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Death Toll Rises After Mass Shooting On Las Vegas Strip: Patch Morning Take
The hunt is on for answers. Here's what we know, plus more headlines from across the country.
Las Vegas Mass Shooting: At Least 50 Dead, 400 Injured
At least 50 people are dead and more than 400 injured after a shooting at a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas Sheriff Joe Lombardo says that the shooter is dead and identified him as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock of Mesquite, Nevada. Here are the latest developments.
O.J. Simpson Is A Free Man, And Florida Wants None Of Him
The Juice is loose. After serving nine years for robbery, O.J. Simpson was released from prison Sunday. Where's he headed? Not Florida, if Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has anything to say about it. "Our state should not become a country club for this convicted criminal," she wrote in a letter to the state's corrections department chief. Ouch. See what else she had to say.
Check Out President Trump's Backswing Between Tweets
Well, that's one way to multitask. On Sunday, President Trump was apparently on his golf course in New Jersey when he sent a tweet taunting North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. Some time before the fourth tee, Trump announced that he found negotiating with "Little Rocket Man" to avoid nuclear war was "wasting" time. Read the rest of his mocking message and see the photos of him golfing.
Air Force Academy Head Says 'Get Out' To Racists
If there was ever a doubt, it's now crystal clear for Air Force Academy cadets that there is no tolerance for discrimination. After racial slurs were found near the rooms of five black cadets at the Air Force prep school, Supt. Lt. Gen Jay Silveria set the record straight: "If you can't treat someone from another race or with another color skin with dignity and respect, you need to get out." He even asked students to record him on their phones so the message wouldn't be forgotten.
San Juan Mayor Responds To Trump Without Saying A Word
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then we just won a grand. President Donald Trump has called out San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz for her "poor leadership" in Puerto Rico after the devastation of Hurricane Maria. But photos of the San Juan mayor wading waist-deep through floodwaters tells a different story. Here's what her leadership looks like.
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Off The Beaten Patches
- While most of us are mourning the victims of the Las Vegas shooting, others are spreading rumors. These hoaxes are frightening and you shouldn't believe them. (Buzzfeed News)
- Three Americans were awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday. Read about their research that started with fruit flies. (Washington Post)
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Top photo: A woman sits on a curb at the scene of a shooting outside of a music festival along the Las Vegas Strip, Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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