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Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo announced the end of the department's investigation of the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas on Friday. Lombardo told reporters that officials could not determine a "definitive motive" that prompted the massacre.

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Las Vegas Shooting Investigation Closed. No Motive Found

7:51pm August 03, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Police investigating the October 2017 attack said they've been able to answer the "who, what, when, where and how" of the massacre, but as the probe ends, officials cannot explain the "why."

Families with young children protest the separation of immigrant families with a sit-in at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington last week.

National

Federal Judge Calls Government Plan To Reunify Migrant Families 'Disappointing'

7:37pm August 03, 2018

The Trump administration had argued that the ACLU should take responsibility for locating parents who were deported back to Central America without their children.

A pair of lawsuits against Fox News had been inspired by the events leading up to a discredited story over the killing of a young Democratic Party aide. The story had to be retracted.

Judge Dismisses Suits Against Fox News Over Seth Rich Story

6:23pm August 03, 2018

by David Folkenflik

A pair of lawsuits against Fox News had been inspired by the events leading up to a discredited story over the killing of a young Democratic Party aide. The story had to be retracted.

Joseph James Pappas, seen in an undated photograph provided by authorities.

National

Suspect In Houston Slaying Kills Himself As Police Close In

3:12pm August 03, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Joseph James Pappas, 62, had been identified as the man who shot cardiologist Mark Hausknecht in July. The killing drew national attention partly for the surgeon's former patient, George H.W. Bush.

Paul Manafort, shown in June, is on trial in federal court on 18 counts of tax and bank fraud.

Politics & Government

Manafort Trial Day 4: Tax Fraud And Bookkeepers

2:57pm August 03, 2018

by Miles Parks

Manafort's tax accountant testified that he once asked Manafort if he owned a foreign bank account, and Manafort said no. A bookkeeper testified Thursday and described him as "very detail oriented."

Journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto was released from his second detention in El Paso, Texas last week, just hours before a federal judge's deadline for the government to produce documents justifying the detention.

National

Mexican Journalist Released, Awaits Asylum Appeal

2:02pm August 03, 2018

by Monica Ortiz Uribe

Mexican journalist Emilio Gutiérrez Soto has been released from months of detention after a judge found credible cause that his First Amendment rights had been violated.

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Paul Manafort Trial Day 3: Bookkeeper And Former Employees Testify

8:10am August 03, 2018

by Carrie Johnson

The trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is progressing and prosecutors are predicting it might be ready to rest by next week.

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Buildings that house juveniles and operations on the grounds of Southwest Key Campbell, a shelter for children that have been separated form their parents in Phoenix, in a photograph from June.

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Allegations Of Sexual Abuse Surface At Arizona Shelters For Migrant Children

7:07am August 03, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The shelters, both in Phoenix, are operated by the nonprofit Southwest Key Programs. Allegations involve two former employees accused of sexually abusing children.

Politics & Government

Immigration Lawyers Criticize Plan To Reunite Migrant Families

6:43am August 03, 2018

by Joel Rose

The Trump administration has submitted a plan to reunify hundreds of migrant families that are still separated. But immigration lawyers say the plan would force them to find deported parents.

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Natalia Oliveira da Silva and her daughter, Sara, 5, hug at a Catholic Charities facility in San Antonio, TX. They were separated in late May.

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Government, Immigration Advocates Continue Court Clash Over Family Reunification

9:21pm August 02, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

A federal judge in San Diego will hold a hearing Friday to discuss the government's progress on meeting a now-expired deadline to end family separations.