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People visit a memorial garden for victims of a mass shooting in Las Vegas, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, in Las Vegas. Two years after a shooter rained gunfire on country music fans from a high-rise Las Vegas hotel, MGM Resorts International reached a settlement that could pay up to $800 million to families of the 58 people who died and hundreds of others who were injured, attorneys said Thursday.

John L Smith: MGM Settlement Could Set Precedent For Corporations In Gun Debate

Rachel Christiansen

MGM Resorts announced a massive settlement with the families of victims of the October 1st shooting. The company has agreed to contribute anywhere from…

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Scheduling Coincidence Brings Memorial Experts To Las Vegas

Doug Puppel

Years ago, when the National Council on Public History booked Las Vegas for its 2018 annual meeting, it looked to be just one more of the 20,000…

This Sept. 24, 2014 photo shows the field of empty chairs at the Oklahoma City National Memorial. Each of the 168 chairs represents someone who died in the April 19, 1995 bombing, which destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The memorial is built where the building once stood.

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Six Months After Horrific Shooting, Las Vegas Girds For A Long Haul

Doug Puppel

In a flash unspeakable violence changes a community forever.That happened in Las Vegas on Oct. 1, when a gunman sprayed bullets into an open-air concert,…

This undated photo provided by Eric Paddock shows his brother, Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock.

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Can We Find A Motive Inside Stephen Paddock's Brain?

Joe Schoenmann

After he murdered 58 people on the Las Vegas Strip and injured hundreds more, Stephen Paddock shot himself.Police, so far, have said they can find no…

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News Outlets Sue To Get Records On Las Vegas Shooting

Attorneys representing multiple news outlets filed two lawsuits in Nevada Wednesday, asking officials to turn over law enforcement records related to the…

Rep. Dina Titus at the Nevada Public Radio studios.

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Titus Seeks New Ways To Combat Bump Stocks Used By Strip Shooter

Doug Puppel

Rep. Dina Titus is seeking tighter regulation of the bump stocks used by the Route 91 Harvest Festival gunman to give his weapon the firing speed of a…

Windows on the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay broken out by the shooter Stephen Paddock.

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New York Times Analysis: A New Shooting Timeline

Joe Schoenmann

Yet another timeline of the October 1 shooting on the Las Vegas Strip has emerged, this time from a video analysis by staff at the New York Times.More…

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Slain Las Vegas Police Officer’s Mother Dies After Funeral

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The mother of a Las Vegas police officer and U.S. Army veteran who was among the 58 people killed in the worst mass shooting in modern…

Tourists take pictures in front of the iconic Welcome to Las Vegas sign.

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John L. Smith: Will Las Vegas Ever Be The Same?

Nevada Public Radio contributor John L. Smith returned from family medical leave this week and found his Las Vegas – the one he’s called home his entire…

In this Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 photo, T-shirts for sale with #VegasStrong hang at a gift shop at McCarran International airport in Las Vegas. Las Vegas has moved to rebrand itself after the Oct 1, 2017 shooting that killed 58 people and wounded hundreds of others. A salesman at the store said proceeds from the sales will go to an official fund to help shooting victims.

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Shooting Brings Efforts To Protect, Reintroduce Las Vegas Brand

Doug Puppel

Within minutes of the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the south Strip, the team that promotes the Las Vegas brand was already canceling ad buys and developing a…