Year: 2017

ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) -- Tannerite and ammonium nitrate, explosive materials, were found among the suspected Las Vegas gunman's arsenal of weapons and ammunition spread across a number of locations. Suspected shooter Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire on concertgoers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, killing 59 people and injuring hundreds more. In the hotel room, police found at least 23 handguns and rifles, some […]

MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)(SAN JUAN, P.R.) -- The death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria has risen to 34, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello announced Tuesday evening. Prior to Tuesday, the number of storm-related deaths on the island stood at 16. Much of the 3 million American citizens who live on the island are still without water, electricity and cell service after Maria struck as a powerful Category 4 storm […]

David Becker/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) -- Three off-duty first responders who were attending a music festival on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night sprang into action to help those in need after a faraway gunman sprayed bullets into the crowd. The men stayed on the scene and helped organize the chaos as 22,000 terrified concertgoers ran to escape what one witness described as "nonstop gunfire." The attack, which killed 59 people, […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- "Making a Murderer" subject Steven Avery has been denied a new trial for the murder of Teresa Halbach after a judge ruled there was not sufficient evidence to warrant one. Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Judge Angela Sutkiewicz issued the ruling Tuesday, saying, "The defendant has failed to establish any grounds that would trigger the right to a new trial in the interests of justice," according to ABC affiliate […]

ABC News(LAS VEGAS) -- Investigators are hoping the Las Vegas shooter’s girlfriend may hold the key to unraveling the mystery of the motive that drove 64-year-old Stephen Paddock to open fire on a crowd of concertgoers from the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Filipino-born Marilou Danley, 62, lived with Paddock at his home in a Mesquite retirement community where authorities searching the residence found a cache […]