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As attendees ventured into the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North Hall, a security guard checked to make sure people were wearing masks. One man had to be reminded to put his on while another said he didn’t have one. The security guard went to grab a…

MGM Resorts International has released a seven-point safety plan for reopening its U.S. casinos closed since March because of the coronavirus pandemic. “Preparing for the moment we …

As the COVID-19 pandemic started to become more prevalent in Nevada, three medical school students at Touro University Nevada quickly responded to help serve Southern Nevada’s needs. By late March, they launched a website to gather student volunteers …

Las Vegas local Doug Polk says he’s never been involved in politics. But when the recently retired professional poker player saw Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman …

The World Baseball Classic will be postponed from 2021 to 2023 because of the new coronavirus, a person familiar with the planning tells The Associated Press.

While President Donald Trump claims mail-in voting is ripe for fraud and “cheaters,” his reelection campaign and state allies are scrambling to launch operations meant to help their voters cast ballots in the mail.

Tina Fey shed tears after announcing that more than $115 million was raised toward supporting New Yorkers impacted by COVID-19 during a virtual telethon.

A 39-year-old former investment manager in Georgia was already facing federal federal charges that he robbed hundreds of retirees of their savings through a Ponzi scheme when the rapid spread of COVID-19 presented an opportunity.

Even as President Donald Trump urges getting people back to work and reopening the economy, thousands of new coronavirus infections are being reported daily, many of them job-related.

American Jews were targets of more anti-Semitic incidents in 2019 than any other year over the past four decades, a surge marked by deadly attacks on a California synagogue …