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Las Vegas gunman may have scoped out other music festivals

Friday, 6 October 2017, 06:12 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Investigators are looking into whether gunman Stephen Paddock scoped out bigger music festivals in Las Vegas and Chicago — and perhaps Boston's Fenway Park — before setting up his perch in...

Spain's top court halts Catalan secession parliament meeting

Thursday, 5 October 2017, 18:06 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Spain's Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered a suspension of Catalonia's parliamentary session next week during which the region has said it might declare independence and further fuel Spain's...

Catalan officials study date for independence declaration

Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 12:44 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Catalonia's regional government is mulling when to declare the region's independence from Spain in the wake of a disputed referendum that has triggered Spain's most serious national crisis in...

Rock superstar Tom Petty dies at 66 after cardiac arrest

Tuesday, 3 October 2017, 07:37 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Tom Petty, an old-fashioned rock superstar and everyman who drew upon the Byrds, the Beatles and other bands he worshipped as a boy and produced new classics such as "Free Fallin,' "Refugee" and...

Brother: Las Vegas gunman was wealthy real-estate investor

Tuesday, 3 October 2017, 06:20 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Stephen Paddock (above) lived in a tidy Nevada retirement community where the amenities include golf, tennis and bocce. He was a wealthy real-estate investor, recently shipped his 90-year-old mother a...

Watch: Gunman had 'bump-stock' device that could speed fire

Tuesday, 3 October 2017, 06:06 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The gunman who unleashed hundreds of rounds of gunfire on a crowd of concertgoers in Las Vegas had two "bump-stocks" that could have converted semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic ones,...

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