The ceremony was attended by his widow, Dr. Miriam Adelson, their children, former Chief Rabbi of Israel and Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, friends and acquaintances.
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The Federal Aviation Administration said United Airlines had requested the ground stop as a result of a communications issue.
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the deportation protections for immigrants brought into this country illegally as children are unlawful and remanded the case to a lower court.
August’s natural disaster was the latest chapter in a series of floods that have damaged roads and buildings at Death Valley National Park.
About 1,000 people stranded in the park Friday were able to follow police escorts out. Damage to the park is being evaluated, but appears to have been extensive.
The Biden administration plans to freeze federal student loan payments through Aug. 31, extending a moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to postpone payments during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an administration official familiar with the White House’s decision-making.
The fate of a nationwide eviction ban — set to expire June 30 — is in limbo after a judge overturned the federal protection on Wednesday.
“If you are coming here with an anything-goes party attitude, change your flight reservation now and go to Vegas,” City Manager Raul Aguila said at a recent City Council meeting.
Former President Barack Obama will deliver a televised prime-time commencement address for the high school Class of 2020 during an hour-long event that will also feature LeBron James, Malala Yousafzai and Ben Platt, among others.
The term is used when a local lab obtains a positive result when testing for a disease and sends it to the federal CDC to be confirmed.
Latino leaders continued to speak out Monday about the fear felt in Hispanic communities in the United States following the mass shooting in El Paso.
The Chicago Police Department says it has no record that the pilot killed in a deadly Southern California plane crash was a retired officer.
Two people in Nevada are among the 57 in 16 states to fall ill from a salmonella outbreak caused by contaminated beef, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Cecilia Gomez walked into the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Las Vegas last month for what she thought would be a routine interview. Instead she was taken into custody and ordered deported.
Something is clearly missing at such natural wonders as Angels Landing, Devils Hole and Dantes View, but unless you’re a grammar teacher or a copy editor you probably never noticed.
People kept pouring into Zion National Park in record numbers last year, even as officials there continued work on a plan aimed at controlling the crush.
