MGM Resorts bettor loses six-figure wager on Pittsburgh Steelers

New England, which closed as a 3-point favorite at MGM Resorts sports books and a 2½-point favorite at most other books, escaped with the win and drove a stake through the hearts and wallets of most Pittsburgh backers, including one high roller in particular.

 
Raiders fumble away playoff hopes with 20-17 loss to Cowboys

Quarterback Derek Carr led the Raiders downfield and dived for a touchdown, only to fumble into the end zone for a touchback, resulting in a 20-17 loss at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.

Lake Tahoe faces decline in skiing, gambling

Baby boomers who helped Lake Tahoe’s ski industry expand are skiing less and millennials are not hitting the slopes nearly as much as the previous generations, said Ralf Garrison, founder of DestiMetrics, a resort lodging analytics firm.

COMMENTARY: The unfortunate fallout from the sexual harassment awakening

Even if one believes all the women who have come forward thus far, there’s room for some self-doubt in our individual rushes tojudgment, as well as our participation in social media’s ruthless, often-anonymous dispensations.

Raiders QB Derek Carr joins NFL elite with 100th career TD pass

Raiders quarterback Derek Carr threw his 100th career touchdown pass Sunday to become the fifth player in NFL history to do so in his first four seasons, joining Dan Marino, Peyton Manning, Russell Wilson and Andrew Luck.

 
2017 All-State Girls Tennis Team

Here is the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2017 all-state girls tennis team.

Panthers owner will sell team as NFL investigates sexual misconduct

Facing a growing investigation that accuses him of sexual misconduct and using racist language at work, Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson announced Sunday that he will sell the NFL team after the season.

Epic snowstorm blanketed Las Vegas Strip in 2008

Remember the white stuff falling on the Strip in 2008? It was nine years ago today, December 17, that a historic snowstorm struck the Las Vegas Valley. More than 3 inches fell at McCarran International Airport.

Atlanta airport sees power restored after long outage

Minutes after its midnight deadline to get the electricity back on at the worlds busiest airport, Georgia Power announced early Monday that power had been fully restored to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International, where more than 1,000 flights were grounded just days before the start of the Christmas travel rush.

Jazz singer Keely Smith, a 1950s Las Vegas star, dies

Keely Smith, a pop and jazz singer known for her solo recordings of jazz standards as well as her musical partnership with Louis Prima, has died of apparent heart failure in Palm Springs. She was 89.

Sen. McCain home after being hospitalized for cancer treatment

Republican Sen. John McCain is returning home to Arizona after being hospitalized for the side effects of his brain cancer treatment and likely will miss a crucial vote on the GOP tax package, President Donald Trump said Sunday.

US soldier killed in Niger died in hail of gunfire

Army Sgt. La David T. Johnson died in a hail of gunfire, hit as many as 18 times as he took cover in thick brush, fighting to the end after fleeing militants who had just killed three comrades in an October ambush in Niger.

Putin thanks Trump for CIA tip that thwarted terror attacks

Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Donald Trump Sunday to thank him for a CIA tip that helped thwart a series of bombings in St. Petersburg, the Kremlin said.

More than 300 people infected in norovirus outbreak on cruise ship

It was supposed to be a relaxing five-day jaunt aboard the world’s largest cruise ship, Independence of the Seas – travel, adventures and good food in the Caribbean while most of the country was shivering through “extremely frigid air, straight from the Arctic.”

‘Game of Thrones’ ice wall physically not possible, study says

In the HBO series “Game of Thrones,” a great wall of ice helps repel giants and the undead. Could such a structure be possible? A new study suggests that, no, it’s not realistic, because without magic, such a barrier would fall rapidly.

Bad split develops between Trump, intel community

Michael Morrell, former acting head of the CIA under Barack Obama, says he may have contributed to President Donald Trump’s distrust of the intelligence community by endorsing Hillary Clinton for president.

California firefighters hoping for ‘less powerful wind gusts’ on Sunday

Firefighters trying to prevent one of the biggest fires in California’s history from consuming homes in Santa Barbara and the nearby wealthy enclave of Montecito were hoping less powerful wind gusts would help them Sunday after they managed to stop it from burning thousands of residences.

Released videos might give credence to secret search for UFOs

Just before leaving his Defense Department job two months ago, intelligence officer Luis Elizondo quietly arranged to secure the release of three of the most unusual videos in the Pentagon’s secret vaults: raw footage from encounters between fighter jets and “anomalous aerial vehicles” — military jargon for UFOs.

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