NPR

More Than 20 People Are Dead After A Mass Shooting On Las Vegas Strip

Authorities say two of the dead include off-duty police officers. More than 100 people have been injured. Flights at McCarran airport had been temporarily suspended but some flights have resumed.
People take cover at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after a gunman opened fire on the festival from a room in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. / David Becker / Getty Images

During a news briefing in Las Vegas, the sheriff's department reported more than 20 people were killed during an attack on a concert on the Strip. Two of the dead were

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from NPR

NPR4 min read
A Poet Searches For Answers About The Short Life Of A Writer In 'Traces Of Enayat'
Poet Iman Mersal's book is a memoir of her search for knowledge about the writer Enayat al-Zayyat; it's a slow, idiosyncratic journey through a layered, changing Cairo — and through her own mind.
NPR2 min readFinance & Money Management
Fed Keeps Interest Rates At 23-year High
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday, as inflation remained stubbornly above the Fed's 2% target. Investors now think it could be September or later before rates start to fall.
NPR2 min readLGBTQIA+ Studies
United Methodist Church Lifts Bans On LGBTQ Clergy And Same-sex Weddings
Meeting at their worldwide General Conference in Charlotte, N.C., United Methodist delegates voted overwhelmingly to allow LGBTQ clergy and for Methodist ministers to officiate at same-sex weddings.

Related Books & Audiobooks