NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga -- Four adventurers set sail in an open boat from Tonga in a bid to re-enact the epic 4,400-mile survival voyage of Captain William Bligh of HMS Bounty fame when he was cast adrift by mutineers in 1789. Bligh sailed a 45-foot open longboat with 18 crew from near Tonga to West Timor in 48 days, surviving partly by catching fish and seabirds and drinking rain water.
Sasha Williams was stabbed to death near Palos Verdes Street and Twain Avenue, a neighborhood east of the Strip.
Executives with Tropicana landlord Gaming & Leisure Properties Inc. said the Las Vegas Strip resort closed April 2 as part of the A’s ballpark construction timeline.
Protesters at universities across the country are demanding schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling the conflict.
The protest, which prompted the university to move classes online, was inspired by pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the United States.
The U.S. has determined that an Israeli military unit committed gross human-rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank before the war in Gaza began.
The attack follows an uptick in assaults launched by the Houthis in recent days after a relative lull in their monthslong campaign over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel on Friday with the hope of brokering a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, two officials said.
President Joe Biden will welcome the Las Vegas Aces to the White House on May 9 to celebrate their championship season, according to the White House.
Financial losses are in the millions of dollars, law enforcement officials said during a Friday morning press conference.
Voter participation has ranged from around 17 percent to more than 30 percent over the years.
