Las Vegas shooting
Thursday
5 October 2017
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Group calls for 'additional regulations' on bump stocks, in rare concessionNRA addresses device that turns guns into rapid-fire weapons but says outlawing firearms ‘will do nothing to prevent further attacks’ -
Shooter rented rooms near other music festivalsStephen Paddock booked rooms overlooking events in Las Vegas and Chicago, authorities say, but it isn’t yet clear if he planned massacres at those sites
headlines
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Film producer to take 'leave of absence' as sexual harassment allegations surfaceThe acclaimed film producer has issued an apology after the New York Times broke news of allegations of decades of inappropriate sexual advances
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Trump's words ring hollow in Puerto Rico's devastated interior92% of people still have no electricity after Hurricane Maria hit two weeks ago, and many people are trapped by debris and facing a lack of food and water
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Panthers star dropped by sponsor over sexist remark to female reporterDannon has dropped the Carolina Panthers star quarterback from all advertising following what the company perceives as ‘sexist’ comments
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Hospital's secret policy led to woman being given caesarean against her willThe Staten Island University hospital offered doctors instructions for performing procedures without a pregnant woman’s consent, the Guardian has learned
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Tim Murphy quits Congress amid claims he pressured woman to have abortionPennsylvania congressman reportedly urged woman with whom he was having an extra-marital affair to have an abortion
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spotlight
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How rightwing pundits saw the Las Vegas shootingConservative writers have established a set of standard responses to each new mass shooting. Jason Wilson looks at those much in evidence this week
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Sponsor drops star quarterback over 'sexist' remark to female reporterDannon has dropped the Carolina Panthers star quarterback from all advertising following what the company perceives as ‘sexist’ comments
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It's time for the government to get off Lance Armstrong's backAs the federal government’s $100m lawsuit against the disgraced cyclist prepares to go to trial, it’s worth asking: what exactly is the point here?
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Donald Trump is exposing the contradictions of the eliteWill the same elite who protested Trump’s travel ban and support of white supremacists also oppose tax proposals that would make them richer? Unlikely
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When white sports fans turn on black athletesThere is a morally corrupt contract that white fans make with black athletes. We will accept you: but only if you surrender your political voice
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There is no scientific basis for the proposal – it is a naked attempt to challenge Roe v Wade and end all abortion,s says Guardian columnist Jessica ValentiDon't be fooled: the latest abortion bill is about one thing – hurting women
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State adopts 'sanctuary state' immigration law in snub to TrumpCalifornia Values Act, which stops police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities, could lead to major showdown with White House
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Court orders Trump administration to reinstate Obama emissions ruleInterior department had moved to delay to 2019 methane regulation governing oil and gas production on federal land
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Woman 'dies from overwork' after logging 159 hours of overtime in a monthFate of media worker Miwa Sado, 31, piles pressure on authorities to address large number of deaths linked to labour practices
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Police raid offices of groups that help victims of domestic violenceOrganisations which help victims of domestic violence have documents and computers seized after women stage marches to protest against abortion law
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explore
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A legacy still contentious 50 years after his death in BoliviaThe remote village where the Argentina-born revolutionary was executed is now a tourist attraction but the fortunes of his regional political heirs are on the wane
in pictures
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The world's natural wondersStunning images of incredible landscapes inspire wanderlust in DK Publishing’s Natural Wonders of the World but this new book, with an introduction by Chris Packham, also features 3D maps and guides to each location
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Formula One and a big smileA selection of the best photographs from around the world including gymnastics and Lewis Hamilton
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The Safari Doctors of KenyaA medical team travels by boat to bring vital care to the remote islands of Lamu, which have been isolated by Kenya’s conflict with al-Shabaab
people
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Johnny Depp says he would have 'taken a bullet' for wrongly convicted Guildford Four manHollywood star reveals close friendship with one of Guildford Four, who suggested he play him in film that became In the Name of the Father
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‘For me, Brexit is a disaster – talk about not knowing where you belong’After years bouncing between the UK and France – with the occasional Hollywood blockbuster for good measure – the actor’s role in Sally Potter’s film The Party was filmed in 12 days, during which the EU referendum took place. The result made her feel rootless, she says
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Why Terence Trent D'Arby became Sananda MaitreyaIn 1987, his debut album saw him hailed as a rival to Michael Jackson and Prince – but then his star crashed and burned. He talks about the nervous breakdown that triggered his identity change, living as a recluse and the music industry’s ‘Olympian’ conspiracy to bring him down
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Injured pianist 'borrows' teen's left hand for Carnegie Hall concertPianist plays Gershwin at the New York concert hall with a 14-year-old protege literally his left-hand man
My life on food stamps I felt ashamed buying olive oil