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Resorts World casino in Las Vegas fined $10.5M in money-laundering case

Read full article: Resorts World casino in Las Vegas fined $10.5M in money-laundering case

Nevada gaming regulators have issued a $10.5 million fine against the Resorts World casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

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Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump's policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk

Read full article: Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump's policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk

Demonstrators have gathered in cities across the U.S. to protest the Trump administration’s early actions.

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Vegas, baby! Sin City to host the 2027 College Football Playoff national championship game

Read full article: Vegas, baby! Sin City to host the 2027 College Football Playoff national championship game

Las Vegas will host the 2027 College Football Playoff national championship game.

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Las Vegas hotel workers union reaches deal with casino to end longest strike in decades

Read full article: Las Vegas hotel workers union reaches deal with casino to end longest strike in decades

The longest strike in decades by Las Vegas hotel workers has come to an end.

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The world welcomes 2025 with light shows, embraces and ice plunges

Read full article: The world welcomes 2025 with light shows, embraces and ice plunges

From Sydney to Mumbai to Paris to Rio de Janeiro, communities around the world are welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges.

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Union workers picket for 3rd day at Las Vegas casino with no talks slated

Read full article: Union workers picket for 3rd day at Las Vegas casino with no talks slated

Picketing is continuing outside a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip with no talks scheduled between management and union members.

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Strike by workers at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip enters 2nd day

Read full article: Strike by workers at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip enters 2nd day

A walkout by hundreds of hospitality workers at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip entered its second day with union members willing to undergo the financial hardships of being out of work as they wait for a new contract.

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Hundreds of hospitality workers are on strike at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip

Read full article: Hundreds of hospitality workers are on strike at a casino near the Las Vegas Strip

Hundreds of Las Vegas hotel workers have gone on strike at a casino near the Strip.

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Las Vegas says goodbye to the Tropicana with a flashy casino implosion

Read full article: Las Vegas says goodbye to the Tropicana with a flashy casino implosion

Sin City blew a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana in an elaborate implosion that leveled two hotel towers.

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Las Vegas hospitality workers at Venetian reach tentative deal on first-ever union contract

Read full article: Las Vegas hospitality workers at Venetian reach tentative deal on first-ever union contract

Thousands of hospitality workers on the Las Vegas Strip have reached a tentative deal with the Venetian and Palazzo resorts.

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A look at heat records that have been broken around the world

Read full article: A look at heat records that have been broken around the world

Countries around the world are setting all-time heat records as summer deepens in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Persistent heat wave in the US shatters new records, causes deaths in the West and grips the East

Read full article: Persistent heat wave in the US shatters new records, causes deaths in the West and grips the East

A visitor to Death Valley National Park has died from heat exposure and another person has been hospitalized as the temperature there reached 128 degrees this weekend.

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Kids spend a lot of time outside in the summer. Here's how to deal with their common injuries

Read full article: Kids spend a lot of time outside in the summer. Here's how to deal with their common injuries

Summer means playgrounds, pools, bikes and being outside for kids.

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From a Jacksonville flea market to the Vegas Strip: Retired veteran turns small business into upscale fashion store

Read full article: From a Jacksonville flea market to the Vegas Strip: Retired veteran turns small business into upscale fashion store

A Jacksonville native and his family spoke to News4JAX about how their strong faith and determination to grow landed them a spot in one of the most popular travel destinations in America.

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Las Vegas shooting survivors alarmed at US Supreme Court's strike down of ban on rifle bump stocks

Read full article: Las Vegas shooting survivors alarmed at US Supreme Court's strike down of ban on rifle bump stocks

The U.S. Supreme Court Friday struck down a ban on the rapid-fire rifle bump stock used by the gunman who rattled off over 1,000 bullets in 11 minutes in Las Vegas in 2017.

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Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on rapid-fire rifle bump stocks, reopening political fight

Read full article: Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on rapid-fire rifle bump stocks, reopening political fight

The Supreme Court has struck down a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, a rapid-fire gun accessory that was used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

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Record highs expected to fall as Southwest US bakes in first heat wave of season earlier than usual

Read full article: Record highs expected to fall as Southwest US bakes in first heat wave of season earlier than usual

The first heat wave of the season has arrived earlier than usual across much of the U.S. Southwest.

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The Mirage casino, which ushered in an era of Las Vegas Strip megaresorts in the '90s, is closing

Read full article: The Mirage casino, which ushered in an era of Las Vegas Strip megaresorts in the '90s, is closing

The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors on July 17.

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Rail spikes hammered, bullet train being built from Sin City to the City of Angels

Read full article: Rail spikes hammered, bullet train being built from Sin City to the City of Angels

A $12 billion high-speed passenger train line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area has started construction.

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Bellagio resumes Vegas Strip fountain show after rare loon from the north rescued and relocated

Read full article: Bellagio resumes Vegas Strip fountain show after rare loon from the north rescued and relocated

A visit from a rare, fine-feathered tourist on the Las Vegas Strip interrupted a hotel-casino’s prominent water show before wildlife biologists captured the yellow-billed loon and relocated it unharmed.

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New ban on stopping on Las Vegas Strip bridges targets people with disabilities, lawsuit alleges

Read full article: New ban on stopping on Las Vegas Strip bridges targets people with disabilities, lawsuit alleges

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is suing the county that includes Las Vegas over its new ban on standing or stopping while crossing pedestrian bridges on the Strip.

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Las Vegas, where the party never ends, prepares for its biggest yet: Super Bowl 58

Read full article: Las Vegas, where the party never ends, prepares for its biggest yet: Super Bowl 58

Las Vegas is about to throw its biggest party yet.

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Strike averted as culinary union settles with Las Vegas hotel-casinos before Super Bowl week

Read full article: Strike averted as culinary union settles with Las Vegas hotel-casinos before Super Bowl week

A union representing hospitality workers says it has reached a tentative agreement with six more hotel-casinos in downtown Las Vegas and called off a strike deadline for another.

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Union reaches deal with 4 hotel-casinos, 3 others still poised to strike at start of Super Bowl week

Read full article: Union reaches deal with 4 hotel-casinos, 3 others still poised to strike at start of Super Bowl week

A union representing hospitality workers has reached a tentative agreement with four hotel-casinos in downtown Las Vegas as employees at three other properties remained poised to strike Monday when the city kicks off Super Bowl week.

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Robot baristas and AI chefs caused a stir at CES 2024 as casino union workers fear for their jobs

Read full article: Robot baristas and AI chefs caused a stir at CES 2024 as casino union workers fear for their jobs

Robots of all kinds caused a stir on the show floor this week at the annual CES technology trade show in Las Vegas.

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Las Vegas union hotel workers ratify Caesars contract

Read full article: Las Vegas union hotel workers ratify Caesars contract

Las Vegas hotel union workers have overwhelmingly voted to approve their contract agreement with casino giant Caesars Entertainment.

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Tourists find the Las Vegas Strip remade for its turn hosting Formula One

Read full article: Tourists find the Las Vegas Strip remade for its turn hosting Formula One

The Bellagio fountains on the Las Vegas Strip won't be very visible.

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Wynn joins Caesars and MGM in reaching tentative deal to avoid a strike by Las Vegas hotel workers

Read full article: Wynn joins Caesars and MGM in reaching tentative deal to avoid a strike by Las Vegas hotel workers

After a marathon week of negotiations, the Las Vegas hotel workers union says it has reached a tentative deal with Wynn Resorts.

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Tentative deals with MGM and Caesars narrowly avert Las Vegas hotel workers strike

Read full article: Tentative deals with MGM and Caesars narrowly avert Las Vegas hotel workers strike

The Las Vegas hotel workers union says it has reached a deal with MGM Resorts International, the largest employer on the Las Vegas Strip, on the heels of its breakthrough agreement with Caesars Entertainment.

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Tentative deal is close with Las Vegas hotel workers union amid strike threat, says MGM's CEO

Read full article: Tentative deal is close with Las Vegas hotel workers union amid strike threat, says MGM's CEO

The CEO of MGM Resorts International said in an earnings call that he believed contract negotiations underway Wednesday would lead to a tentative agreement with the Culinary Workers Union.

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Dozens of union workers arrested on Las Vegas Strip for blocking traffic as thousands rally

Read full article: Dozens of union workers arrested on Las Vegas Strip for blocking traffic as thousands rally

Thousands of hotel workers fighting for new union contracts rallied on the Las Vegas Strip where at least 58 who were blocking rush-hour traffic have been arrested.

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Indictment alleges man threatened mass shooting at Stanley Cup game in Las Vegas

Read full article: Indictment alleges man threatened mass shooting at Stanley Cup game in Las Vegas

A Nevada grand jury has indicted a man on felony charges that he threatened to carry out a mass shooting in June at a Stanley Cup Final hockey game on the Las Vegas Strip.

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Design approved for memorial to the victims and survivors of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting

Read full article: Design approved for memorial to the victims and survivors of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting

Officials in Las Vegas have approved a plan for a permanent memorial to the victims and survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

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Las Vegas police videos show moments before home is raided in Tupac Shakur cold case

Read full article: Las Vegas police videos show moments before home is raided in Tupac Shakur cold case

Two dozen Las Vegas police body camera videos show the moment a man and woman exited a home raided in July in connection with the cold case killing of rapper Tupac Shakur.

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Thousands rally on Las Vegas Strip in support of food service workers demanding better pay, benefits

Read full article: Thousands rally on Las Vegas Strip in support of food service workers demanding better pay, benefits

Food service workers at a Las Vegas Strip arena who want higher pay and better benefits are rallying on the famed tourist corridor.

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Design for Las Vegas Strip mass shooting memorial features a garden path and 58 beams of light

Read full article: Design for Las Vegas Strip mass shooting memorial features a garden path and 58 beams of light

A design for a permanent memorial to the 2017 Las Vegas Strip mass shooting has been chosen after more than three years of planning.

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Vegas Golden Knights and fans celebrate 1st NHL championship with parade and rally

Read full article: Vegas Golden Knights and fans celebrate 1st NHL championship with parade and rally

Vegas Golden Knights fans lined the Las Vegas Strip for a Stanley Cup victory parade and a rally in front of their home arena to mark the team’s first NHL championship.

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Las Vegas police arrest man they say threatened mass shooting at Stanley Cup game

Read full article: Las Vegas police arrest man they say threatened mass shooting at Stanley Cup game

Las Vegas police on Thursday released an arrest report identifying a man they say threatened to carry out a mass shooting two days earlier during Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on the Strip.

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Memorial for Las Vegas mass shooting takes shape as 5 potential designs revealed

Read full article: Memorial for Las Vegas mass shooting takes shape as 5 potential designs revealed

County officials in Las Vegas have unveiled five potential designs for a permanent memorial to honor the victims, survivors and first responders of the 2017 mass shooting.

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Economic boost or big business hand-out? Nevada lawmakers consider A's stadium financing

Read full article: Economic boost or big business hand-out? Nevada lawmakers consider A's stadium financing

Nevada lawmakers questioned whether a proposal to subsidize a new MLB stadium with tax credits and bonds would further jolt Las Vegas’ economy, or serve as a handout for a big business that could strain government resources.

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New bill to build Athletics stadium on Las Vegas Strip caps Nevada's cost at $380 million

Read full article: New bill to build Athletics stadium on Las Vegas Strip caps Nevada's cost at $380 million

The Oakland Athletics are asking Nevada for $380 million for a 30,000-seat, $1.5 billion retractable roof stadium on the Las Vegas Strip.

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A's, Nevada leaders reach tentative ballpark agreement

Read full article: A's, Nevada leaders reach tentative ballpark agreement

Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo announced Wednesday a preliminary agreement between his office, legislative leaders in the state and the Oakland Athletics for a stadium funding plan.

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Oakland A's reach agreement for potential stadium site on Las Vegas Strip

Read full article: Oakland A's reach agreement for potential stadium site on Las Vegas Strip

The Oakland Athletics have reached an agreement with Bally’s and Gaming & Leisure Properties to build a potential stadium on the Tropicana hotel site along the Las Vegas Strip.

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Slain Vegas shooting victims' kin to split shooter's estate

Read full article: Slain Vegas shooting victims' kin to split shooter's estate

Families of people killed in the Las Vegas Strip massacre in October 2017 will receive almost all of the $1.4 million estate of the man who unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history and killed himself before police reached him.

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Lawsuit: Vegas Strip resorts used vendor to fix hotel rates

Read full article: Lawsuit: Vegas Strip resorts used vendor to fix hotel rates

A federal lawsuit is seeking class-action damages for countless hotel patrons who booked rooms in Las Vegas since 2019.

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Las Vegas stabbing suspect said he 'let the anger out'

Read full article: Las Vegas stabbing suspect said he 'let the anger out'

An arrest report says the man who allegedly stabbed eight people on the Las Vegas Strip, killing two, said they were laughing at him and he “let the anger out."

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Watery graves recall early Las Vegas’ organized crime days

Read full article: Watery graves recall early Las Vegas’ organized crime days

Stories about long-departed Las Vegas organized crime figures are surfacing after a second set of unidentified human remains were revealed as the water level falls on drought-stricken Lake Mead.

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Bodies surfacing in Lake Mead recall mob's time in Las Vegas

Read full article: Bodies surfacing in Lake Mead recall mob's time in Las Vegas

Lake Mead is receding and Sin City is awash with mob lore after a second set of human remains emerged within a week from the depths of the drought-stricken Colorado River reservoir just a short drive from the Las Vegas Strip.

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Injured Copperfield trick participant loses lawsuit appeal

Read full article: Injured Copperfield trick participant loses lawsuit appeal

The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a jury’s findings that illusionist David Copperfield and the MGM Grand weren't financially responsible for a British tourist’s injuries during a Las Vegas Strip show in 2013.

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How exactly to plan the ultimate girls trip to Las Vegas

Read full article: How exactly to plan the ultimate girls trip to Las Vegas

Las Vegas is a classic U.S. travel destination. It’s vibrant, usually packed with people, larger than life, and there’s likely something to do for ANY personality type -- even if you’re not all that into gambling or drinking.

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1 killed, 6 wounded in Las Vegas apartment complex shooting

Read full article: 1 killed, 6 wounded in Las Vegas apartment complex shooting

Authorities in Las Vegas say one person was killed and six others were wounded in an exchange of gunfire at an apartment complex.

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Some Vegas Strip casinos to get new facades, familiar names

Read full article: Some Vegas Strip casinos to get new facades, familiar names

Some shuffling among owners has some Las Vegas Strip properties destined in coming months for rebranding, demolition, reconstruction and the addition of familiar names.

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Blackstone selling Vegas hotel Cosmopolitan in $5.65B deal

Read full article: Blackstone selling Vegas hotel Cosmopolitan in $5.65B deal

The owner of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is selling the 3,000-room Las Vegas Strip hotel in a $5.65 billion deal.

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Casino giant MGM Resorts selling land to New York-based firm

Read full article: Casino giant MGM Resorts selling land to New York-based firm

A New York-based real estate investment firm will emerge as the largest landholder on the Las Vegas Strip under a $17.2 billion property deal between landholding affiliates of casino giants Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International.

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Backstreet Boys back in Las Vegas for a Christmas residency

Read full article: Backstreet Boys back in Las Vegas for a Christmas residency

Everybody, Backstreet’s back — in Vegas.

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Las Vegas is bouncing back, but the virus is on the rise too

Read full article: Las Vegas is bouncing back, but the virus is on the rise too

Fifteen months after the pandemic transformed Las Vegas from flamboyant spectacle to ghost town, Sin City is back.

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The Latest: Las Vegas Strip rules to end for vaccinated

Read full article: The Latest: Las Vegas Strip rules to end for vaccinated

The Las Vegas Strip and surroundings will fully reopen to vaccinated diners, dancers, shoppers and club-goers beginning June 1.

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US may never reach ‘herd immunity,’ experts say

Read full article: US may never reach ‘herd immunity,’ experts say

As COVID-19 vaccination rates decline and variants become more pervasive, scientists and public health experts say the threshold needed to reach “herd immunity” is not likely any time soon — and we may never get there, according to a report from the New York Times.

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Restrictions easing in US and Europe amid disaster in India

Read full article: Restrictions easing in US and Europe amid disaster in India

Pandemic-weary travelers are returning to the skies and casinos in the United States and eating out again in Greece as the vaccine rollout is sending news cases and deaths tumbling in more affluent countries, contrasting with a worsening disaster in India.

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The Latest: Colo. governor extends statewide mask mandate

Read full article: The Latest: Colo. governor extends statewide mask mandate

Colorado’s governor has extended a statewide mask mandate for another 30 days, but loosened face covering requirements for groups who are vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Auto group backs guidelines for partially automated vehicles

Read full article: Auto group backs guidelines for partially automated vehicles

The trade association representing most major automakers is offering guidelines for manufacturers to advertise partially automated driving systems and make sure drivers are paying attention while using them.

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One of largest casino projects on Vegas Strip sets opening

Read full article: One of largest casino projects on Vegas Strip sets opening

One of the biggest casino projects on the Las Vegas Strip has announced a June 24 opening date.

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Bally's to pay $308M for Tropicana hotel on Las Vegas Strip

Read full article: Bally's to pay $308M for Tropicana hotel on Las Vegas Strip

The Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino is being sold to Bally’s Corp. The company announced Tuesday it will acquire the iconic Las Vegas Strip property from Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. for about $308 million.

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With sale of the Venetian, Las Vegas Sands exits the Strip

Read full article: With sale of the Venetian, Las Vegas Sands exits the Strip

FILE - This Aug. 2, 2005 file photo shows the Venetian Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas Sands is selling the real estate and operations of its Venetian casino resort and Sands Expo and Convention Center to VICI Properties and Apollo Global Management in a deal worth $6.25 billion. Under Adelson, the company's focus turned to Asia years ago, where revenue eventually outpaced even the operations on the Las Vegas Strip. AdThe global pandemic broadsided Las Vegas, shuttering the Strip where Las Vegas Sands has been the biggest operator for years. The Venetian, located on the Las Vegas Strip, has three luxury hotel towers with gaming, entertainment, shopping and dining.

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US unemployment claims fall to 779,000 but job cuts grind on

Read full article: US unemployment claims fall to 779,000 but job cuts grind on

Nevada's troubled unemployment benefits program has been overhauled, and a "tsunami" of claims spurred by pandemic layoffs have largely been sorted. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)WASHINGTON – The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits declined to 779,000 last week, a still-historically high total that shows that a sizable number of people keep losing jobs to the viral pandemic. AdAll told, 17.8 million people were receiving unemployment benefits in the week that ended Jan. 16, the latest period for which data are available. One is Alfrieda Hylton, who has struggled for months to regain her unemployment aid, which ran out in September. Just 40 states were issuing checks under a separate jobless aid program for freelancers and the self-employed.

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The Latest: No more slots as all vaccine in Miss. allotted

Read full article: The Latest: No more slots as all vaccine in Miss. allotted

___THE VIRUS OUTBREAK:U.S. coronavirus deaths hit another one-day high at more than 4,300. California has lifted some stay-at-home orders in northern counties, while many orders remain in place where coronavirus cases are surging. The 270 million doses are being secured independent of the global COVAX facility aimed at distributing vaccines to lower-income countries. The state Health Department announced Wednesday that a man in his 60s who traveled to the UK in December has the variant. Portugal has witnessed a record-breaking surge in coronavirus cases since it eased restrictions for the Christmas holiday.

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Vegas execs sue online travel firms, allege unpaid hotel tax

Read full article: Vegas execs sue online travel firms, allege unpaid hotel tax

FILE - In this April 28, 2020, file photo, the sun sets behind casinos and hotels along the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas. Two prominent Las Vegas communications executives are suing more than 20 online travel companies for back taxes they say should have been paid to Nevada based on hotel room rates. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)LAS VEGAS – Two prominent Las Vegas communications executives have sued more than 20 online travel companies for back taxes that they say should have been paid to Nevada based on hotel room rates. “There’s no way the online travel companies did this mistakenly,” Rogich said in a statement. Tax cases aimed at similar practices in other states involving online travel companies, or OTCs, have met with mixed success.

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Nevada facing double-bind of rising cases, limping economy

Read full article: Nevada facing double-bind of rising cases, limping economy

People dressed as showgirls stand along the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Las Vegas. But Democrat Steve Sisolak has also encouraged out-of-state visitors, the lifeblood of Nevada's limping economy, to come to his state and spend money in Las Vegas. But Democrat Steve Sisolak has also encouraged out-of-state visitors, the lifeblood of Nevada's limping economy, to come to his state and spend money in Las Vegas. On Thursday, Nevada reported 2,416 new confirmed COVID-19 cases — a record of daily new cases for the state. Visitor numbers and room occupancy rates in Las Vegas in September were roughly half what they were the same month in 2019.

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Court OK's $800M settlement for MGM Resorts, Vegas victims

Read full article: Court OK's $800M settlement for MGM Resorts, Vegas victims

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, survivors return to the scene of a mass shooting on the first anniversary in Las Vegas. A judge in Nevada has approved a total of $800 million in payouts from casino company MGM Resorts International and its insurers to more than 4,400 relatives and victims of the Las Vegas Strip shooting that was the deadliest in recent U.S. history. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)LAS VEGAS – A court on Wednesday approved a settlement totaling $800 million from casino company MGM Resorts International and its insurers to more than 4,400 relatives and victims of the Las Vegas Strip shooting that was the deadliest in recent U.S. history. In various lawsuits, victims and families accused MGM Resorts of failing to protect people at the concert venue or stop the shooter from amassing an arsenal of weapons and ammunition over several days before he opened fire. Las Vegas police and the FBI determined the 64-year-old retired accountant and high-stakes poker player meticulously planned the attack and acted alone.

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MGM Resorts adopts smoke-free policy for Vegas Strip casino

Read full article: MGM Resorts adopts smoke-free policy for Vegas Strip casino

LAS VEGAS – One of the last Las Vegas Strip resorts to reopen after coronavirus closures will be the first to be smoke-free, MGM Resorts International announced Monday. Moving to smoke-free is hardly a gamble, Nikodemus said: “We believe there is a high level of pent-up demand to have a non-smoking casino, especially here in Las Vegas." Nikodemus noted that smoking areas will be provided outside Park MGM, and tobacco smoking is still allowed at nearby MGM Resorts properties including New York-New York and Aria. He also pointed to MGM Resorts properties in other states where smoking is prohibited, including MGM Springfield in Massachusetts and MGM National Harbor in Maryland. Caesars Entertainment Inc. has yet to open its Cromwell and Planet Hollywood properties on the Las Vegas Strip, and the nearby Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino remains closed.

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58 crosses back on Las Vegas Strip on shooting anniversary

Read full article: 58 crosses back on Las Vegas Strip on shooting anniversary

A gunman fired 1,057 rounds into a crowd of outdoor concertgoers on the Las Vegas Strip, killing 58 people. It became the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. An Illinois man drove across the country to deliver his 58 homemade crosses in honor of the victims. Two years later, Greg Zanis returned to the Las Vegas Strip, placing 58 crosses once again, CNN affiliate KSNV reported. Authorities said the Las Vegas gunman's likely use of bump stocks allowed him to rapidly spray the crowd with hundreds of bullets to devastating effect.

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Iconic Sahara name returns to Las Vegas

Read full article: Iconic Sahara name returns to Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - A Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino made an announcement with a blast from the past as the SLS renamed itself Sahara Las Vegas. Celebrity guests walked the red carpet of the event to show their support to Las Vegas. In 2013, SBE announced that it was changing the name of the hotel-casino to SLS Las Vegas. In 2015, the Starwood Hotels & Resorts bought the Sahara and announced that one of the hotel's towers would be rebranded W Las Vegas. In 2015, the Starwood Hotels & Resorts bought the Sahara and announced that one of the hotel's towers would be rebranded W Las Vegas.

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