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JAMES CAAN MEETS BUGSY SIEGEL’S DAUGHTER

March 29, 2011 - 2:57 pm

Actor James Caan and Millicent Siegel Rosen, daughter of the late Las Vegas mobster Bugsy Siegel, got a preview of the Las Vegas Mob Experience at the Tropicana on Monday. The interactive attraction, which opens Wednesday, chronicles the rise and fall of organized crime in Las Vegas. Caan, along with actors Frank Vincent, Mickey Rourke, Steve Shirippa and Tony Sirrico in the form of apparitions, also serve as virtual celebrity gangster guides. (Photo courtesy Darrin Bush/Las Vegas News Bureau)

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Airlines now required to give automatic cash refunds for canceled and delayed flights

By David Koenbig The Associated Press

April 24, 2024 - 7:55 am

The Biden administration issued final rules Wednesday to require airlines to automatically issue cash refunds for things like delayed flights and to better disclose fees for baggage or canceling a reservation.

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Need money before payday? These apps will help. But at a big cost

By Cora Lewis The Associated Press

April 24, 2024 - 5:00 am

More people are using Earned Wage Access apps to get money to pay bills in between paydays. Some consumer advocates say the fees make the apps comparable to payday loans.

TikTok’s parent company must sell or face ban under passed Senate bill

By Haleluya Hadero AP Business Writer

April 23, 2024 - 6:50 pm

The Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform under the threat of a ban.

USPS moves ahead on plan to move Nevada mail to CA, despite opposition

By Jessica Hill / RJ

April 23, 2024 - 6:54 pm

Elected officials are concerned about the impact the plan could have on Nevada elections, which rely heavily on mail service.

Former President Donald Trump speaks after leaving Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, April 23, ...

SAUNDERS: Trump faces 34 felonies at trial. But was there a crime?

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

April 23, 2024 - 4:18 pm

A media executive testifies that he helped a presidential candidate by providing favorable coverage and killing negative stories. Sound familiar?

NV Energy’s tortoise Wattson comes out for the spring

By Taylor Lane / RJ

April 23, 2024 - 4:44 pm

The NV Energy tortoise mascot Wattson emerged from his burrow at the company’s headquarters.

The Federal Trade Commission building is seen, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. U.S. companies wou ...

New federal rule would bar ‘noncompete’ agreements for most employees

By Christopher Rugaber AP Economics Writer

April 23, 2024 - 1:39 pm

U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by a federal agency Tuesday.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on J ...

Blinken denies US human rights ‘double standard’ for Israel

By Courtney McBride Bloomberg News

April 23, 2024 - 1:00 pm

The top U.S. diplomat’s comments follow criticism that the administration isn’t putting enough pressure on Israel to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

A sign sits erected at the pro-Palestinian demonstration encampment at Columbia University in N ...

Arrests, new encampments and closures part of US campus protests

By Karen Matthews and Nick Perry The Associated Press

April 23, 2024 - 12:50 pm

Many universities have about two weeks of classes left before the semester ends and have been grappling with how to handle protests.

A missile defense site near an international airport and air base is seen in Isfahan, Iran, Mon ...

Iran air defense radar struck in Isfahan during apparent Israeli attack, photos suggest

By Jon Gambrell The Associated Press

April 23, 2024 - 12:41 pm

Satellite photos suggest an apparent Israeli retaliatory strike targeting Iran’s central city of Isfahan hit a radar system for a Russian-made air defense battery.