Caesars Entertainment Corp. grew its net loss nearly 78 percent in the first quarter, the casino operator said Wednesday.
The Las Vegas Wranglers hockey team Wednesday informed the Plaza in downtown Las Vegas that the minor league club has pulled the plug on its ice rink-arena project at the hotel parking lot because it cost too much, leaving fans wondering where the team will play next season in Las Vegas.
The “unusual” fire at a Florida mansion belonging to a former tennis star was intentionally set and a family of four was discovered in the charred remains, police said Wednesday.
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A body police described as a “homeless man” was discovered in a desert lot in Henderson on Wednesday.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer faces a $10 billion decision in a few months.
Disney should start with a Samuel L. Jackson spin-off, because if not now, when?
Get ready for Las Vegas to take over another of your weeknights: Now, along with hanging out at First Friday, you can head to Wednesdays Downtown on Fremont Street.
An Indonesian woman who was gang-raped by men accusing her of having extramarital sex may be caned publicly for violating Islamic law, an official said Wednesday.
A Baltimore teenager had a prom night to remember on Saturday — but probably not in the way she had always imagined.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Wednesday recommended that Malaysia-based Genting Berhad be found suitable to hold a state gaming license, which will lead the way to development of the $4 billion Resorts World Las Vegas.
The next phase of Las Vegas begins today in the Grant Sawyer Building when nearly a dozen representatives and executives from Genting Berhad, the Malaysia-based company that acquired the unfinished Echelon project on the Strip for $350 million 14 months ago, will face questions from the Gaming Control Board.
If a New Hampshire man thinks cops lie, he’s free to say so on his license plate, the state’s highest court ruled Wednesday.
NBC secured the U.S. broadcast rights to the Olympics through 2032 on Wednesday in a record six-games agreement worth $7.75 billion, a surprise deal that shuts out rival American networks and provides further long-term financial security to the IOC.
The University of Utah is seeking input on updating its fight song, “I’m a Utah Man.” Some say the lyrics, which include phrases like “our coeds are the fairest,” are sexist, while others want to stick with tradition.
Las Vegans Wayde King and Brett Raymer, who star in the Animal Planet series, will sign copies of their new book on Wednesday.
Chinese ships have been ramming into and firing water cannons at Vietnamese vessels trying to stop Beijing from putting an oil rig in the South China Sea, according to officials and video footage Wednesday, in a dangerous escalation of tensions over waters considered a global flashpoint.
Las Vegas police on Wednesday morning arrested a man who escaped from an Oregon mental health facility and is suspected of killing his grandfather. Metro police say Steven Woodard, 43, killed his grandfather, 91-year-old Richard Hill, in a home near Tropicana Avenue and Eastern Avenue.
Mother’s Day is coming upon us, a great day to celebrate the awesomeness of moms. Here is a list of five moms from the movies that celebrate the awesomeness of moms and remind us a little bit of our own Moms.
SHADE STRUCTURE IN THE WORKS AT SUNNY SPRINGS SKATE PARK
The security footage looks unassuming at first: a Hawaiian Airlines jet parked at a gate at the Maui airport under overcast skies, and workers going through their regular routine. Then, the 15-year-old’s legs dangle briefly from the plane’s belly and he drops to the concrete.
Capitol Hill confrontations over Yucca Mountain are few and far between these days, but one of them took place on Wednesday when a House chairman and the leader of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission tangled on funding for the dormant nuclear waste site in Nevada.
An elderly couple in Ocean City, New Jersey, was shocked this week to get a nasty anonymous letter from a real estate agent criticizing their house’s curb appeal.
Visitors to the Philadelphia Zoo might want to beware of stray cats: A new enclosed passageway allows lions and tigers to roam outside their exhibits. Yet humans can safely gawk at the predators traveling along Big Cat Crossing.
The stage belonged to casino industry titan Sheldon Adelson on Monday afternoon at UNLV’s Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, and what he had to say about his early business career would have made Horatio Alger blush. Blush with pride perhaps, and envy certainly.
Southbound lanes of Interstate 15 in California were reopened late Tuesday, a day and a half after a bridge fire shut down the highway and stalled travelers and left charred wreckage slumping into lanes.
Members of the Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday asked for more time before deciding on a request from the State Bar to provide legal protections for lawyers who advise clients on medical marijuana issues.
The name Dotty’s wasn’t mentioned once by Clark County commissioners as they tried Wednesday to tweak an ordinance that might stop the proliferation of slot parlors.
A three-vehicle car accident caused some lane closures Wednesday morning on the U.S. Highway 95 southbound near Rancho Drive.
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