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The corporate owners of the Mandalay Bay casino filed suit against the victims of last year’s Las Vegas concert mass shooting, claiming it has no liability for the massacre, according to a published report on Monday. MGM Resorts International went to federal courts in Nevada and California and took on more than 1,000 shooting victims, saying claims against the hotel giant “must be dismissed.” “Plaintiffs have no liability of any kind to defendants,” the complaints argue, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Las Vegas lawyer Robert Eglet, who is representing several victims, told the paper that the hotel’s unusual action is a pre-emptive strike to get the cases heard in federal court instead

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un berated officials during inspections of a factory, power station and holiday camp, state media reported Tuesday, with analysts saying the reports show nuclear-armed Pyongyang's desire to focus on economic development. "Field guidance" visits by the leader are the mainstay of the North's state media output, with Kim regularly shown giving "on-the-spot guidance" to attentive officials, their notebooks in hand. After his latest tour to North Hamgyong province, the Rodong Sinmun newspaper doubled its pagination to 12 and devoted nine of them to the trip. At the Orangchon power station, which is only 70 per cent complete following delays, Kim said he was "so appalled as to be left speechless", according to the North's official news agency KCNA. "He reprimanded the leading officials of the cabinet for leaving the project to the province only and not paying attention to it," it said, and he ordered it completed by October next year. Kim criticised dirty hot spring bathtubs at the Onpho holiday camp, calling them "worse than fish tanks" Credit: AFP Kim also exploded over the dirty hot spring bathtubs at the Onpho holiday camp - which boasts of having been visited by his father and grandfather Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung - calling them "worse than fish tanks". Criticism of officials is not unknown on field guidance trips, but the terms and scale of Tuesday's denunciations were unusual. The party committee of North Hamgyong, in the northeast, was singled out for particular vitriol, with KCNA saying it did not "sincerely accept" official policy on building a new bag factory in each province. Kim also inspected the Chongjin Bag Factory in North Hamgyong Province Credit: AFP Instead it offered "shabby rooms" in an existing facility for bag production, "and thus caused great anxiety to Kim Jong-un". "The Supreme Leader pointed out that the Provincial Party Committee is working in a perfunctory manner," it reported, adding witheringly: "The committee has no revolutionary spirit." Professor Yang Moo-jin of the University of North Korean Studies said Kim was sending a domestic and external signal that the North was focusing on the economy after his Singapore summit with President Donald Trump. The North Korean leader's mood appeared to have improved during his visit to the Rajin salmon Credit:  AFP At the time Kim agreed to work towards denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, but the term is a diplomatic euphemism open to interpretation. "To the people, he is projecting an image as a leader who is caring for their livelihood," Yang told AFP, "and to the outside world, he is sending a signal that he is serious in his promise to denuclearise."

Wasting time on the internet has officially jumped the shark. Why, you ask? Because, it turns out, Kyle Schwarber is the real Home Run Derby champ. At least according to many Cubs fans. As Bryce Harper was besting Schwarber in the Derby’s final, Twitter was filled with serious allegations of Home Run Derby misconduct. Fans (of Schwarber’s) saw Harper’s father, his pitcher, throwing the pitches before the previous home run had landed. Cheating! The hashtag #JusticeforSchwarber sprang up, and the Home Run Derby truthers were out there. “It’s all fun and games, and it’s nice that normally beleaguered Nationals fans get to go home from the #HRDerby happy…” one Twitter user wrote. “…but we can all

In body cam footage so stunning it could be mistaken for a Hollywood action flick, a Las Vegas Metro police officer chasing two men in an SUV is seen speeding through Sin City's downtown while simultaneously shooting out his car's front windshield and trading shots from his side window during a deadly gun battle. The two suspects allegedly fled after a July 11 traffic stop conducted by cops investigating the murder of a man near a car wash, FOX5 Vegas reported. The suspects traded more than 60 shots with police during the harrowing pursuit. The officer behind the wheel, William Umana, can be heard on video yelling “shots fired” multiple times -- until the chase ended when the suspects crashed into the wall of an elementary school, according to FOX5.

The “Victory for New York Families” legislative package Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed more than two years ago has been devastating for New York City. They force businesses to offer mandatory paid family leave and pay every employee at least $15 per hour. This minimum wage spike has forced several New York City businesses to shutter their doors and will claim many more victims soon. Businesses must meet the $15 wage by the end of 2018, the culmination of mandatory increment increases that began in 2016. Restaurants where staff earn tips are subject to a $5 per hour tip credit, but must pay $10 per hour. That is nearly double the 2014 minimum wage of $8 with a $3 tip credit. For many businesses, this

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