Nevada officials held a press conference on Monday morning to update the public on Sunday night’s tragic mass shooting, which left at least 58 people dead and over 500 others injured. “There is a lot to learn from this,” said Republican Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval. “It was a cowardly, despicable act I am very angry about. […]
The senseless slaughter at a concert in Las Vegas this week was a chance for a beleaguered Silicon Valley to prove how its products can help connect worried loved ones and provide up-to-date news during tragedies. Unfortunately, on Monday morning, the opposite happened. For nearly 12 hours, Facebook’s Safety Check page for “The Violent Incident […]
After a mass shooting in Las Vegas left at least 58 dead and 500 people injured, most U.S. media focused on the usual stories: a cycle of shock, blame, and healing. The rest of the world, however, largely marveled at what on earth is wrong with Americans. Why are there so many mass shootings in […]
In the wake of the worst shooting in modern U.S. history, people across Las Vegas, Nevada are coming together to help one another and offer support for those impacted by the tragedy. At least 58 people are dead and more than 500 injured after a shooter opened fire on a crowded concert where 22,000 people […]
During Monday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made clear the Trump administration is not interested in any immediate conversations on gun violence prevention legislation in the wake of the Las Vegas shooting that killed at least 58 and injured more than 500. “There’s a time and place for a political debate but now […]
In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, the National Rifle Foundation Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is reportedly postponing ad spending in support of Republican Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie. Ads that were supposed to start running on Tuesday have been postponed until October 10. VA-Gov: NRA-PVF TV ad spending that […]
Caleb Keeter, guitarist for Texas country outfit the Josh Abbott Band, was a self-proclaimed lifelong supporter of Second Amendment rights — until last night. On Sunday, he survived the deadliest mass shooting by a sole gunman in American history. His band played the main stage at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas in […]
Hundreds were injured Sunday across Catalonia when national police forces used rubber bullets and truncheons to prevent citizens from voting in a referendum on the northeastern region’s potential secession from Spain’s uneasy political union. The independence vote was the latest in a string of modern ballot measures seeking Catalan sovereignty beyond that allowed under the […]
It only took a few hours for international terrorist group ISIS to claim responsibility for the horrific shooting attack in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday, which left at least 58 dead and more than 500 wounded. But ISIS did not provide any evidence to back up this claim, and at least one expert cautions that […]
On Friday, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry authorized up to $3.7 billion in taxpayer-backed loan guarantees to finish building the last remaining new nuclear plant under construction in this country. This loan, to the Southern Company’s Vogtle plant in Georgia, is on top of $8.3 billion in previous federal loan guarantees for the troubled $25-billion […]
By Jeremy Deaton People play dirty when they can’t win by playing fair. This is, more or less, the story of climate change denial in the United States. Scientists overwhelmingly agree that humans are altering the climate, reaping changes with potentially catastrophic consequences. Climate deniers can’t dispute the data. They can’t win on facts. Instead, they impugn the […]
For more than a decade, the global concentration of methane — a pernicious greenhouse gas 86 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period — has been rising at an alarming rate, stirring up intense debate in the scientific community over the cause of the increase. Now, a new study adds to a growing […]
Before President Donald Trump even spoke, CNN declared that his response to the mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 50 people dead was “presidential.” Why? Because Trump had, to that point, only tweeted once about the incident. CNN’s John King noted that in previous incidents, Trump was quick to jump to conclusions. But this […]
In the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist recklessly blamed the violence on a “coordinated Muslim terror attack,” citing no evidence beyond anonymous “sources.” As news of the shooting broke on social media, Wayne Allyn Root, a conservative commentator who regularly opened for then-presidential candidate Donald […]
More guns mean more crime. This statement seems as obvious as “more eggs mean more omelets” or “more cars mean more traffic.” And yet the claim that deadly weapons can help combat crime gets trotted out every time a tragedy similar to the one that just occurred in Las Vegas plays out. “The only thing […]
During a visit to a welcoming center for migrants in Italy on Sunday, Pope Francis called on European lawmakers to support forcibly displaced people, while wearing a plastic ID bracelet used to identify refugees and migrants who do not have documents. Located outside Bologna and home to roughly 1,000 asylum seekers, “The Hub” houses mostly […]
The Gateway Pundit, a pro-Trump blog that has been credentialed by the White House, ran a story Monday morning touting a conspiracy theory and misidentifying the shooter that killed more than 50 people and injured more than 100 in Las Vegas early Monday. Here's what we know about Stephen Paddock, the Las Vegas concert shooting […]
More than 50 people have died and at least 406 others have been transported to nearby hospitals following a shooting at a concert in Las Vegas late Sunday night, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) officials. According to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police (LVMPD) officials, “two on-duty LVMPD officers were injured during the shooting”; one […]