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Handful of wary Republicans imperil Trump’s tax reform bid

by Michael Mathes Agence France-Presse US congressional Republicans turned their focus to tax reform Wednesday, but they face a similar hurdle that doomed President Donald Trump’s failed efforts to repeal Obamacare: rebels within his own party. With Trump still lacking a major legislative accomplishment in his first nine months in office, Republican leaders are hustling to pass tax reform by December. The House of Representatives shifted from the disastrous health reform bid and launched into […]

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Trump says US ‘a nation in mourning’ on somber Las Vegas visit

by Cyril Julien Agence France-Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump declared the United States “a nation in mourning” Wednesday, as he traveled to Las Vegas to meet survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. Eulogizing parents and spouses who “used their own bodies to protect their loved ones,” from a ballistic onslaught that left 58 dead and more than 500 injured, Trump visited with survivors and first responders. Trump toured […]

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Watch: Police body cam footage shows Las Vegas attack panic

  Dramatic police body cam footage shows harrowing moments during the October 1, 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas strip, which left at least 59 people dead and more than 500 wounded. The video showed a police man and his unit sheltering behind a wall near the Mandalay Bay hotel.  He can also be heard asking others to take shelter. (Agence France Presse TV video sourced from Las Vegas Police Department)

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Putin calls for better US ties as he meets new US envoy

  by Anna Smolchenko Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for “predictable and mutually beneficial” ties with the United States as he received diplomatic credentials from Washington’s new ambassador to Moscow. The US Senate last week confirmed businessman, veteran diplomat and former presidential candidate Jon Huntsman as ambassador to Russia, filling a crucial post at a time when ties are at dangerously low ebb. “As far as […]

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Las Vegas shooter’s girlfriend back in US, FBI to question her

by Cyril Julien with Frankie Taggart in Mesquite Agence France Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — The girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock arrived back in the United States Tuesday evening and was met by FBI agents eager to hear whatever she might know about the motive behind his slaying of 58 people and wounding of more than 500 in the worst mass shooting in US history. Although the FBI wants to talk […]

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Stephen Paddock: silent killer who was a stranger to neighbors

by Frankie Taggart Agence France Presse MESQUITE, United States (AFP) — In America’s macabre recent history of mass shootings, it has become something of a cliche: the loner who moved silently in his community, never getting too close to neighbors or revealing his hand. Stephen Paddock, the gunman behind the deadliest such attack in modern US history who murdered 59 people in Las Vegas on Sunday, joins that chilling roll call of reclusive killers. Neighbors […]

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Catalonians spell out ‘Help us Europe’ in independence plea

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) — Residents from the Barcelona borough of Sant Antoni de Vilamajor gathered at the main square, to spell out the message ‘Help us Europe’ on Tuesday (October 3). A video and still photo shared on social media showed the moment that locals spelt out their plea to Europe by sitting together in the shape of each letter, while chanting “we have voted.” The phrase was clearly seen from above. An eyewitness told […]

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Las Vegas residents donate blood for victims of concert shooting

LAS VEGAS, United States (Reuters) — At least 20 people were in critical condition and more than one hundred were still being treated for injuries ranging from high-caliber gunshot wounds to blunt force trauma at a hospital in Las Vegas on Tuesday (Oct. 3) following the mass shooting on Sunday night. “There are some devastating wounds,” said Dr. Douglas Fraser, vice chair of the University Medical Center trauma division. “This was a very high-caliber weapon […]

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US mourns Vegas massacre victims as shooter motive sought

by Cyril Julien  with Frankie Taggart in Mesquite Agence France Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — America mourned victims of the worst gun massacre in recent US history Tuesday as investigators probed the motive behind an apparently senseless attack on Las Vegas concert-goers. President Donald Trump branded the attacker — who raked a crowd with gunfire from a 32nd floor hotel room, leaving 59 dead and at least 527 injured — a “demented man.” […]

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Australia offers to help US with gun reform

by Martin Parry SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia offered to help the United States reform its gun laws Tuesday after a successful two-decade clampdown on firearms in the wake of its own worst mass shooting. The US is reeling after at least 59 people were killed and more than 500 injured when retired accountant Stephen Paddock opened fire on thousands of concertgoers in Las Vegas before killing himself. The shocking tragedy has sparked renewed calls […]

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Vegas shooter’s ‘companion an Australian granny’

  SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock’s “regular companion” was an Australian woman who moved to the United States 20 years ago to work on the casino strip, the government confirmed Tuesday. Marilou Danley, 62, was initially said to be a “person of interest” but has since been cleared of any involvement in the shocking shooting that left 59 dead and more than 500 injured. American authorities said she was out of […]

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Weapons, explosives recovered from Las Vegas gunman

by Frankie Taggart Agence France Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Police recovered a huge cache of guns and explosives Monday from the Las Vegas hotel room and home of the man accused of killing at least 59 people and injuring over 500 in the deadliest mass shooting in US history. US officials reacted cautiously meanwhile to an Islamic State claim that Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, had carried out Sunday night’s massacre on the […]

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