A long-planned attack

 

A look at the victims killed in Las Vegas

At least 58 people were killed in the worst mass shooting in US history.

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President Trump will meet with survivors and law enforcement officials today in Nevada.

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A bump stock device uses the recoil of a semiautomatic firearm to fire multiple shots in rapid succession ? much like an automatic weapon.

A frame grab taken from a bodycam video released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) shows officers responding to the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival near Mandalay Bay hotel on Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nev.

Cameras alerted gunman when police were on the way

Said the local sheriff: ?He evaluated everything that he did in his actions, which is troublesome.?

Ty Burr | Commentary

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

Boston, MA: October 3, 2017: Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia waits for his turn in the batting cage. The Boston Red Sox held a practice session at Fenway Park as they prepared for their ALDS series vs the Houston Astros. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff).

ALDS: Red Sox vs. Astros

The Red Sox have edge on Astros in more ways than you might think

Here?s a position-by-position rundown of the ALDS opponents, plus a prediction on the series.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Doug Martin (22) runs with the ball during NFL football minicamp Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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RACHEL G. BOWERS

The Buccaneers are dangerous. Here?s why

Running back Doug Martin is returning from a suspension to make his season debut.

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The former chief executive of the credit-reporting company will face the Senate Banking Committee.

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Representative Tim Murphy asked a woman with whom he was having an affair to undergo an abortion, according to a report.

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For now, the project?s contours are vague. ?It?s going to start out experiential on the net,? Scaramucci said.

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What is love? In a warning letter, the FDA wrote that it?s ?not a common or usual name of an ingredient, and is considered to be intervening material.?

Professor Rainer Weiss is the 32nd Nobel laureate from the physics department at MIT.

The Nobel laureate who once flunked out of MIT

Rainer Weiss got a second chance at the Cambridge university and is now a professor there. On Tuesday, he received his field?s highest honor.

Tillerson denies report that he considered resigning

The secretary of state addressed the media in a previously unscheduled press conference.

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The proposal would also include a ?Romeo and Juliet? law, so consenting teens close in age who have sex are not committing statutory rape.

Nestor Ramos

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Finding someone fictitious to blame for your administration?s failings is easier than owning up to your mistakes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_100417_feature_09370x.jpg Blast of warm weather is ready to hit region

A sunny day with temperatures in the 70s is expected Wednesday, but unseasonably warm conditions and an increase in humidity are on the way.

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According to the school, six more former students say that former theater instructor Rey Buono abused them.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Carman-9660-9595.jpg Nathan Carman interview turned over to Coast Guard

Lawyers for the company that insured Carman?s boat, which sank in September 2016 with him and his mother on board, turned over a transcript from 2016.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiTito09.jpg 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.

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It?s Brussels? latest regulatory move targeting US tech companies accused of tax avoidance.

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?You know they owe a lot of money to your friends on Wall Street,? he said, adding: ?you can say goodbye to that.?

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/200_beer.jpg 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 practices that are pervasive in the state?s alcohol industry.

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/Esakof_Names_AlyRaisman_001A.jpg Aly Raisman on the meaning of ?fierce?

The Olympic gold medalist from Needham spoke Tuesday at the Forbes Under 30 Summit.

Sponsored by Pfizer

Dear Scientist, can I tell my mother there will be a cure for Parkinson's one day?

Nancy Horwood didn?t expect to hear back from the scientist she wrote to. Then he invited her to his office to meet.

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?Season Ticket,?a joint collaboration between the Globe and WBUR, is your Monday-Friday stop for the deepest dive into Boston sports, the issues of the day, and beyond.

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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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All of a sudden, transportation and its discontents are in the public-agenda spotlight.

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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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Gottlieb%20FDA.jpg Scott Gottlieb rocketed to the top of FDA. He may keep rising

The FDA commissioner has quickly won over some skeptics and is now seen as a front-runner to replace Tom Price at HHS.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.