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Obama sanctions Russia for election hacking

The United States struck back Thursday at Russia for hacking the U.S. presidential campaign with a sweeping set of punishments targeting Russia’s spy agencies and diplomats.

Electrical short that caused Rio evacuations direct result of Wednesday fire

Just one day after a fire in a service elevator prompted a brief 400-room evacuation at the Rio, guests in another 900 of the resort’s rooms were evacuated Thursday morning after an electrical short caused a major, day-long power outage at the resort.

NHP names 3 killed in head-on crash just south of Tonopah

The crash happened just after 2:15 p.m. Wednesday. A red Dodge Ram pickup pulling a trailer was heading north on the two-lane highway when it crossed into the southbound lane for unknown reasons and slammed into an oncoming green Mitsubishi Montero.

Las Vegas Monorail expansion delayed by water pipe

Don’t expect construction on an extension of the Las Vegas Monorail from MGM Grand to Mandalay Bay to start any time soon.

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Conservatives in Nevada, Utah howl over Obama’s national monument declarations

Some Republicans in Congress say they will fight to overturn the designation of Nevada’s Gold Butte and Bears Ears in Utah for federal protection, but President-elect Trump doesn’t have the power to turn back the clock, experts say.

Twitter CEO open to letting users edit Tweets

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey signaled on Twitter Thursday that his company is going to let users edit their tweets in the future. Dorsey said that Twitter is “thinking a lot about” bringing editing functionality to tweets, and then went on to say that “a form of edit” was needed.

BLM offers five options for protecting greater sage grouse

Trump administration will have final say on the plans, which range from banning new mining activity on about 10 million acres for up to 20 years to imposing no additional restrictions on mine locations.