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People take cover at the Route 91 Harvest festival after a gunman opened fire on the festival from a room in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Shooting Update: At Least 59 People Are Dead After Gunman Attacks Concert

6:11pm October 02, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

Gunfire rained down on a country music concert attended by thousands of people Sunday night. More than 500 people were taken to hospitals, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

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Post-Hurricane Help Slow To Arrive In 'Despacito' Neighborhood

4:51pm October 02, 2017

by Mandalit del Barco

Puerto Rico's La Perla was the backdrop for the summer hit song "Despacito." Now, residents of the neighborhood are struggling to clean up after Hurricane Maria and say they have received little help.

The Country Music Festival That Attracted Thousands To Las Vegas

4:51pm October 02, 2017

by Elizabeth Blair

Country music star Jason Aldean was on stage when the Las Vegas shooting occurred. He headlined the last night of the three-day Route 91 Harvest Festival, one of country music's biggest events.

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A banner for the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. A shooter killed over 50 and wounded 200 during the festival's final performance in Las Vegas.

The Basics: Las Vegas Shooting, Jason Aldean & The Route 91 Harvest Music Festival

4:28pm October 02, 2017

by Andrew Flanagan

Aldean was the headliner at the final night of the annual three-day-long country music festival that has been held on the Las Vegas Strip since 2014.

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The Cardi B Conundrum

3:55pm October 02, 2017

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Concertgoers run from the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas after the gunfire broke out. By the time the night was over, at least 58 people had died and more than 500 people were wounded in the shooting.

'And Then, The Screaming Started': Scenes From A Nightmare In Las Vegas

3:31pm October 02, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

By the time it was done, Sunday night's attack had become the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. But when it began, all concertgoers knew was something felt very, very wrong.

Gloria Estefan (shown here performing in 2016) has had one of the longest and most successful careers of any contemporary pop star, and she has done it in two languages.

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Shocking Omissions: Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine's 'Let It Loose'

10:01am October 02, 2017

by Rebecca M Bodenheimer

The album's unique fusion of salsa with '80s pop aesthetics allowed the group its unprecedented crossover success and launched Gloria Estefan's career.

The personal was political for Jay-Z on Saturday Night Live.

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Jay-Z's 'SNL' Performance As Political Protest And Personal Redemption

7:58am October 02, 2017

by Rodney Carmichael

From showing solidarity with Colin Kaepernick to apologizing for his unfaithfulness at home, the rapper kept his Saturday Night appearance all the way live.

Bill Murray and Jan Vogler's album New Worlds is available Sept. 29.

Bill Murray And Jan Vogler Take Us To 'New Worlds' On Their New Theatrical Album

6:43am October 02, 2017

After the comedian and cellist met on a flight, the two struck up a friendship and decided to release an album on which Murray sings and reads American classics accompanied by a classical trio.

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Paramore performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Sept. 13, 2017. (Christina Ascani/NPR)

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Paramore: Tiny Desk Concert

6:43am October 02, 2017

by Lars Gotrich

Paramore captures the moment between rapture and its comedown. Watch the band rearrange songs from its sparkling pop album After Laughter.