A federal judge Tuesday temporarily blocked an agreement to eliminate the Joint Operating Agreement between the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Las Vegas Sun by at least a week.
Wall Street on Wednesday viewed Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s $47.4 million settlement with federal prosecutors to avoid criminal money laundering charges as something of a nonevent. Shares of the casino operator rose $1.41, or 2.58 percent, on the New York Stock Exchange to close at $55.98, the first day of trading after the settlement was announced late Tuesday.
President Barack Obama on Wednesday declared unequivocally that the United States has “concluded” that the Syrian government carried out a deadly chemical weapons attack on civilians. But new hurdles emerged that appeared to slow the formation of an international coalition that could use military force to punish Syria.
A military jury sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death on Wednesday for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, giving the Army psychiatrist what he believed would be a path to martyrdom in the attack on unarmed fellow soldiers. The American-born Muslim, who has said he acted to protect Islamic insurgents abroad from American aggression, never denied being the gunman.
A theft victim took matters into her own hands recently to get her bike back from a thief who tried to sell it on Craigslist.
A two-vehicle crash injured one person and shut down a section of Bonanza Road next to Interstate 15.
Johnny Manziel was suspended for the first half of Texas A&M’s opening game against Rice on Saturday for what the school called an “inadvertent” violation of NCAA rules by signing autographs.
The grandiose Las Vegas mansion once owned by Liberace has been sold for $500,000, according to real estate brokerage Redfin.
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On a recent Saturday afternoon, 114 hip-hop dancers gathered in the ballroom of a local casino, hoping to land a spot in the cast of Cirque du Soleil’s latest production, “Michael Jackson One.”
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The man charged with killing a California highway patrolman and another man after a carjacking on the Strip had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit, prosecutors said.
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The District Attorney’s office will drop misdemeanor graffiti charges against five people who chalked up city sidewalks while protesting police misconduct.
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Taking stock of progress both made and still to come, Americans of all backgrounds and colors massed on the National Mall on Wednesday to hear President Barack Obama and civil rights pioneers commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech on the same spot where he gave unforgettable voice to the struggle for racial equality 50 years earlier.
After just one year, some schools around the country are dropping out of the healthier new federal lunch program, complaining that so many students turned up their noses at meals packed with whole grains, fruits and vegetables that the cafeterias were losing money.
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A giant hourglass structure being built on the rooftop of an abandoned Manhattan car dealership may look like Godzilla’s futuristic toy but instead represents NBC’s hope for the television event of the season.
A soccer club in Kazakhstan has been warned to stop its ritual killing of sheep before matches as it sets its sights on advancing in the 32-team Champions League in Europe.