Land owners near Las Vegas stadium enjoying Raiders value boost

The $1.84 billion stadium project about a mile west of Las Vegas Boulevard, was dumb luck for nearby landlords. A few bought property right across from the stadium site as recently as 2015 — two years before the football team purchased its land — and others have owned parcels much longer.

60 people charged in illegal prescription opioid crackdown

Federal authorities said Wednesday they have charged 60 people, including 31 doctors, for their roles in illegally prescribing and distributing millions of pills containing opioids and other dangerous drugs.

Yuma mayor declares state of emergency over surge in migrants

Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls on Tuesday declared a symbolic “state of emergency” to deal with the number of families being released from Border Patrol custody into the city.

 
Raiders schedule has 48-day span between games in Oakland — VIDEO

The Raiders’ bizarre, brutal 2019 regular-season schedule was unveiled Wednesday. The team opens the season with two home games, then embarks on a five-game, 48-day stretch during which they won’t play in Oakland.

US to allow lawsuits over properties seized by Castro’s Cuba

The Trump administration on Wednesday opened the door for lawsuits against foreign firms operating on properties Cuba seized from Americans after the 1959 revolution.

School shootings’ effects on police understudied

The first SWAT team members to see the horror in the Columbine High School library had to step around bodies and ignore a wounded student’s plea for help as they searched for shooters they didn’t know had already died by their own hands.

Fashion capital New York considers banning sale of fur

A burgeoning movement to outlaw fur is seeking to make its biggest statement yet in the fashion mecca of New York City.

$1 billion raised to rebuild Paris’ Notre Dame after fire

Nearly $1 billion has already poured in from ordinary worshippers and high-powered magnates around the world to restore the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, after the French president set a controversial five-year deadline to get the work done.

Asylum seekers who show credible fear not eligible for bond

Detained asylum seekers who have shown they have a credible fear of returning to their country will no longer be able to ask a judge to grant them bond.

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