A ship carrying African migrants to Europe caught fire and capsized Thursday off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 114 people as hundreds were dumped into the sea, officials said.
The federal bureaucracy has nearly 3 million employees. Collectively, these workers have so many overlapping responsibilities and regulatory powers that government shutdowns should be mandated every year, if only to slow the growth of the country’s $17 trillion debt.
Dozens of people visited Mountain Crest Neighborhood Services Center, 4701 N. Durango Drive, Sept. 12 for an informal meeting to gather input on a land use plan for Lone Mountain.
William H. Ryan Jr., chairman of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, has indicated the winning applicant for Philadelphia’s second casino license could be selected in March or early April.
The federal government reimburses Clark County School District for daily feeding 186,410 poor students at either a reduced price or for free. But, as of Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture won’t be there to foot the bill.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Review-Journal printed its editions Wednesday on pink newsprint in recognition of October as breast cancer awareness month. The proceeds from retail sales, as well as the money raised at Wednesday’s Pink Paper Day Breakfast event, will go to Susan G. Komen of Southern Nevada and the American Cancer Society.
Nevadans are dissatisfied with the state’s public education system, with 40 percent giving the system a D or F grade and 18 percent rating it an A or B, according to a new poll of likely voters commissioned by the Retail Association of Nevada released today.
Macau casinos collected $3.6 billion from customers during September and analysts already are debating whether or not October’s results could surpass the single-month all-time record.
The pope’s dating the president? A Mark Twain character’s murdering people?
Michael Colbert, a former director of risk management and vice president with Cantor Gaming in Las Vegas who was arrested last year in connection with a nationwide illegal bookmaking ring, has pleaded guilty to a single felony charge of conspiracy.