Las Vegas weighs tying growth to conservation amid drought
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Record-breaking heat and historic drought in the U.S. West are doing little to discourage cities from planning to welcome millions...
OJ Simpson keeps fighting in Vegas against Goldman judgments
LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson will keep fighting recent court orders in Nevada that he owes at least $60 million in judgments stemming from...
Senators press Interior Secretary Haaland on oil lease pause
WASHINGTON — Both Republican and Democratic senators pressed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland for answers Wednesday after a federal court blocked the Biden administration’s suspension...
New owners try to get Bally’s Atlantic City back in the game
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Phil Juliano was looking at Bally's casino through rose-colored glass. Or more accurately, rose-colored glass flecked with jarringly out-of-place blue...
Las Vegas may face record-setting high temps this week
LAS VEGAS — Sin City may feel like purgatory this week as a heat wave is expected to overtake Las Vegas.
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US West swelters in record-busting heat, risking wildfires
PHOENIX — Dangerous, record-busting heat spread across the U.S. Southwest on Tuesday and into parts of Utah, Montana and Wyoming as a dome of...
As COVID-19 cases wane, vaccine-lagging areas still see risk
JACKSON, Miss. — New COVID-19 cases are declining across the most of the country, even in some states with vaccine-hesitant populations. But almost all...
Energy Secretary says US wants ‘responsible’ lithium mining
NORTH LAS VEGAS — Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said the Biden administration wants to see lithium needed for electric cars to be mined...
Nevada plans to use 3 or 4 drugs for late-July execution
LAS VEGAS — Nevada prison officials on Thursday disclosed that they want to use a never-before-tried combination of drugs for the state’s first lethal...
Richard Branson marks opening of Virgin hotel in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Billionaire businessman and investor Richard Branson marked the opening Thursday of the new Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, promoting weekend events that...