Storming Room 135
After the shooting began, a group of officers formed an ad-hoc SWAT team to storm the gunman' room. For the first time, they describe to Bill Whitaker what they saw and heard
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After the shooting began, a group of officers formed an ad-hoc SWAT team to storm the gunman' room. For the first time, they describe to Bill Whitaker what they saw and heard
Why law enforcement was not expecting to see someone like Stephen Paddock when they stormed the gunman's hotel room and found his body
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Through emotional firsthand accounts and never-before-seen archival footage, the new Paramount+ Original docuseries "11 Minutes" immerses viewers inside the largest mass shooting in our country's history. It is a story of humanity and survival at what was supposed to be a festival celebrating country music. (Warning: This contains strong language and violent content that some may find disturbing.)
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In surveillance video obtained by the New York Times, Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock's movements at the Mandalay Bay hotel are seen in the days leading up to the Oct. 1 massacre that left 58 dead.
The Clark County sheriff has released a report on their investigation into the mass shooting at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino last October. Former FBI assistant director and CBS News security analyst Ron Hosko joins CBSN to discuss their findings.
Some Disney World resorts have replaced "do not disturb" signs with "room occupied" signs, but staff can enter those rooms for nearly any reason. The new safety measures come months after a gunman stockpiled weapons and killed 58 people from a hotel room in Las Vegas. Anthony Roman, president of Roman and Associates Global Investments and Intelligence, joins CBSN to discuss the implications of stricter hotel security procedures.
On Sunday, 38 Americans were killed in shootings -- and that's not counting the 26 who were murdered in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando 17 months ago, there have been 555 mass shootings, according to the FBI's definition. Jim Axelrod reports.
Carter Evans reports on the survivors of the mass shooting in Las Vegas last month who are not only bonded by tragedy, but also by gratitude.
A routine door check turned to terror for Jesus Campos, who spoke out Wednesday the first time since the Las Vegas shooting. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, Campos -- the first person shot that night -- told his story. Jamie Yuccas reports.
The man who potentially helped save hundreds of lives during the Las Vegas massacre is speaking out for the first time on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Jesus Campos was the first person to confront gunman Stephen Paddock on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel. Vladimir Duthiers reports.
Gun control advocates acknowledge that the expanded background checks they want would not have prevented the Las Vegas massacre. But last week, they went to court to try to make Nevada enforce the background checks that are already on the books. Julianna Goldman reports.
Forty-five victims of the Las Vegas shooting are still in the hospital, many in critical condition. Jamie Yuccas has updates on a few of them, including a couple of the heroes who stepped in to help during that tragic night.
There were more tributes Saturday for victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting, where 58 people were killed. Meanwhile, 45 people are still in the hospital, some in critical condition. Jamie Yuccas reports.
The latest police timeline of the Las Vegas massacre is being questioned again -- this time by MGM, which owns Mandalay Bay. The company is providing specific details about how they believe the shooting went down. Jamie Yuccas reports.
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Police in Las Vegas initially said a security guard at the Mandalay Bay hotel interrupted gunman Stephen Paddock's deadly shooting spree. Now, it seems that may not be the case. Jamie Yuccas reports on the change in the timeline given by police -- and what that could mean for the investigation.
A significant shift in the timeline of the Las Vegas shooting has some people wondering whether police officers could have stopped the gunman. MGM, which owns the Mandalay Bay hotel, has released a statement, casting its doubt on the sequence of events given by law enforcement. Jamie Yuccas reports.
After Las Vegas sheriff Joseph Lombardo said Monday that the Mandalay Bay security guard was shot before gunman Stephen Paddock began shooting into the Harvest Festival, undersheriff Kevin McMahill tried Tuesday to clarify the shift in the timeline. But he only raised more questions when he said a maintenance worker was also on the 32nd floor when shots rang out. Jamie Yuccas reports.
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In a deposition obtained by CNN, Stephen Paddock said he gambled all night and slept all day, sometimes wagering up to $1 million a night at various Nevada casinos. The deposition also claims that at one point, he called himself the biggest video poker player in the world. Jamie Yuccas reports.
It's not clear what specific goals President Trump wants to accomplish in his meeting with the Chinese leader.
A federal judge signaled he is skeptical of President Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds.
There have been eight suicide attempts across the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group since the beginning of its grueling monthslong deployment last year, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said.
U.S. and Iranian delegations met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, rekindling diplomacy amid Trump's threat to "annihilate" the regime.
Hurricane Polo intensified rapidly in the Pacific off the southwestern Mexican coast, growing into a Category 5 storm before weakening slightly to a Category 4. Here's the latest on its path.
Neria Leiter, the son of Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, was seriously injured in a car-ramming attack in the West Bank.
Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday morning for sexually assaulting Miriam Haley at his Manhattan apartment in 2006.
Raising payroll taxes enough to stabilize Social Security could add thousands of dollars in annual costs, according to one analysis.
Nolo is expected to become a hurricane sometime Thursday, and could become a major hurricane by the weekend as it approaches Hawaii's Big Island.
An Iowa judge sided with pollster J. Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register, saying that allowing the lawsuit and its "faulty" claims to proceed could "discourage others from reporting on and debating public affairs."
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton's estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer's nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.
Nolo is expected to become a hurricane sometime Thursday, and could become a major hurricane by the weekend as it approaches Hawaii's Big Island.
It's not clear what specific goals President Trump wants to accomplish in his meeting with the Chinese leader.
A federal judge signaled he is skeptical of President Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds.
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Raising payroll taxes enough to stabilize Social Security could add thousands of dollars in annual costs, according to one analysis.
As rates climb, more buyers are seeking riskier adjustable-rate mortgages, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Meta's new AI tool now ranks at the top of the App Store. Some retail experts see a "natural evolution from search."
One of Silicon Valley's most prominent venture investors is gearing its new tech academy toward aspiring entrepreneurs focused on building AI.
There have been eight suicide attempts across the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group since the beginning of its grueling monthslong deployment last year, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said.
An Iowa judge sided with pollster J. Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register, saying that allowing the lawsuit and its "faulty" claims to proceed could "discourage others from reporting on and debating public affairs."
It's not clear what specific goals President Trump wants to accomplish in his meeting with the Chinese leader.
A notorious cybercriminal group claims it breached the FBI on Monday and stole data about personnel and FBI applicants.
A federal judge signaled he is skeptical of President Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds.
In the latest episode of "Healthful," Dr. Jocelyn Wittstein, an orthopedic surgeon at Duke University School of Medicine, discusses what women should know about protecting their bones.
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker revealed to "CBS Mornings" that for the last two years he has been using a GLP-1 medication to lose weight.
As knowledge about genetics advances, some doctors say cancers should be defined by their mutations, not the tissues where they manifest.
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Neria Leiter, the son of Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, was seriously injured in a car-ramming attack in the West Bank.
Prosecutors said they opened a probe into criminal negligence, accusing local officials of failing to control bear numbers.
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Min Zin, a Myanmar scholar, has been held for more than 100 days at what human rights groups say is a "black site" in China.
U.S. and Iranian delegations met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, rekindling diplomacy amid Trump's threat to "annihilate" the regime.
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton's estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer's nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.
Members of Dolly Parton's family and team appear to be feuding over her estate. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul explains.
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Meta is announcing its latest artificial intelligence tools and smart glasses at its annual showcase on Wednesday. CNET AI reporter Katelyn Chedraoui joins CBS News to discuss.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei are among the artificial intelligence executives briefing the U.N. Security Council amid warnings about AI's possible threat to humanity. Fortune magazine reporter Eva Roytburg joins CBS News to discuss.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
Meta's smart glasses have sparked privacy concerns with some users recording people without their knowledge or consent. Now, the company is expected to launch a new pair of spectacles addressing those worries. Mashable tech editor Tim Werth joins CBS News with more.
President Trump has downplayed the threat posed by artificial intelligence amid growing calls for AI regulation. MIT professor and artificial intelligence expert Max Tegmark weighs in on Mr. Trump's planned meeting with China's Xi Jinping.
Neuroscientists at Stanford University successfully grew human brain tissue inside mice in the hopes of further enabling the development of treatments for brain disorders. Stanford Medicine professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences Dr. Sergiu Pasca, who led the study, joins CBS News to break down the findings.
Scientists have discovered a new species of wild cat for the first time in more than a century, a Bolivian researcher says.
The footage shows a female humpback whale staying close to the dead calf as it lies motionless on the seafloor, touching it with its head and fin.
Archaeologists say they've discovered the remains of a likely ancient Egyptian warhorse given an honorific burial more than 3,000 years ago.
Artificial intelligence technology is developing at an "exponential" rate, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told CBS News, calling the situation a "warning sign" for the industry that requires serious safeguards.
Over 100 Six Flags visitors are accusing the X2 rollercoaster in Southern California of leaving them with traumatic brain injuries. Carter Evans has more.
Dolly Parton's nephew, Bryan Seaver, who had announced her death in a video last month, was ordered by a court to stay out of most of her estate's affairs after threat accusations. Nicole Valdes has the latest.
Caleb Flynn, a former American Idol contestant, is on trial in Ohio for the murder of his wife. Ian Lee has the story.
Members of Dolly Parton's family and team appear to be feuding over her estate. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul explains.
Boise police have identified a man known as the "Unknown Wanderer" who was found dead in a church in 1982, and revealed a possible link to the Chicago Tylenol murders.
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NASA's Roman Space Telescope launched shortly after daybreak from Kennedy Space Center and blazed toward an observation point 1 million miles away.
The $4.3 billion telescope is expected to discover tens of thousands of exoplanets while probing the nature of mysterious dark matter and energy.
President Trump plans to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission in a ceremony Aug. 28.
The mission to save NASA's sinking space telescope has been called off, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year.
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Dolly Parton, the country music legend who became a feminist icon, has died at the age of 80. Here is a look back at her life in pictures.
Sylvie Cachay was found dead in an overflowing bathtub at the exclusive Soho House in New York City on Dec. 9, 2010. A water leak at the hotel gave away a timeline that may have revealed her killer.
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About half of women over the age of 50 experience bone density loss, but most don't even know they have a problem. That's why Dr. Jocelyn Wittstein calls it a "silent disease." Dr. Wittstein has been at the forefront of understanding how joint pain and joint health evolve over a woman's lifetime. She tells Norah how you can reverse bone loss and what impact hormones have on bone density.
Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday for talks with President Trump. Politico China correspondent Phelim Kine joins CBS News to examine the summit's goals.
President Trump's ban of CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House is being challenged with a First Amendment lawsuit, but the judge has yet to issue a ruling. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson breaks it down.
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