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No verdict yet in Bill Cosby sexual assault trial

The jury at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial deliberated without reaching a verdict Monday over whether he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago in a case that already has helped demolish the 79-year-old comedian’s good-guy image.

 
Harry Potter prequel handwritten by J.K Rowling stolen

J.K. Rowling is urging Harry Potter fans not to buy a handwritten prequel to the boy wizard’s adventures that was stolen during a burglary in England.

David Letterman’s mother, Dorothy, dies at age 95

David Letterman’s mother Dorothy Mengering, a Midwestern homemaker who became an unlikely celebrity in her 70s as she baked mystery pies and covered the Olympics for her son’s late-night show, has died. She was 95.

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And one to crow on: Las Vegas festival marks the end of Chinese New Year celebration

The Chinese New Year Celebration and Asian Food Festival, held at Chinatown Plaza, 4255 Spring Mountain Road, was packed with people Sunday. The festival, marking the Year of the Rooster, which started Jan. 28, took up half of the parking lot in front of Chinatown Plaza and celebrated its 23rd year.

Coen brothers making first foray into TV

The Coen brothers will make their first TV show, a miniseries titled “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.”

New Miss America has advice for Clinton and Trump: Compromise

Savvy Shields had only been Miss America for less than an hour, but she already had a clear vision of what she hopes America will look like at the end of her term next year.

Burning Man disputes $2.8 million bill for federal land use permit

Burning Man organizers are disputing their $2.8 million bill from the federal government — the cost last year of hosting its popular outdoor festival in the Black Rock Desert, a national conservation area in Nevada.

Las Vegas nightclubs mostly silent on Orlando shooting

When 50 people were shot to death and another 50 were injured at an Orlando, Florida, gay club in Sunday morning’s early hours, Demicahan Lov, aka “D-Lov,” and Jonathan Arroyo were at Las Vegas gay club FreeZone.

 
Steve Wolfson says critics wrong about ‘Las Vegas Law’

The district attorney says he knew participating in the show would open up his office to criticism, but he says he treated the show as any other media request. “But at the end of the day, I’m very proud of this project,” Wolfson says.