A pyrotechnician crouching on the roof of Planet Hollywood holds out a shell marked 13-17, Lemon Peony. It weighs about three pounds, charge included, and looks like an orange wrapped in a paper bag.
Monthly Archives: December 2021
Teachers union sues to withdraw measures from Nevada ballot
Political action committees backed by Nevada’s largest teachers’ union are suing the secretary of state to remove two of their own tax measures from the 2022 ballot …
Nevada official urges masking, even outdoors, if celebrating NYE in Las Vegas
State public health officials again cautioned those gathering for crowded New Year’s Eve celebrations across Nevada to adhere to local COVID-19 mitigation guidelines to stem spread of the disease as …
Golden Knights’ Max Pacioretty undergoes wrist surgery, out ‘indefinitely’
Whether Pacioretty is out for the remaining four months of the regular season or less, his absence will be felt by the Golden Knights offense.
CDC warns against cruises, regardless of vaccination status
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned people on Thursday not to go on cruises, regardless of their vaccination status, because of onboard outbreaks fueled by the omicron variant.
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021
They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service. But both also saw their legacies tarnished by their actions in the long, bloody war in Iraq.
Times Square show will go on despite virus surge, mayor says
New York City will ring in 2022 in Times Square as planned despite record numbers of COVID-19 infections in the city and around the nation, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.
More tech companies plan to skip in-person events at Las Vegas gadget show
More tech companies are pulling out of next month’s CES gadget show in Las Vegas because of rising COVID-19 cases with the emergence of the omicron variant.
Late Senate leader Harry Reid remembered as ‘man of action’
Presidents and former Senate colleagues are lauding longtime Majority Leader Harry Reid for a political legacy that included an expansion of health insurance coverage for …
Caution urged, but Las Vegas New Year’s Eve fireworks still on
More than 300,000 revelers are expected on the Strip and downtown Las Vegas for the return of New Year’s Eve fireworks, despite rising case levels of COVID-19. Even though fireworks were canceled last year …