After leaving high school because he was making a bundle of money gambling, a boy from Minnesota founded a town in Nevada that bears his name and his luck.
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The man who put UNLV on the map brought both prosperity and negative publicity to the university and its basketball program.
A driven woman with a knack for organization and a thirst for politics worked hard all her adult life to make Nevada a better place to live.
After some wins and losses in the political arena, a man whose hard-rock miner father’s independence is etched in his character finds himself as the Democratic whip of the U.S. Senate.
A woman who grew up as one of The Colony kids brings her people into the 20th century and helps them become self-sufficient in a somewhat selfish world.
He earned his gift of gab at the heels of his father, then brought his schtick to Las Vegas, bet against the odds, and won.
In a bloodless coup with the help of a banker-turned-mentor, a boy from back East took over a downtown hotel and everything he touched from then on was golden.
With a thunderous rumble that toppled tons of rock, miners using a monstrous machine Friday punched through a hill at the foot of Yucca Mountain, completing a five-mile tunnel that will tell if the mountain is safe for storing the nation’s high-level nuclear waste.
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Las Vegas has been one of the fastest-growing cities nationwide for several decades, given its proximity to other population centers, lack of state income tax, and business-friendly environment.
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Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City, capping a stunning ascent for the state lawmaker, who was set to become the city’s most liberal mayor in generations.
A UPS cargo plane’s left wing caught fire and an engine fell off just before it crashed and exploded after takeoff in Kentucky, a federal investigator said Wednesday.
“It has never quite met the promise of what it has been stated to give,” Georgia lawmaker Marvin Lim said in a Monday afternoon webinar.
A key issue at trial was whether Black Lives Matter demonstrator Jorge Gomez had pointed a rifle at police.
