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The Supreme Court gave Republican legislative leaders in North Carolina a win Thursday in an ongoing fight over the state's latest photo identification voting law.

A knife-wielding psychiatric patient fatally stabbed one person and wounded another inside a Las Vegas hospital, according to police.

The Dallas Stars have hired Peter DeBoer as their new coach.

I was raised in Sin City and I've seen tourists make common mistakes or not take advantage of free activities or great deals. Here are my top tips.

Casino stocks have underperformed the S&P 500 as consumers grapple with the highest inflation rates since the early 1980s.

This dramatic heat wave before summer has even officially begun isn’t a freak occurrence; it’s an increasingly common, and dangerous, condition due to climate change. Residents of some of the hottest cities say extreme heat is having a devastating impact.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in a ceremony that included the past three classes.

The case against the footballer was thrown out because the accuser's lawyer relied on stolen records.

Ronaldo’s legal team does not dispute Ronaldo met the woman and they had sex in June 2009, but maintained it was consensual and not rape.

A Nevada woman has lost her bid in a U.S. court to force international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than the $375,000 in hush money she received after she claimed he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009.

A veteran Las Vegas police detective was the motorist killed when a steel crossbar marking low clearance at a freeway construction project collapsed atop his vehicle, the department announced Friday. Justin Terry, 45, was on duty in an unmarked Las Vegas police car when he died in what the department termed a tragic accident on U.S. 95 near the 215 Beltway interchange in northwest Las Vegas. Las Vegas Fire & Rescue spokesman Tim Szymanski told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that bystanders tried to provide aid before paramedics and Nevada Highway Patrol troopers arrived following the 7 a.m. incident.

Roisin Willis of Stevens Point broke a national and state record in the 800 meters at the 2022 WIAA track and field championships Saturday.

Marek Hejduk at the NHL combine in Buffalo, N.Y., June 4, 2022.

Tens of thousands of acres of farmland lie idle because farmers can't get enough water to grow crops.

A shooting that authorities say involved rival Hells Angels and Vagos motorcycle gang members on a Las Vegas-area freeway may have been retaliation for the killing of a man several weeks ago in Southern California, a prosecutor said Thursday. Danielle Pieper Chio, a chief deputy Clark County district attorney, revealed the possible link during the arraignment in suburban Henderson of three alleged Hells Angels members in the Memorial Day weekend shooting. Police say one is the Las Vegas chapter president and the other two were Hells Angels recruits.

Last month, the firm that controls the Elvis brand sent cease-and-desist letters to multiple Elvis-themed chapels ordering them to stop using The King’s likeness in ceremonies.

Doja Cat could make the BET Awards her world later this month.

The company that controls the name and image of Elvis Presley is ordering Sin City chapel operators to stop using "The King" in themed ceremonies. Some say the move could decimate their businesses.

Officials are conserving water in Las Vegas by removing what they call non-functional grass.

The licensing company that controls his name and image is ordering Sin City chapel operators to stop using him in themed ceremonies, a newspaper reports. And that's leaving chapels all shook up.

The Memorial Day weekend gunfire at Vagos biker gang members near Las Vegas left at least seven people wounded or injured. Three Hells Angels members were arrested.

The Memorial Day weekend gunfire at Vagos biker gang members near Las Vegas left at least seven people wounded or injured. Three Hells Angels members were arrested.

A Memorial Day weekend shooting on a Las Vegas-area freeway was an apparent ambush by Hells Angels members on rival Vagos biker gang members returning from a veterans cemetery ride, according to a police report made public Tuesday. Richard John Devries, who police identified as the Las Vegas Hells Angels chapter president, and club recruits Russell Smith and Stephen Alo were arrested late Sunday, several hours after the shooting on U.S. 95, according to Henderson police reports.

Las Vegas chapels of love that use Elvis Presley’s likeness could find themselves becoming Heartbreak Hotels.

Rival motorcycle gangs were involved in a metro Las Vegas freeway shooting over the weekend that injured seven people and authorities arrested three suspects, police said Monday. Sunday's shooting on the freeway involved people associated with the Hells Angels and the Vagos gangs, police in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson said in a statement. Officers found “multiple subjects who had sustained gunshot wounds" and six people were taken to a hospital, the statement said.

Ballistics tests show how lethal a wound from an AR-15 style rifle can be. Now there's a campaign to teach civilians how to be first responders in mass shootings

The White House says the Grammy-nominated South Korean boy band BTS and President Joe Biden will meet next week to talk about “Asian inclusion and representation.”.

Jon Batiste will kick off a series geared toward the Grammy Museum's public and educational programs in New York City next month.

The stock dropped in extended trading after the chipmaker gave a light forecast for the current quarter.

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has voluntarily entered a rehabilitation program, forcing the Boston-based rock band to cancel the first portion of its upcoming Las Vegas residency.

In a statement shared on Twitter, the rock band said Steven Tyler has entered a treatment program and would be unable to perform.

Becky Hammon vowed before the season tipped off that the Las Vegas Aces would be shooting more 3-poitners this year.

As drought and climate change tighten their grip on the American West, the sight of fountains, swimming pools, gardens and golf courses in cities like Phoenix, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Boise, and Albuquerque can be jarring at first glance. Western water experts, however, say they aren’t necessarily cause for concern. Over the past three decades, major Western cities — particularly in California and Nevada — have diversified their water sources, boosted local supplies through infrastructure investments and conservation, and use water more efficiently.

Light rain and a bit of snow in the mountains of northern New Mexico helped slow the largest wildfire in North America.

Cooler weather is helping nearly 3,000 firefighters in New Mexico prevent the nation’s largest active wildfire from growing.

A wedding trilogy has been completed for Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker with a ceremony at a castle in Portofino, Italy.

Wade Lemons used "a pile of grain, oil, and pastries" to bait the bear, but prosecutors said the client who shot the bear did not know.

The Kravis wedding train has rolled into Italy.

A woman’s video about her deflating Shein shoes in the Las Vegas heat recently went viral on TikTok. TikToker @eacarrasco shared that the pair of Mary Jane shoes she purchased from the Chinese online retailer apparently could not handle the heat in Las Vegas.

The head of the U.S. Forest Service is suspending planned burning operations to clear out brush and small trees at all national forests while his agency conducts a 90-day review of protocols and practices.

LAS VEGAS — It’s the mob guy who went missing after skimming from the Stardust casino. No, it’s the lake resort manager hunted down by the Chicago Outfit. Could it be the work of a biker gang muscling in on Mafia turf? Or maybe someone just fell off a boat after one too many. Ever since the bodies started turning up this month in Lake Mead — the first in a barrel, the next half-buried in sand, both exposed by plunging water levels — theories in Las Vegas are flourishing about who they are, how t

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More than 5,000 firefighters are battling multiple wildland blazes in dry, windy weather across the Southwest.

A judge has vacated the murder conviction of a 78-year-old Las Vegas woman who spent 20 years in prison for the 1994 killing of her millionaire husband until she was paroled in 2020.

The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire near Santa Fe, N.M., has broken the state's record, burning nearly 300,000 acres.

Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell and Yola are the leading nominees for the 2022 Americana Honors and Awards, with each one up for album of the year, artist of the year and song of the year.

Lady Gaga is planning to perform in Miami-Dade County.

The Vegas Golden Knights fired coach Peter DeBoer on Monday in the aftermath of missing the playoffs for the first time in their five-year franchise history. General manager Kelly McCrimmon made the announcement and thanked DeBoer for his work with the organization. “Since joining the organization, Pete and his staff have guided us through some of the most unique and challenging circumstances we’ve witnessed since our franchise entered the NHL," said McCrimmon, whose job is not in jeopardy.

Police said a large group of attendees fled the venue after reports — that police said later were unfounded — of gunfire was heard at about 10 p.m.

Devastating wildfires in New Mexico fueled by high winds are visible from space.

The nation's fifth largest school district has seen a jump in violent incidents since returning from 15 months of virtual-only classes.

Joyous bedlam erupted Wednesday at an employee appreciation and awards buffet at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas when the resort chief executive announced that all 5,400 people who work there will receive a $5,000 bonus. “It’s amazing!” said Edgar Rives, a cook for nine years in the employee cafeteria, after a round of high-five hand slaps and hugs with dancing co-workers at The Chelsea theater at the Las Vegas Strip property. Perhaps half of the resort’s workers attended the noontime midweek event, where executives from Blackstone Real Estate Americas and the Cosmopolitan, including resort President and CEO Bill McBeath, credited them with maintaining “a youthful, exuberant brand” while working through the coronavirus pandemic.

The latest discovery in Lake Mead's receding waters comes less than a week after a body in a barrel was discovered.

As a drought causes the waters of Lake Mead to retreat, more people are talking about what will be uncovered and how it could link to Vegas history.

"I would be willing to bet there are going to be a few more bodies," a UNLV history professor said after the discovery of two sets of human remains.

The biggest wildfire in the U.S. burning in New Mexico east of Santa Fe is spreading north toward mountain resort towns near Taos.

Lake Mead's falling water levels could lead to the discovery of more human remains in the reservoir, a police officer warns.

More human remains are found in Lake Mead, a week after a suspected murder victim was discovered.

Las Vegas is being flooded with lore about organized crime after a second set of human remains emerged within a week from the depths of a drought-stricken Colorado River reservoir just a 30-minute drive from the notoriously mob-founded Strip. “There’s no telling what we’ll find in Lake Mead,” former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said Monday. Goodman, as a lawyer, represented mob figures including the ill-fated Anthony “Tony the Ant” Spilotro before serving three terms as a martini-toting mayor making public appearances with a showgirl on each arm.

Ostensibly disinterested prophets of harm reduction are lending approbation to the behaviors they see themselves as regretfully tolerating.

Firefighters in New Mexico’s Rocky Mountain foothills are excavating new firebreaks and clearing brush to keep a massive wildfire from destroying more homes and pine forests.

Dangerous, gusty winds were expected to continue Monday across northeast New Mexico, complicating the fight against wildfires that threaten thousands of homes in mountainous rural communities. The region's largest city — Las Vegas, New Mexico, home to 13,000 people — was largely safe from danger after firefighters mostly stopped a blaze there from moving east. More than 1,600 firefighters were out Sunday battling the two major blazes burning northeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Although no deaths have been reported, the Calf Canyon Fire has destroyed at least 276 structures and led to the evacuation of nearly 13,000 residences.

The worst could be yet to come.

With the worst of the thick wildfire smoke having blown out of town, residents of a small northern New Mexico city tried to recapture a sense of normalcy amid predictions of extreme fire conditions.

Residents of a northern New Mexico city tried to recapture a sense of normalcy as their rural neighbors hunkered down amid predictions of extreme fire conditions.

Fast winds are complicating the fight against fires burning across northeast New Mexico.

With the worst of the thick wildfire smoke having blown out of town, residents of this small northern New Mexico city tried to recapture a sense of normalcy Saturday as their rural neighbors hunkered down amid predictions of extreme fire conditions. Shops and restaurants reopened, the historic center was no longer just populated by firefighters, but there was a widely felt sense of anxiety, loss, and wariness of what lay ahead. “It’s literally like living under a dark cloud," said Liz Birmingham, whose daughter had persistent headaches from the smoke.

Sudanese entrepreneur Mohamed Samir watches proudly as workers install solar panels and electric batteries during the assembly of garishly-coloured motorised rickshaws, unique in the North African nation because they run on electricity in a bid to tackle soaring costs of fuel.

The declaration releases emergency funds to recovery efforts in three counties in northeastern New Mexico.

Firefighters have slowed the advance of the largest wildfire in the U.S. in New Mexico as heavy winds relented.

After making the postseason in each of their first four years in existence, including a trip to the Stanley Cup Final to cap a remarkable inaugural season, the Vegas Golden Knights are watching the playoffs this year. “We’re still sitting here ... and we’re not playing,” veteran defenseman Alec Martinez said. After making the conference final under coach Peter DeBoer in his first two years with the club, there were high expectations for what was supposed to be the team’s most talented roster yet.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the request in hopes of freeing up financial assistance for recovery efforts.

Las Vegas police believe a body found inside a barrel in the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead was that of a man who had been shot.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is asking President Joe Biden to declare a disaster as firefighters scramble to clear brush, build fire lines and spray water to keep the largest blaze burning in the U.S. from destroying more homes.

A body inside a barrel was found over the weekend on the newly exposed bottom of Nevada’s Lake Mead as drought depletes of the largest U.S. reservoirs.

Wind-whipped flames are marching across more of New Mexico’s tinder-dry mountainsides, forcing the evacuation of area residents and dozens of patients from the state's psychiatric hospital as firefighters scramble to keep new wildfires from growing.

The water supply for Las Vegas has marked a milestone, with a water intake breaking the surface of drought-depleted Lake Mead and the activation of a new pumping facility to draw water from deeper in the crucial Colorado River reservoir.

Thousands of firefighters are battling destructive wildfires in the Southwest as more residents are preparing to evacuate during the weekend in northern New Mexico.

It took 42 selections Friday before a second quarterback was taken in the NFL draft.

The Food and Drug Administration has set tentative dates in June to publicly review COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest American children.

In an NFL draft focused early on stoppers, it was the goers — wide receivers — who stole the spotlight Thursday night.

The Detroit Lions selected Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson with the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft, addressing a desperate need with a hometown star.

Firefighters have been making significant progress on the biggest wildfires burning unusually hot and fast for this time of year in the western U.S. But forecasters from the Southwest to the southern High Plains are warning of the return the next two days of the same gusty winds and critical fire conditions that sent wildland blazes racing across the landscape last week.

Police in Las Vegas say a rapper and former reality TV figure is facing a felony sex trafficking charge in an ongoing criminal investigation alleging that he used his large social media following to recruit women as prostitutes.

Very little is certain heading into an NFL draft.

NFL draft night on Thursday will include prospects walking a red carpet above the Bellagio fountains, a theater built specifically for the proceedings where they hope to hear their names called early, and the aura of gambling everywhere.

Fire crews took advantage of a break in the weather in their battle to contain large fires in the West and Plains states but fear the return of stronger winds could spread flames further.

The NHL playoff race is going into its final few days with both Western Conference wild-card slots still unsettled.

Destructive Southwest fires have burned dozens of homes in northern Arizona and put numerous small villages in New Mexico in the path of danger, as wind-fueled flames chewed up wide swaths of tinder dry forest and grassland and plumes of smoke filled the sky.

Moderna hopes to offer updated COVID-19 boosters in the fall that combine the original vaccine with protection against the latest variant.

The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a jury’s findings that illusionist David Copperfield and the MGM Grand weren't financially responsible for a British tourist’s injuries during a Las Vegas Strip show in 2013.

Las Vegas is a classic U.S. travel destination. It’s vibrant, usually packed with people, larger than life, and there’s likely something to do for ANY personality type -- even if you’re not all that into gambling or drinking.

A gunman accused of shooting and seriously wounding Lady Gaga’s dog walker and stealing her two French bulldogs was mistakenly released from jail and is being sought.

German lawmakers have rejected a bill requiring all people aged 60 and over in the country to be vaccinated against coronavirus.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker didn't legally marry in Las Vegas.

Despite a night of good vibes and performances by some of the music industry's biggest stars, the Grammy Awards barely moved the needle in television ratings.

After what went down at last Sunday’s Oscar Awards, it was going to take a lot for this Sunday night’s Grammy Awards to live up to expectations.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared in a video message at the Grammy Awards to ask for support in telling the story of Ukraine’s invasion by Russia.

Former President Barack Obama will be returning to the White House on Tuesday for his first public event there since he left office in 2017.