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A California judge has ordered casino mogul Steve Wynn to pay $422,380 in legal fees and costs to the Wall Street hedge fund manager Wynn sued for defamation. Las week District Judge William H. Orrick reduced ...

The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected an appeal for a death penalty conviction for a 2006 fatal shooting of a former professional basketball player in Las Vegas. Five justices ...

Wildfires are charging through several dry Western states, including a blaze in California that showed new life after burning for a week and forced some communities to flee their homes. A look at the latest hotspots and what crews are ..

B.B. King's longtime business manager was named executor of his estate Thursday, despite objections from four of the late blues icon's daughters. Clark County District Court Judge Gloria Sturman told ...

Two hospitalized San Diego firefighters were in stable condition and one was expected to go home Thursday, a day after a bystander stabbed them multiple times as they were helping a man with ...

Like the first track on Tom Petty’s “Full Moon Fever,” I’m free-fallin’. ...

The latest models of Google's self-driving cars are now cruising the streets near the Internet company's Silicon Valley headquarters as an ambitious project to transform the way people get around shifts into its next phase. This marks the first time that the pod-like, two seat vehicles have been allowed on public roads since Google ...

A prosecutor says she has opened a criminal investigation into a fatal California balcony collapse that could lead to involuntary manslaughter charges. However, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley declined Thursday to ...

Patrick Macnee, the British-born actor best known as dapper secret agent John Steed in the long-running 1960s TV series "The Avengers," has died. He was 93. Macnee died Thursday of natural causes with his family at his bedside in Rancho Mirage, his son Rupert said in a statement. The clever spy drama, which ...

A medical marijuana cultivation facility is coming to Carson City. The Nevada Appeal reports the city's Planning Commission approved Tahoe Hydroponics Co. for ...

Los Angeles Kings center Jarret Stoll pleaded guilty to two reduced misdemeanor charges to resolve a felony cocaine case stemming from his April arrest at a Las Vegas Strip swimming pool. Defense attorneys ...

An excessive heat warning is in effect through 9 p.m. Saturday, with temperatures expected to reach up to 114 degrees in the Las Vegas Valley. Clouds are expected to keep ...

Bryan Micon, the man targeted by state officials for allegedly running an illegal online gambling website, appeared in a Las Vegas court today and agreed to plead guilty to the charge against him. Micon’s plea will allow him to ...

The version of Las Vegas that pop culture broadcasts to the world is, for the most part, confined to a narrow slice of the city, a couple of miles of Las Vegas Boulevard known as the Strip. Sometimes the view stretches to include ...

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is joining the 2016 presidential race and will make an official announcement Tuesday at his old high school, two people familiar with his plans told The Associated Press. The Republican leader of a Democratic stronghold has been ...

Two men in an SUV were found dead with apparent gunshot wounds Wednesday after officers were called to investigate a suspicious vehicle at an apartment complex in ...

New Las Vegas mega-club hotspot Omnia at Caesars Palace announced this morning the addition of Grammy Award-nominated and multiplatinum-selling artist Steve Angello to its list of highly acclaimed and superstar-DJ roster.

A New York-bound Turkish Airlines plane carrying 292 passengers made an emergency landing Thursday at Copenhagen's international airport after an old camera bag, possibly forgotten by a passenger, caused a bomb scare. Police spokesman Christian Olsgaard said ...

Tyrone Spong has 10 kickboxing world title belts hanging above his pool table in his South Florida home. He’s collected so much championship hardware over the years that ...

Now come Greeks bearing the gift of confirmation that Margaret Thatcher was right about socialist governments: “They always run out of other people’s money.” Greece, from whose ancient playwrights Western drama descends, is in an absurdist melodrama about securing yet another cash infusion from international creditors. This would add another boulder to a mountain of debt almost twice the size of Greece’s gross domestic product. This protracted dispute will result in desirable carnage if Greece defaults... Читать дальше...

The most difficult part of being a hipster isn’t scouting out under-the-radar bands, or knowing where the best thrift shops are. It’s finding coffee shops with baristas in ...

Brittany Maynard, 29, died Nov. 1. To be more accurate, she killed herself.

In the third season of “House of Cards,” conniving President Frank Underwood colludes with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jacobs on the timing of Jacobs’ retirement. Their plan: to have the justice step down before his Alzheimer’s disease becomes perceptible and before Underwood leaves office, but only after Underwood gets a controversial — and potentially unconstitutional — program up and running.

I wanted to write about why putting a team in Las Vegas would be a smart move for the National Hockey League. I’m desperate to tell you it’s a good idea and hockey will thrive here. And, don’t get me wrong, this native Las Vegan is thrilled about Wednesday’s news the league is accepting expansion-franchise applications ...

Thomas Keller is celebrating 11 years of his Bouchon at the Venetian. Bouncing off the success of his French Laundry and Per Se again being named to the World’s Top 50 Restaurants, the kitchen king came to town to launch his spring and summer menus at Bouchon.