Licensing of Cannery properties to Boyd Gaming approved

The Cannery and Eastside Cannery properties officially became part of Boyd Gaming Corp.’s network of locals casinos Monday following two votes by two regulatory bodies that took less than an hour.

Glutton restaurant closes in downtown Las Vegas

Glutton, which was one of the first players in the recent restaurant expansion in downtown Las Vegas, closed Sunday night.

 
Nevada electors cast presidential votes on day of protests

Nevada’s six Democratic presidential electors cast their ballots Monday for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, who won the state by 2 percentage points over Republican Donald Trump in the November election.

5 players to watch in UNLV Rebels games this week

Five players to watch in UNLV basketball games this week at the Thomas & Mack Center against Southern Illinois at 7 p.m. Monday and No. 3 Kansas at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Median new-home sales price in Las Vegas edges up to $329,596

Builders closed 762 new-home sales in Clark County last month, bringing the year’s tally through November to 7,035, up 14.5 percent from the same 11-month period in 2015, according to Las Vegas housing tracker Home Builders Research.

Obama pardons 78 federal prisoners, reduces sentences for 153

President Barack Obama has pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentence of 153 others convicted of federal crimes, the greatest number of individual clemencies in a single day by any president, the White House said Monday.

 
Fireworks greet opening of $2.7B Parisian resort in Macau

Las Vegas Sands Corp. said “bonjour” to Southeast Asia on Tuesday, opening the 3,000-room, $2.7 billion Parisian Macao with a flurry of fireworks and an electrifying lighting of its half-scale Eiffel Tower on the Cotai Strip.

Date set for session to repeal NC ‘bathroom bill’

North Carolina’s incoming governor says that legislators are planning to hold a special session to repeal a law limiting protections for LGBT people.

2 heart attacks spur former Air Force cop to mellow out

Jim Henry, a retired Air Force security policeman, has had two heart attacks and is doing all he can to prevent a third. He’s changed his diet, and taken up new hobbies, including model railroading.

Judge cleared of misconduct for 6-month sentence in Stanford assault case

A California agency that oversees judicial discipline in the state says a judge committed no misconduct when he sentenced former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting a young woman on campus.

Poker pro Phil Ivey, friend must repay Borgata $10.1M in cards case

Poker pro Phil Ivey and a companion must return more than $10 million they won from an Atlantic City casino while playing cards that were arranged in a certain way to give the players an edge

 
Tyrell Green listening, playing well for UNLV Rebels

Senior forward Tyrell Green might not only be UNLV’s most improved basketball player, but perhaps its best. The Rebels need Green to continue to produce when they face Southern Illinois at 7 p.m. Monday at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Feds slow to assess health impacts of Camp LeJeune’s toxic water

The federal government has been in no hurry to assess the health impacts of two harmful chemicals found in a water supply that Marine veterans from Camp LeJeune, North Carolina blame on cancer and other maladies.

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