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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas hospital says another person has died from wounds suffered in the weekend shooting. Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center said the victim died Tuesday afternoon. No details about the person were released and the hospital said it still has 31 people in critical condition. The additional fatality kept the death toll at 59 after Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg revised his earlier count of victims downward by one.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is congratulating Puerto Rico for escaping the higher death toll of "a real catastrophe like Katrina" and heaping praise on the relief efforts of his administration without mentioning the sharp criticism the federal response has drawn. Trump calls the recovery "really nothing short of a miracle," an assessment at odds with the despair of many still struggling to find water and food outside the capital city.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the future of the Iran nuclear deal may hinge on finding a face-saving fix for President Donald Trump so he doesn't have to recertify the Islamic republic's compliance with the accord every 90 days. Several officials familiar with internal discussions say the deal's mandatory periodic reviews have become such a source of embarrassment for Trump that his administration is seeking ways for him to stop certifying Iranian compliance, without scuttling the accord entirely.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The governor of Puerto Rico says the official death toll from Hurricane Maria has been increased to 34 from 16. Gov. Ricardo Rossello also says he believes the hurricane caused $90 billion in damage across the island. The governor made the announcement at a news conference following U.S. President Donald Trump's short visit to the U.S. territory to assess the storm's impact.
ATLANTA (AP) — The Las Vegas gunman possessed a little-known device called a "bump stock" that allows a semi-automatic rifle to mimic a fully automatic one. The attachments have not been widely sold until now. But the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history has drawn new attention to them. Critics say they flout federal restrictions on automatic guns. And some gun shops are seeing a run on them.
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