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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said they responded to calls of possible gunfire at around 10.45pm on Saturday and found a broken glass door in the valet area of the MGM Grand (Alamy/PA)

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Breaking glass door at Vegas hotel sparks panic after being mistaken for gunfire
The loud shattering of a glass door at a Las Vegas Strip hotel was apparently mistaken for gunfire – sparking panic inside and a social media frenzy. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said they responded to calls of possible gunfire at around 10.
Dominic Cummings giving evidence to a joint inquiry of the Commons health and social care and science and technology committees on the subject of coronavirus (House of Commons/PA)

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Cummings: Johnson thought Covid was ‘scare story’ and Whitty should inject him on TV
UK to test eggs for contamination

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UK to test eggs for contamination
Controlled explosion carried out near France team hotel ahead of final

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Controlled explosion carried out near France team hotel ahead of final
VIDEO: Cork girl repeatedly scares the bejaysus out of her mother

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VIDEO: Cork girl repeatedly scares the bejaysus out of her mother
VIDEO: 11-year-old confronts bullies by reading their YouTube comments out loud

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VIDEO: 11-year-old confronts bullies by reading their YouTube comments out loud
VIDEO: Man and bear give each other a fright at the same time
VIDEO: Man and bear give each other a fright at the same time

"Ah, a bear!" "Ah, a human!"

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Australian triggered hijack scare after mistaking cockpit for toilet
Australian triggered hijack scare after mistaking cockpit for toilet

An Australian passenger mistook the cockpit door for the toilet, triggering Friday’s hijack scare on a Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane to the Indonesian holiday island of Bali, police said.

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