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Vegas hospitals overwhelmed as dozens slain, scores wounded
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The victims just kept coming….
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Vegas shooter had interest in guns, video poker, real estate
MESQUITE, Nev. (AP) — Stephen Paddock had a penchant for guns, high-limit video poker and real estate deals. His father was a notorious fugitive bank robber. He had a recent live-in girlfriend and two ex-wives and seemed to live a comfortable life in a Nevada retirement community….
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Acts of heroism saved countless lives at Las Vegas shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rob Ledbetter's battlefield instincts kicked in quickly as bullets rained overhead….
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Trump heads to Puerto Rico to survey hurricane damage
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading to San Juan on Tuesday to meet with some of the 3.4 million Puerto Ricans struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria, as criticism that the federal government's response has been sluggish continues….
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Tom Petty a rock classicist from the beginning
NEW YORK (AP) — Given the leather jacket and sneer Tom Petty wore on the cover of his 1976 debut, many people assumed he was one of those cheeky punks bent on tearing down the walls of rock 'n' roll….
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Supreme Court takes up key case about partisan redistricting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a case about political maps in Wisconsin that could affect elections across the country….
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Ties threatened: US to ask Cuba to cut most of its diplomats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Only days ago, the United States and Cuba maintained dozens of diplomats in newly re-opened embassies in Havana and Washington, powerful symbols of a warming relationship between longtime foes. Now both countries are poised to cut their embassies by more than half, as uncanny, unexplained attacks threaten delicate ties between the Cold War rivals….
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Pathologist: North Korean had low enzyme due to poisoning
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — Outcast North Korean scion Kim Jong Nam had extremely low levels of an enzyme vital for nervous system function in his body due to poisoning, a Malaysian government pathologist testified Tuesday at the trial of two women accused of smearing VX nerve agent on Kim's face in a brazen airport assassination….
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Trying to get sober? NIH offers tool to help find good care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The phone calls come – from fellow scientists and desperate strangers – with a single question for the alcohol chief at the National Institutes of Health: Where can my loved one find good care to get sober?…
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Late-night TV hosts decry Las Vegas killings, gun laws
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Late-night comics decried the Las Vegas mass shooting as a confounding and repetitive American tragedy, with Jimmy Kimmel and Trevor Noah lashing out at politicians who oppose gun control….