Former UFC champion Jon Jones has taken a plea deal to resolve a criminal case stemming from allegations that he scuffled with his fiancée and damaged …
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New lieutenant governor, a former principal, focused on improving education and economy in Nevada
Lisa Cano Burkhead’s mother came to Las Vegas from Paraguay and her father from Argentina in search of better lives, working on the Strip as a seamstress and a blackjack dealer. They only finished elementary-level schooling, instilling in their daught…
The Year in Las Vegas Photos (and the stories behind them)
A great-looking yearbook from staff photographers Yasmina Chavez, Christopher DeVargas, Steve Marcus and Wade Vandervort.
Money makers: College Football Betting Awards recognize nation’s top covering teams
It’s awards season in college football with our annual (well, typically annual) gambling version ready to jump back in the fray.
Defense set to make case Maxwell is taking fall for Epstein
A New York City jury has heard four women detail accusations that they were teens when they became victims of a sex-abuse scheme devised by Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. Starting Thursday, the British socialite’s attorneys are expected to mak…
Jittery Ukrainian villagers ‘fear that a big war will start’
Liudmyla Momot wipes away tears as she searches for clothes and household items to salvage from the ruins of her home that was shelled by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Afghanistan’s health care system on the brink of collapse
The diesel fuel needed to produce oxygen for coronavirus patients has run out. So have supplies of dozens of essential drugs. The staff, unpaid for months, still shows up for work, but they are struggling to make ends meet at home.
Towns in mourning while digging out from deadly tornadoes
Tight-knit communities still digging out from the deadly tornadoes that killed dozens of people across eight states in the South and Midwest are turning to another heavy-hearted task: honoring and burying their dead.
Source: Biden, Manchin sharply divided over $2T Dem bill
President Joe Biden and Sen. Joe Manchin are said to be sharply divided over Democrats’ huge social and environment bill, with the holdout senator pushing to erase the measure’s improved child tax credit, as leaders’ hopes of passing the legislation b…
Prosecutors expected to wrap up case against Kim Potter
Prosecutors were expected to wrap up their case Thursday against the Minnesota police officer charged in Daunte Wright ‘s death, setting the stage for a defense that at some point will have Kim Potter directly addressing the jury.