A long-planned assault

A look at the victims killed in Las Vegas

At least 59 people were killed in the worst mass shooting in US history.

?We need gun control RIGHT. NOW,? wrote Caleb Keeter, a guitarist for the Josh Abbott Band, in a statement posted on Twitter.

Las Vegas shooting forces country music industry to talk about gun control

Already, one member of a country band who performed before the shooting Sunday night has changed his position on guns.

Ron and Nikki Goodheart posed for a photo before the start of Sunday?s concert on the Las Vegas Strip.

?You know what it?s like to feel hunted?: Maine couple describes fleeing Las Vegas gunfire

Nikki Goodheart was recording one of Jason Aldean?s songs when the first round of gunfire went off.

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Paddock transferred $100,000 overseas before the attack and planned the massacre so meticulously that he set up cameras to spot anyone coming for him.

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The Las Vegas shooter may have altered his guns so they?d fire faster

Stephen Paddock possessed a device that is intended to allow a person with a semiautomatic gun to fire it rapidly, as if it were an automatic.

Editorial | Make it stop

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Here?s a list of six key senators who have voted with the gun lobby in the past and are up for re-election next year.

Because of the high-caliber, high-velocity weaponry that was used, the wounds to Las Vegas?s shooting victims Sunday were worse than what doctors normally see, a trauma specialist there said Tuesday.

At Las Vegas hospital, staff treat physical and mental wounds

The wounds were worse than what doctors normally see because of the high-caliber weaponry that was used.

Jimmy Kimmel (pictured at the Oscars in February) spoke tearfully and angrily in his ?Jimmy Kimmel Live!? opening monologue Monday night about the mass shooting in Las Vegas.

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Why do comedians talk about gun control? Because our leaders won?t

Late-night hosts are speaking truth to power, while dismissing the notion that it?s ?too soon? to discuss how to prevent future massacres.

MIT professor named Nobel laureate in physics

Rainer Weiss also received a pair of degrees from the Cambridge university.

Aly Raisman during her talk at Faneuil Hall on Tuesday.

Names

Aly Raisman on the meaning of ?fierce?

The champion gymnast from Needham spoke at the Forbes Under 30 Summit on Tuesday.

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Former Globe rock critic Steve Morse recalls the rocker?s most memorable performances, from 1976 to 2017.

Tito Jackson gets cold shoulder from city establishment

With less than six weeks until Election Day, the icy political treatment has become reality for Mayor Martin Walsh?s challenger.

President Trump spoke Tuesday during a briefing in San Juan.

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Six things Trump probably shouldn?t have said about Puerto Rico while in Puerto Rico

President Trump?s comments during his visit to the island raised some eyebrows.

Nestor Ramos

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As it happens, my father was a Puerto Rican truck driver. I?m not sure he was to blame.

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Yahoo has tripled down on what was already the largest data breach in history, saying it affected all 3 billion of its users.

Exclusive: Dave Dombrowski on the Red Sox and the playoffs

The Red Sox president of baseball operations joined Chris Gasper on Tuesday?s edition of our new podcast.

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NICK CAFARDO

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Houston won 101 games, but the Red Sox have a lot going for them in this series.

NBA players Markieff (left) and Marcus Morris.

Celtics forward Marcus Morris, brother found not guilty of assault

Marcus and Markieff Morris were accused of helping three other people beat 36-year-old Erik Hood in 2015 in Phoenix.

Record ?pay-to-play? fine on beer distributor upheld by Mass. judge

The ruling is a big win for regulators in their three-year crackdown on illegal practices that are pervasive in the state?s alcohol industry.

Two Massachusetts men killed in East Providence truck crash

Steven Magan, 40, of Palmer and Axel Moran, 38, of Marlborough, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to Rhode Island State Police.

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The $13 million effort will replace decades-old furniture with modern pieces that are comfortable and can be easily moved.

Sponsored by Museum of Science

Are you a true Pats fan? See if you can answer these 10 questions

Everything from the '60's to today. How well do you know your favorite franchise?

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Red Sox reporter Alex Speier writes about everything baseball with an eye for analytics and an insider?s knowledge of the game.

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Spotlight follow-up

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A growing number of people who say their fathers are priests are speaking out, drawing attention to an invisible legion of suffering.

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JOAN VENNOCHI

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It takes a political angle and quite a lot of carnage to command our attention.

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Do you know about wrongdoing that needs to be exposed? Call the Globe Spotlight team: 617-929-7483 or [email protected].

Fall Arts Preview 2017

Fall Arts preview

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A complete guide to movies, music, books, arts, theater, and family events in the Greater Boston area this season.

STAT

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Brian Kursonis, who has early-onset Alzheimer?s, is a star of the ?Go Boldly? campaign meant to burnish pharma?s image.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.