Today: September 22, 2024
Today: September 22, 2024

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Wynn Resorts paying $130M for letting illegal money reach gamblers at its Las Vegas Strip casino

Casino company Wynn Resorts is paying $130 million to federal authorities and admitting that it allowed unlicensed money transfers from around the world to reach gamblers at its flagship Las Vegas Strip property

Wynn Resorts paying $130M for letting illegal money reach gamblers at its Las Vegas Strip casino
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Nevada high court ends casino mogul Steve Wynn's defamation suit against The Associated Press

The Nevada Supreme Court has ended a defamation lawsuit brought by casino mogul Steve Wynn against The Associated Press in 2018

Americas|Crime|News

Ex-politician convicted in 2022 killing of Vegas reporter, jury sets sentence at 20 years to life

A Nevada jury has found a Democratic former Las Vegas-area politician guilty of murdering an investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of his conduct in office

Ex-politician convicted in 2022 killing of Vegas reporter, jury sets sentence at 20 years to life
Crime|News

Jury ends second day deliberating in trial of former elected official in killing of Vegas reporter

A jury in Las Vegas has ended its second day of deliberations in the murder trial of a Democratic former elected official accused of killing an investigative reporter two years ago

Jury ends second day deliberating in trial of former elected official in killing of Vegas reporter
Crime

Jury deliberating fate of ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas investigative reporter

A jury has began deliberating in the trial of a former Democratic politician accused of killing an investigative journalist in Las Vegas

Jury deliberating fate of ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas investigative reporter
Americas|Crime|News

Surprise text focuses murder trial of ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas reporter

A surprise text asking “Where are you?”

Surprise text focuses murder trial of ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas reporter
Crime|News|Political

Ex-politician testifies he's innocent in the killing of a Las Vegas investigative reporter

A former Democratic politician has told a Nevada jury that he didn't kill a Las Vegas investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him

Ex-politician testifies he's innocent in the killing of a Las Vegas investigative reporter
Americas|Crime|News

Jury hears ex-politician on trial for murder amassed photos, ID records about slain Vegas reporter

A Nevada jury heard testimony that Las Vegas police found hundreds of photos of a slain investigative journalist’s home and neighborhood, along with screen shots of his identification records, on the cellphone and computer of a Democratic politician accused of killing him in September 2022

Jury hears ex-politician on trial for murder amassed photos, ID records about slain Vegas reporter
Business|Economy|Finance

Coca-Cola to pay $6 billion in IRS back taxes case while appealing judge's decision

Coca-Cola Co. says it will pay $6 billion in back taxes and interest to the Internal Revenue Service while it appeals a federal tax court decision in a case dating back 17 years

Coca-Cola to pay $6 billion in IRS back taxes case while appealing judge's decision
News|Sports

Former Raiders coach Jon Gruden asking full Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider NFL emails lawsuit

Jon Gruden is asking the entire Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider a decision by a three-justice panel to throw out a lawsuit he filed against the NFL over emails leaked to the media before he resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders in 2021

Former Raiders coach Jon Gruden asking full Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider NFL emails lawsuit
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment

Sparks fly, Nevada judge sets deadline in bail bid for man charged in Tupac Shakur killing

Sparks flew as a Nevada judge rebuked a defense attorney and a former Los Angeles-area gang leader lashed out against prosecutors during his renewed effort to be freed from jail to house arrest ahead of his trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur

Sparks fly, Nevada judge sets deadline in bail bid for man charged in Tupac Shakur killing
Crime|Economy|News|Political

Nevada judge who ran for state treasurer pleads not guilty to federal fraud charges

A rural Nevada judge who ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer in 2022 pleaded not guilty Friday to federal fraud charges

News|Political

Rural Nevada judge who once ran for state treasurer indicted on federal fraud charges

A Nevada justice of the peace who ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer in 2022 has been indicted on federal fraud charges

Business|Entertainment|Travel

The last cards have been dealt as the iconic Mirage closes its doors on the Las Vegas Strip

The Mirage's signature volcano has erupted for the last time

The last cards have been dealt as the iconic Mirage closes its doors on the Las Vegas Strip
News|Opinion|Sports

Former Raiders coach Jon Gruden loses bid for state high court reconsideration in NFL emails lawsuit

Former NFL coach Jon Gruden has lost a bid for three Nevada Supreme Court justices to reconsider whether a lawsuit he filed against the NFL after he resigned from the Las Vegas Raiders in 2021 should be heard in courts or in private arbitration

Former Raiders coach Jon Gruden loses bid for state high court reconsideration in NFL emails lawsuit
News|Technology

Casino giant Caesars Entertainment reports cyberattack; MGM Resorts says some systems still down

Casino company Caesars Entertainment has joined Las Vegas gambling rival MGM Resorts International in reporting a recent cyberattack

Casino giant Caesars Entertainment reports cyberattack; MGM Resorts says some systems still down
Business|Health|News

Nevada jury awards $130M to 5 people who had liver damage after drinking bottled water

A Nevada jury has awarded about $130 million in damages in a lawsuit filed by five people who suffered liver damage before bottled water marketed by a Las Vegas-based company was recalled in 2021

Entertainment|News

Judge considering if ex-gang leader held in Tupac Shakur killing gets house arrest on $750K bail

A Nevada judge says she'll review financial documents before deciding if a former Los Angeles-area gang leader will be freed from jail on $750,000 bail ahead of his murder trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur

Judge considering if ex-gang leader held in Tupac Shakur killing gets house arrest on $750K bail
News|Political

Fake elector case in Nevada dismissed over venue question, state attorney general vows appeal

A Nevada judge has dismissed a criminal indictment against six Republicans accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential election

Fake elector case in Nevada dismissed over venue question, state attorney general vows appeal
Entertainment|News

Former gang leader charged with killing Tupac Shakur gets new lawyer who points to 'historic' trial

A former Los Angeles-area gang leader jailed in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur has hired a private attorney to represent him ahead of his murder trial

Former gang leader charged with killing Tupac Shakur gets new lawyer who points to 'historic' trial
Entertainment|News

Ex-gang leader facing trial in Tupac Shakur killing seeking release from Vegas jail on $750K bail

A former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas will ask a judge next week to let him out of jail pending trial on a murder charge

Ex-gang leader facing trial in Tupac Shakur killing seeking release from Vegas jail on $750K bail
Sports

Charges dropped, Riquna Williams wants to rejoin Las Vegas Aces after domestic violence arrest

Criminal charges were dropped Thursday against Las Vegas Aces player Riquna Williams after the alleged victim in a July domestic violence incident at their home stopped cooperating with prosecutors ahead of a preliminary hearing to determine if the case should go to trial. Williams’ attorney, Brandon Albright, told reporters that Williams hopes to rejoin the team for WNBA playoffs that begin next week. Williams did not speak in court and declined outside court to comment. “It’s our hope that in short order she’ll be able to join her team,” Albright said. The 33-year-old shooting guard nicknamed

Charges dropped, Riquna Williams wants to rejoin Las Vegas Aces after domestic violence arrest
Health|Opinion|Political

Nevada abortion-rights measure has enough signatures for November ballot, supporters say

Abortion access advocates in Nevada say they have submitted almost twice the number of petition signatures needed to qualify a measure for the November ballot that would enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution

Nevada abortion-rights measure has enough signatures for November ballot, supporters say
News|Sports

Former NFL coach Jon Gruden loses Nevada high court ruling in NFL emails lawsuit

Former NFL coach Jon Gruden has lost a Nevada Supreme Court ruling in a contract interference and conspiracy lawsuit he filed against the league after he resigned from the Las Vegas Raiders in 2021

Former NFL coach Jon Gruden loses Nevada high court ruling in NFL emails lawsuit
Entertainment|News

Ex-gang leader's account of Tupac Shakur killing is fiction, defense lawyer in Vegas says

The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing music legend Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas says his client’s accounts of the killing are fiction

Ex-gang leader's account of Tupac Shakur killing is fiction, defense lawyer in Vegas says

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