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Excalibur tower evacuated at 2 a.m. for smell of smoke

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

February 5, 2013 - 10:56 am

Officials are blaming an overheated ventilation motor in Las Vegas' Excalibur casino for a smoky smell and an evacuation in the wee hours of the morning.

MGM resorts spokesman Gordon Absher says one of the Las Vegas Strip casino's four towers was evacuated after alarms went off about 2 a.m. Tuesday. KTNV reports guests were allowed back in about 4 a.m.

Absher says there was no actual fire, but the smoke smell spread because it started in the ventilation system.

The spokesman says the machinery was nearly fixed a few hours later.

Absher said the casino has some of the most advanced fire prevention systems in the world.

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Former NBA star, 5 others charged with running illegal high-stakes poker games

Associated Press

July 30, 2025 - 1:13 pm

Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday along with five other people, including a suspected member of an Israeli organized crime group, on suspicion of hosting illegal high-stakes poker games, federal prosecutors said.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell listens as President Donald Trump visits the Federal Res ...

Fed leaves interest rates unchanged even as Trump demands cuts

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer

July 30, 2025 - 12:55 pm

The Federal Reserve left its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated calls from President Donald Trump for a cut.

The site of the proposed Southern Nevada supplemental airport in the Ivanpah Valley, left, is s ...

New proposed Vegas airport faces organized opposition

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

July 30, 2025 - 10:56 am

Few comments were received at Tuesday’s virtual scoping meeting, but environmentalists could make their voices heard at Wednesday’s Las Vegas meeting.

This shows an empty beach in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, western Japan Wednesday, July 30, ...

Tsunami waves reach Hawaii, California, Japan after quake strikes off Russia’s Far East

By Mari Yamaguchi and Valdimir Isachenkov Associated Press

July 30, 2025 - 9:41 am

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia’s sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast.

California football coach recalls Shane Tamura as ‘just a quiet kid’

By McKenna Ross / RJ

July 30, 2025 - 6:22 am

Details about Shane Tamura’s life have emerged after the Las Vegas man fatally shot four people in a New York City skyscraper before turning his gun on himself.

Hawaii prepares for tsunami after 8.8 quake strikes Russia

The Associated Press

July 29, 2025 - 11:43 pm

The impact of the tsunami could last for hours or perhaps more than a day, said Dave Snider of the National Tsunami Warning Center in Alaska

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Las Vegas mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus, officials say

By Spencer Levering / RJ

July 29, 2025 - 5:49 pm

The Southern Nevada Health District said it has ollected its first sample of West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes this year.

This image from surveillance video obtained by The Associated Press shows Shane Tamura outside ...

SAUNDERS: Another mass shooting, another butcher’s bogus rationale

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

July 29, 2025 - 5:03 pm

Manhattan high-rise killer says he had an important message. These days, even mass murder has become politicized.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Tuesday, July 29, 2025, he filed a lawsuit against ...

AG Ford sues Trump administration over Planned Parenthood funding

By Jessica Hill / RJ

July 29, 2025 - 1:45 pm

Attorney General Aaron Ford and others filed a lawsuit challenging the Big Beautiful Bill’s provisions defunding Planned Parenthood for one year.

Sigal Chattah poses for a photo at the Review-Journal studio on Aug. 19, 2022, in Las Vegas. ( ...

Sigal Chattah’s term as temporary US attorney extended

By Jessica Hill / RJ

July 29, 2025 - 3:33 pm

Donald Trump appointed Las Vegas attorney Sigal Chattah as acting U.S. Attorney the day before her previous appointment as interim U.S. Attorney expired Wednesday, Chattah said Tuesday.