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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the release by Las Vegas police of witness statements and officer reports in the investigation of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history (all times local):1:20 p.m.Witness accounts of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history include those of a Las Vegas woman wounded in the shoulder made it to a hospital and an Arizona man upset that the lights came on at an outdoor concert when gunfire started and people began falling.The unidentified Glendale, Arizona man says people at the Oct. 1 concert on the Las Vegas Strip were "lit up like a fishbowl."Witness' names were blacked out from more than 1,200 pages of reports made public Wednesday by Las Vegas police.The wounded woman told police she heard what people told her were fireworks while country music singer Jason Aldean was on stage.Several seconds later, she fell to the ground and couldn't feel her arm.Her friends got her to a street where a limousine driver took them to a … [Read more...] about The Latest: Witnesses describe Las Vegas shooting scene

Ricardo Avelar-Gomez, 18, embraces his brother Eric, 13, after talking about their mother, who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement when she showed up to an appointment regarding legal permanent residence, during a press conference outside of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Thursday, April 5, 2018. Andrea Cornejo Las Vegas Review-Journal @dreacornejoRicardo Avelar-Gomez and his mother, Cecilia Gomez. Gomez was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement when she showed up to an appointment regarding legal permanent residence on March 27. (Gomez Family)Ricardo Avelar-Gomez, 18, gets emotional as he speaks during a press conference as his brother Eric, 13, right, looks on outside of U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service building on Thursday, April 5, 2018, in Las Vegas. Avelar's mother, Cecilia Gomez, was detained when she showed up to receive permanent residence March 27. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfayeEric Avelar-Gomez, 13, and … [Read more...] about Undocumented Las Vegas woman nearing legal status detained, ordered out

Mark Berman, The Washington Post Published 4:18 pm, Wednesday, May 16, 2018 The bullets were still tearing across the concert venue when people began to drop to the ground. They were at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, among more than 22,000 packed together watching Jason Aldean perform when the gunfire began. Many people who were there on Oct. 1 said they didn't even realize it was gunfire at first. It sounded more like firecrackers, they said. But as a lone gunman inside his 32nd-floor suite at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino continued to fire, people began to panic, flee or seek shelter by falling to the ground. "I was with my best friend . . . and I held her hand and we were holding hands with other people that we don't even know," one survivor, who said she got shot in her arm, later told police. "And I told her, 'Call your mom, call your dad.' " Recommended Video: Now Playing: A month ago Wednesday in Las Vegas, countless lives changed … [Read more...] about Survivors describe the terror and chaos of Las Vegas massacre

May 29, 8:31 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury National By Pritha Paul @ZiggyZina143 05/09/18 AT 12:20 AM A shootout at a parking lot outside a shopping center near Stewart, Nellis, in the east valley, Las Vegas, left four people injured. Among the hospitalized were two bystanders, including a 10-year-old girl, and one of the suspects.The incident took place around 4:40 p.m. local time (7:40 p.m. EDT) in a parking lot connecting a SuperPawn shop and a Denny's restaurant in the 300 block of Nellis Boulevard, near Stewart Avenue, Metro Lt. Grant Rogers said. The shootout took place between two men and at least 20 shots were fired during the incident, the Las Vegas Sun reported. Bullet casing scattered along the street suggest that one of the suspects was running as he fired his gun.The 10-year-old girl was hit in the buttocks and her mother who was accompanying her at the time was hit in the … [Read more...] about Shooting In Nellis, Stewart: 10-Year-Old Girl Among 4 Injured In Las Vegas

POLITICS 06/12/2018 05:45 am ET Made up mostly of women and Latino members, the powerful Culinary Workers Union has proven that organized labor can thrive where it's supposed to fail. By Dave Jamieson LAS VEGAS ― Monie Stewart-Cariaga recently decided to leave the townhouse she’s renting to buy a new home. For a single cocktail server, she couldn’t be in a better position to do it. Beyond the fair wage and tips she earns at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, Stewart-Cariaga plans to take advantage of a home-buying assistance program run by the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, the powerful union that represents service workers like her on the Vegas strip. Members are eligible to receive a $20,000 loan to help with a down payment, which is only repaid if the member sells or rents out the home. It is one of many ways the Culinary, as it’s known, has been helping servers, bellhops and line cooks get their piece of the American Dream. More than half … [Read more...] about The Las Vegas Union That Learned To Beat The House