Las Vegas shooter's Texas guns, UNT president opposed Trump Jr. speech: Your Wednesday morning news roundup

October 04,  2017 By Tara Bryant Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌤️ Weather: [A 20 percent chance of showers](, mainly in the early morning. Then mostly to partly cloudy in the afternoon. High: 87 degrees. 🔎 Prefer the online view? [It's here.]( Investigators walk through debris Tuesday on the festival grounds across the street from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on in Las Vegas. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/The Associated Press) Las vegas massacre Some guns in Las Vegas shooter's arsenal came from Texas [Guns from Texas were among the arsenal]( of firearms discovered in the hotel room and homes of the man responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, officials said Tuesday night. Stephen Paddock had 23 guns with him at the Mandalay Bay hotel, along with devices that can enable a rifle to fire continuously, like an automatic weapon, authorities said. Nineteen more guns were found at his Mesquite home and seven at his Reno house. The rifles, shotguns and pistols had been purchased from Texas, Nevada, Utah and California, though officials have not released where the guns used in the shooting came from, said Jill A. Snyder of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. On Tuesday, officials announced the death of another victim bringing the toll to 59. Paddock, who shot himself as officials closed in on his room on the 32nd floor, had initially been counted among his victims. Hurricane Maria: The governor of Puerto Rico says the [official death toll from Hurricane Maria has been increased]( to 34 from 16. Cybersecurity: Yahoo has tripled down on what was already the largest data breach in history, [saying it affected all 3 billion of its users](, not the 1 billion it revealed late last year. SPECIAL OFFER Dallas County Elections Administrator Toni Pippins-Poole (2011 File Photo/Staff) Elections Russian hackers never targeted Dallas County elections, official admits For months, Dallas County elections administrator Toni Pippins-Poole has stood behind her story that Russian hackers targeted the county prior to last November’s election — even as her own colleagues publicly undermined her claims. Late Tuesday, Pippins-Poole relented. She admitted she misunderstood statements and reports she received from federal authorities before the election. [Russian hackers did not attempt to gain access to the county’s web servers, she said.]( Pippins-Poole’s acknowledgement came after The Dallas Morning Newspublished a story Tuesday evening in which she once again claimed that federal authorities told her last fall that 17 Russia-linked Internet protocol addresses had tried unsuccessfully to access the county's web system. Texas politics: Hurricane Harvey could [delay Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's criminal trials](. In Washington: What [the Supreme Court gerrymandering battle]( could mean for Texas elections. Donald Trump Jr. spoke during the Dallas County Republican Party's Reagan Day Dinner at the Omni Dallas Hotel on March 11. (Nathan Hunsinger/Staff Photographer) higher education UNT president opposed Donald Trump Jr.’s speech, but donors prevailed The president of the University of North Texas said [he tried but failed to stop Donald Trump Jr. from giving a high-profile speech]( for $100,000 at the school later this month, according to emails he sent faculty members. The exchanges were among more than a thousand pages of emails obtained by The Dallas Morning News through a public-records request about Trump’s invitation, which has angered many faculty, students, alumni and donors. Emails also show the university initially wanted Ivanka Trump to speak, but then approached her brother. Lights out: Students were evacuated Tuesday night from residential housing at Southern Methodist University [after a power outage on campus](. Advertisement (Vernon Bryant/Staff Photographer) Photo of the Morning The Dallas Morning News got a sneak peek at some of the [nine waterslides during a tour of Epic Waters Indoor Waterpark in Grand Prairie]( on Tuesday. The 80,000-square-foot park is still under construction and scheduled to open in mid- to late December. Around The Site - Making a point: A Dallas-area couple was [awarded $42 million after shoddy repair]( trapped them in a fiery crash. - Addressing rumors: Baylor coach Matt Rhule says dismissed [players did “nothing criminal.”]( - Reward: Police are offering up to [$5,000 for help identifying three men](suspected of sexually assaulting a woman after she was confronted with a gun at an ATM in Duncanville Saturday. - Quick trip: Novelist Michael Chabon drove five hours to honor a Texas legend right before an appearance in Dallas The Ausrox Gold Nugget is back on display at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. (The Pinnacle Collection) Finally... Billed as a rock star in the gem and mineral world, the [Ausrox Gold Nugget is now on view at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science]( in Dallas. It's reputed to be one of the world's most famous gold nuggets. It weighs 51.29 pounds, making it the third-largest gold nugget still in existence. The massive gold nugget was on loan as part of the original collection that debuted in the Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals Hall when the Perot opened in Victory Park in 2012. In 2015, the precious mineral headed south to the Houston Museum of Natural Science but is now back in all its glittering glory. AdVERTISEMENT 👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. 💖 Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. 📧 Do you have feedback? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). 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