us with the P&T show are healthy and unharmed."

British TV presenter and fitness coach Joe Wicks said, "I am in Las Vegas tonight and am safe in my hotel room now. Thoughts to the victims."

Socialite Paris Hilton tweeted, "I can't believe what just happened in Las Vegas! What is our world coming to?!"

"Orange is the New Black" acress Ruby Rose said, "It is horrific just to see the videos."

Actress and singer Christina Milian tweeted, "Can't believe my eyes. My prayers are with everyone in Vegas."

Dutch DJ and record producer Armin van Buuren‏ said he was "totally in shock" about the shooting.

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Las Vegas shooting: Celebrities react to massacre at Jason Aldean concert

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A gunman opened fire as singer Jason Aldean performed on stage at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas late Sunday night. The suspect, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, was killed by police. He had apparently opened fire at concertgoers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.

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He heard the call of the sea, but it was very nearly his funeral dirge.

An unprepared sailor needed a rescue from the NYPD Sunday morning after he found himself stranded for days with no food, no fuel and a ripped sail, police sources said.

A fisherman noticed 39-year-old Paul Sayre's boat in distress about five nautical miles off Rockaway Point in Queens at about 9:45 a.m. and called police.

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NYPD Harbor Unit officers found the bearded boatman dehydrated but otherwise healthy. Cops believe he was adrift for four days, police sources said.

The sailor was en route to Manhattan from Fire Island when he ran out of gas, sources said.

His cellphone battery died and he had no radio, sources said.

Sayre told cops he was living full-time aboard the vessel, but he had just bought it and hadn't given it a proper name, sources said.

"Apparently he had no business being out there," said a police source.

His rescuers towed the boat to the Marine Basin Marina in Gravesend, cops said, and medics took him to Coney Island Hospital in stable condition.
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Russia border guard killed in shootout near Ukrainian border

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Russia's top domestic security agency says one Russian border guard has been killed in a shootout with two men who tried to cross into Ukraine.

The FSB said in a statement Monday the two men on Saturday opened fire when the officer who approached them in a Russian village that borders northeast Ukraine. One of the men blew himself up and the other was detained. The border guard died of gunshot wounds.

The FSB did not provide any other details on the attackers, although unnamed security sources told Russian news agencies the men were militants traveling from the Middle East to Europe.

Ukraine's Border Guard Service on Monday denied reports that the men were crossing over from Ukraine, saying no such clash happened on their side of the border.

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Mass shooting in Vegas: What happened
At least 50 people have been killed and 400 have been taken to hospital after a mass shooting at a country thing in Las Vegas.

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At least 50 people have been killed and 400 have been taken to hospital after a mass shooting at a country festival in Las Vegas. This is what we know so far.

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Police have arrested four suspects for their role in the gruesome murder of 17-year-old Ally Lee Steinfeld

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Police have arrested four suspects for their roles in the gruesome murder, and its cover-up, of 17-year-old Ally Lee Steinfeld.

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Las Vages shooting: At least 50 dead, more than 200 injured in massacre.

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A gunman turned a Las Vegas concert into a killing field Sunday night from his perch on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, using at least 10 guns to rain down a steady stream of fire, murdering at least 59 people and injuring more than 520 others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history.

The suspect, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, a resident of Mesquite, Nevada. Police initially sought a woman believed to be Paddock's roommate, Marilou Danley, as a "person of interest." Detectives later made contact with her, and "do not believe she is involved with the shooting on The Strip."

Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said an "excess of 10 rifles" were found in the room, but did not immediately reveal a motive, saying "I can't get into the mind of a psychopath at this point."

Paddock reportedly had about 23 guns in his hotel room, according to police in an evening press conference.

Fully automatic weapons produced after the mid-1980s are illegal in the U.S. Those made before can still be purchased, however, buying one requires heavy regulation, including a background check by ATF and law enforcement notification. In recent years, however, some criminals have illegally converted semi-automatic weapons into automatic ones.

Chris Michel, owner of Dixie GunWorx, said Paddock visited his store in St. George, Utah, several times and purchased a shotgun in February after passing a federal gun background check.

"There were no red flags," Michel told The Associated Press. "I had no idea he would be capable of this."

Paddock had been in the hotel room since September 28, according to Lombardo. The sheriff said a check of federal and state databases showed Paddock was not on law enforcement authorities' radar before the bloodbath.

Authorities said two on-duty Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers were injured during the shooting. One is in stable condition after surgery, and the other sustained minor injuries. Two off-duty police officers attending the concert were killed.

President Trump said the mass shooting "was an act of pure evil," and praised first responders in an address to the nation.

"To the families of the victims, we are praying for you and we are here for you," Trump said, adding that he will visit Las Vegas on Wednesday to meet with first responders and families.

The gunman, who fired down on the Route 91 Harvest Festival from a room in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound just as police made entry to the room, according to LVMPD undersheriff Kevin McMahill.

At this time, federal officials do not see any connection to international terrorism and little is known about Paddock's motivation, federal law enforcement sources said. The Islamic State terror group took credit for the Las Vegas shooting, saying the gunman converted to Islam months ago, but provided no evidence to back up the claim.

FBI Special agent-in-charge Aaron Rouse said at a news conference the agency has "determined to this point no connection with an international terrorist group."

Clark County Commission Chair Steve Sisola told the Nevada Independent that Paddock rented two hotel rooms, one facing north and one facing east, and had previously visited the hotel two other times.

Paddock was using Danley's slot machine card, which is how police got ahold of her name although she was in the Philippines at the time of the incident, Sisolak said.

The gunman's brother, Eric Paddock, told reporters outside his Central Florida home early Monday "an asteroid just fell on us," and said Stephen Paddock has no history of mental illness.

Paddock said his brother is "just a guy" and he "freaked," and had retired to Vegas because he liked gambling. The shooter's brother said Paddock didn't care about religion or politics.

He later told reporters that his brother was a multimillionaire who made money investing in real estate, in addition to working as an accountant for a number of years.

The Department of Homeland Security said Monday morning that the department is "closely monitoring" and helping partners investigate the tragedy, but at this time has "no information to indicate a specific credible threat involving other public venues in the country."

Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke with Sheriff Lombardo offering his full support, Department of Justice officials told Fox News.

Sessions said in a statement he met with FBI Director Christopher Wray early Monday morning.

"To the many families whose lives have been changed forever by this heinous act, we offer you our prayers and our promise that we will do everything in our power to get justice for your loved ones," Sessions said in a statement.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval called the massacre a cowardly, despicable act and praised first responders, saying they saved scores of lives.

"We're angry, we're grieving, we're confused, people are hurting," he said.

Authorities first received calls about an active shooting at about 10:08 p.m. Country music star Jason Aldean was performing at the Route 91 Harvest Festival when the gunfire erupted.

Aldean was performing his last song of the night. Initially, those in attendance said they thought the sound was firecrackers. But as the shots continued, Aldean stopped singing and some concertgoers could be heard yelling to each other to get down.

One witness told a local television station that he heard "hundreds of shots." The gunfire was rapid and reportedly confused with firecrackers.

"It sounded like a machine gun," one vendor told Fox News. "It sounded like more than one machine gun."

Firearms experts hesitated Monday to attribute the shooter's rapid fire from his room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino to an automatic weapon's fire.

Automatic weapons, sometimes referred to as machine guns, fire a stream of bullets when the trigger is pulled once and held down. They differ from semiautomatic weapons, which require one trigger pull for each round fired.

Ryan Cleckner, a former U.S. Army Ranger sniper and author of "Long Range Shooting Handbook," said the seemingly inconsistent rate of Paddock's shooting may indicate he was using a device to mimic full-auto fire.

These devices, such as a Slide Fire stock, are legal and can be bought for about $300.

"These devices take advantage of a firearm's natural recoil to 'bump-fire' the firearm thereby mimicking a machine gun without meeting the legal definition," Cleckner told Fox News.

Equipping an AR-15, for example, with a Slide Fire stock would be far cheaper and easier than buying a machine gun. Machine guns in the U.S. can cost upwards of $15,000 and require the buyer to undergo a personally intrusive and months-long application process with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Country singer Jake Owen, who performed before Aldean, told Fox News the gunfire was "non-stop."

"You couldn't tell where it was coming from. It was loud and non-stop," he said.

Some concertgoers stayed behind to offer help to those around them.

"Everybody I saw breathing, I helped," a concertgoer told Fox News.

The wife of a Tennessee man killed by the Las Vegas shooter said her husband died because he saved her from being shot. Heather Gulish Melton told Fox affiliate WZTV that her husband, Sonny Melton of Paris, Tennessee, was among the 50 killed Sunday night.

Kodiak Yazzie, 36, said the music stopped temporarily and started up again before another round of pops sent the performers ducking for cover and fleeing the stage.

"It was the craziest stuff I've ever seen in my entire life," Yazzie told the Associated Press. "You could hear that the noise was coming from west of us, from Mandalay Bay. You could see a flash- flash- flash- flash."

As the thousands of fans in the crowd began to flee, Yazzie took cover and said he saw flashes of light coming from the Mandalay Bay hotel tower high above.

Another concertgoer told the Las Vegas Review-Journal the shots sounded like fireworks, and she hid in a sewer.

"It was a horror show," Ivetta Saldana told the newspaper. "People were standing around, then they hit the floor."

Retired FBI special agent and former national FBI spokesman John Iannarelli, who drove past the scene of the event just moments before the shooting took place, told Fox News the massacre was "obviously well-planned."

Iannarelli added the gunman used "expensive guns and ammunition."

Iannarelli noted that FBI and police are going to speak with every friend and relative, and are conducting forensic review of the suspect's computers and phones.

The shooting at the sold-out Route 91 Harvest festival was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Forty-nine people were killed when a gunman opened fire at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in June 2016.

Sunday's shooting came more than four months after a suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, that killed 22 people. Almost 90 people were killed by gunmen inspired by the Islamic State terror group at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris during a performance by Eagles of Death Metal in November 2015.
Fox News' Adam Housley, William La Jeunesse, Jake Gibson, Catherine Herridge, Mike Arroyo, Brooke Singman, Travis Fedschun and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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A gunman turned a Las Vegas concert into a killing field Sunday night from his perch on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, using at least 10 guns to rain down a steady stream of fire, murdering at least 59 people and injuring more than 520 others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history.

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Musicians flocked to Twitter following the deadly mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas on Sunday night, offering their prayers and urging fans to seek safety.