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Life is Beautiful goes ape in incendiary finale — VIDEO

“Virtual band” Gorillaz didnt play so much as detonated on the Downtown Stage on Sunday as the three-day Life is Beautiful music and arts festival came to an incendiary close.

Melody Sweets set to take her final shot of ‘Absinthe’

Melody Sweets announced Monday she is departing the production at Caesars Palace’s Roman Plaza on Oct. 22, as her contract with production company Spiegelworld expires.

Las Vegas short-term rental hotline has busy first month

A hotline for Las Vegans to air grievances about short-term rentals fielded an average of seven calls a day in its first month, but most of the complaints came from outside the city’s jurisdiction.

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Canter’s Deli to open at Tivoli Village in Las Vegas

A restaurant sharing the name of Canter’s Deli, a 90-year-old Jewish-style restaurant known for its meats and pastries, returns to the Las Vegas Valley on Friday.

Man sentenced in Las Vegas for fatally stabbing his father

Mason Fritz held back tears early Thursday before a judge sentenced him to at least 10 years in prison for killing his father while under the influence of drugs.

Southern Nevada water agency opens hearing on pipeline

The Southern Nevada Water Authority defended its plans to tap rural groundwater — and even made a pitch for more — as the latest state hearing on its massive pump-and-pipe project got underway Monday in Carson City.

 
Witness in murder case hit by vehicle in downtown Las Vegas

A witness in a murder case was struck by a vehicle Monday afternoon outside the Regional Justice Center. Police announced around 5 p.m. they had taken a woman into custody in connection with the incident.

Suspicious death of Las Vegas man ruled a suicide

The suspicious death of a Las Vegas man Saturday in the southwest valley has been ruled a suicide by the Clark County coroner.

Man wanting to ‘blast it out’ with police is killed by officer

A man who told 911 dispatchers Sunday night that he wanted to “blast it out” with police died early Monday when a Metropolitan Police Department officer shot him inside a hospital emergency room.

Vision of Las Vegas as hub for cancer treatment returns

Dr. Parvesh Kumar, head of the cancer program at the newly opened UNLV School of Medicine, discusses his desire to create a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in Southern Nevada.