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Riviera implosion goes off without a hitch — VIDEO

Las Vegas bid a bittersweet goodbye to the Riviera early Tuesday morning, as the historic hotel’s Monaco tower came crashing down to make way for expanded convention facilities.

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Prosecutors to seek death penalty against 2 in Lee’s Liquor killing

Prosecutors announced Wednesday that they plan to seek the death penalty against two of three men accused of storming into a southwest valley Lee’s Discount Liquor armed with handguns and killing a clerk.

 
Third tragedy unfolds in Florida; body of 2-year-old recovered

You’d have to mine the brain of a horror novelist to deliver a scenario as tragic as what unfolded Tuesday and Wednesday at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Orange County officials late Wednesday afternoon confirmed that they had recovered the body of 2-year-old who was attacked by an alligator.

 
Three more women sue Baylor over sexual assaults

Three women filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Baylor University on Wednesday, saying the school did nothing to help them after they reported being sexually assaulted on or near campus.

 
Authorities trace Orlando gunman’s movements before deadly shooting

Omar Mateen drove around the Orlando area the night before the nightclub massacre, visiting several places, the mayor said Wednesday as investigators tried to piece together the killer’s movements and zeroed in on how much his wife may have known about the plot.

 
Oscar Pistorius walks on his stumps during court hearing

Oscar Pistorius removed his prostheses and hobbled on his stumps in court Wednesday as part of his defense team’s argument that the double-amputee athlete is a vulnerable man who deserves leniency when he is sentenced.