Samanta Arjune had an extra ticket to the Route 91 Harvest festival country music concert on the Strip Oct. 1., and invited her brother Malcolm Bissember. They thought the gunfire was fireworks. When they realized it was gunfire, they started to run.
A Clark County district court judge rebuffed a lawsuit seeking to undo the state-ordered closure of bars and taverns in the county to fight COVID-19.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., discusses Nevada’s new law on mail-in voting during her Democratic National Convention speech. (Democratic National Convention / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Blackhawk series is not as intense as Sharks or Kings – VIDEO
Employees at Station Casinos’ Boulder Station property have decided to leave Culinary Local 226 and Bartenders Local 165.
Three Las Vegas restaurateurs discuss a recent Review-Journal op-ed that said that “your favorite restaurant is dead, and your elected Nevada legislators pulled the plug.”
Students begin moving into university-owned dorms at UNLV with staggered move-in dates and times this week due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Vegas Nation’s Vinny Bonsignore and Adam Hill recap the Las Vegas Raiders dressing in full pads for the first time at training camp in Henderson on Monday, giving head coach Jon Gruden a great birthday gift. Defensive End Maxx Crosby spoke on what it’s like to have Rod Marinelli as the new defensive line coach(Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Death Valley National Park recorded a high of 130 degrees Sunday, one of the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the park if it is confirmed. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Monday was a big day for Raiders head coach Jon Gruden. He celebrated his birthday and saw his team in full pads for the first time this training camp.
Las Vegas police are searching for a man suspected of robbing a store after playing its slot machines Wednesday night. (LVMPD)
Review-Journal sports columnist Ed Graney explains how Power Five programs are contemplating a departure from the NCAA amid coronavirus concerns and what that could mean for Group of Five programs. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The school district announced Wednesday a plan to convert the grass fields to turf, with construction staggered in three groups to be complete by the end of the 2020-21 school year.
UFC flyweight Joseph Benavidez will get his fourth shot at earning the flyweight title when he faces Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC on ESPN 14. Benavidez also explains why he doesn’t like Figueiredo. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A research center is searching for volunteers in Las Vegas to participate in trials for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Vegas Nation Blitz host Cassie Soto interviews Scott Bair about the Sports Uncovered documentary series on NBC sports.
Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury returned to practice on Friday and head coach Pete DeBoer goes over how he will choose goalies during playoffs.
The Sept. 13 deadline to renew expired documents at Nevada Department of Motor Vehicle offices is fast approaching but some motorists are finding open appointments aren’t available until October.
The New Jersey Casino Control Commission gave final approval for the deal to close of Eldorado Resorts Inc.’s $17.3 billion acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Corp. This is the last regulatory approval needed before the deal can close.
Kenneth Retzl discusses how comfortable parents and teachers are with returning to school during the coronavirus pandemic.
Both Clark County and the state set records for reported COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period on Thursday. Nevada listed as being in a coronavirus “red zone” in a document prepared for the White House coronavirus task force.
Tyler Parry, UNLV assistant rrofessor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, discusses the holiday Juneteenth and the significance of June 19 as it relates to the ongoing protests against police brutality and racial inequality. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Women’s Alzheimer’s Prevention Center at Cleveland Clinic in Las Vegas, whose backers include Maria Shriver, is the first medical clinic in the nation to offer a women-specific center for Alzheimer’s disease prevention, research and caregiving support. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV removed a bronze statue of Hey Reb! from campus on Tuesday night. In an email sent out to students, university President Marta Meana said “In recent conversations with the donor we mutually agreed it was best to remove the statue and return it.”
Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore walks out of a City Council meeting during public comments.
COVID-19 Predicted to Kill 200,000
in the US by October, Model Says.
The model comes from the Institute for
Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
at the University of Washington.
It was once used by the
White House to map out
the pandemic’s trajectory.
Just last week, the model predicted that
30,000 fewer people would die from the virus.
Its newest projections place the number of deaths
between 171,000 and 270,000 by October 1.
The IHME says that a reason for the increase is
the “relaxation” of social distancing guidelines
in individual states.
IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray
adds that underlying factors are increases
in contact rates and mobility.
Starting in the third week of August in our forecast at the national level, we see the daily death rate… going up again, after having been declining since mid-April at the national level, Dr. Christopher Murray, via press briefing.
That increase in daily deaths really starts to gather momentum from mid-September onwards, Dr. Christopher Murray, via press briefing.
Murray also explains that the
usage of face masks heavily
influences the model’s projections.
Cases are dropping in hard-hit states
such as New York and New Jersey.
They are rising in others, including
Florida, Texas, and Arizona.
A month ago, Arizona was reporting
around 400 new cases per day.
The state is now seeing
over 1,000 cases daily
The Las Vegas chapter of the NAACP organized the protest outside Las Vegas City Hall before the city council’s meeting, Wednesday morning, June 17, 2020. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
About 100 people join the NAACP protest outside Las Vegas City Hall. NAACP demonstrators calling out what they said was the “reckless behavior” of council members.
On Wednesday, Quaker Oats announced its popular Aunt Jemima syrup and pancake mix brand will be retired. The 130-year-old brand has long received criticism for its racist origins. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
