A desert city built on a reputation for excess and indulgence wants to become a model for restraint and conservation with a first-in-the-nation policy banning grass that nobody walks on.
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Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of the magic duo Siegfried & Roy who entertained millions with illusions using rare animals, has died in Las Vegas, his longtime publicist tells The Associated Press. He was 81.
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Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire mogul and power broker who built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China and became a singular force in domestic and international politics has died after a long illness.
Read moreA shareholder derivative complaint filed in federal court in Nevada Monday alleges Sheldon Adelson, and other directors, officers and controlling shareholders of Las Vegas Sands Corp., filed misleading proxy statements and caused the company to repurchase more than $2 billion worth of its own stock at artificially inflated prices.
Read moreA Nevada judge granted final approval to a $800 million settlement by casino company MGM Resorts International and its insurers to more than 4,400 relatives and victims of the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting. This payment will settle dozens of lawsuits related to the shooting that killed 58 people and injured more than 850 at an open-air concert near the Mandalay Bay resort.
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Scores of police in riot gear — some in SWAT vehicles, some wearing gas masks — followed a peaceful 200-strong Black Lives Matters protest on a winding route near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Tuesday night.
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Among other deficiencies in the city of Oakland’s suit, the judge found a $378 million relocation fee the Raiders paid could act as an obstacle to moving that favors existing host cities.
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Slot machines are powered down, casinos boarded up and barricaded. Sidewalks are deserted and electronic marquees that once flashed neon calls for nightclubs, magic shows and topless revues instead beam somber messages of safety.
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A federal judge has found makers of assault rifles used by a gunman to indiscriminately shoot at concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Musical Festival in Las Vegas in 2017 must face a wrongful death claim by the family of one of the 58 people killed.
Read moreKrystal Newton sued entertainer Wayne Newton, claiming she was bitten by his monkey, Boo, in Clark County Court.
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The Nevada Supreme Court awarded legal fees Thursday to an investigative media outlet that secured police records related to the 1996 murder of rap legend Tupac Shakur, finding a lower court correctly ruled the outlet was the prevailing party in the matter.
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Slot machines switched off, blackjack tables deserted, several of the biggest casinos in Las Vegas will shut their doors Tuesday to tackle the spread of the new coronavirus.
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President Donald Trump railed against Democratic candidates who hope to face him in November, the jobs performance of his predecessors, and even Hollywood’s choice for best picture in a rambling rally speech in Las Vegas on Friday afternoon.
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A fire in a three-story apartment building in downtown Las Vegas where residents apparently were using their stoves for heat killed six people and forced some residents to jump from upper-floor windows to escape the smoke before dawn Saturday, authorities said.
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Presidential candidate Joe Biden told a crowd of union members in Las Vegas on Wednesday that he is best qualified to fight for the American worker — and will do so as president of the United States.
Read moreO.J. Simpson claims The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas defamed him by telling TMZ that he was thrown out for being drunk and disruptive at a bar, in Clark County Court
Read moreNearly two years to the day after the massacre at a country music festival in Las Vegas, casino giant MGM Resorts has reached a settlement worth up to $800 million with about 2,500 victims.
Read moreEight Judy Does sued Wynn Resorts in Clark County Court, claiming it refused to investigate their claims of sexual harassment against CEO Steve Wynn, and retaliated against them for speaking about it.
Read moreSoccer star Cristiano Ronaldo won’t face criminal charges after a woman accused him of raping her at a Las Vegas Strip resort in 2009.
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