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Nevada on Wednesday reported 15 additional coronavirus deaths, marking the steepest one-day increase since the first death was counted early last month …

For those who haven’t mastered the odds of Belarussian soccer or Russian table tennis, this week’s NFL draft gives U.S. gamblers their first opportunity in weeks to bet on an event about which they actually know something.

Harvard University announced Wednesday it will turn down $8.7 million in federal coronavirus relief, a day after President Donald Trump excoriated the wealthy Ivy League school over taxpayer money it stood to receive.

As of Tuesday, 14 Metro Police employees had tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the latest department figures …

Many small gaming businesses have been shut out of federal disaster loans, but Nevada’s congressional delegation is pushing for them to be included in future legislation. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., said today she is pressing to …

For more than a month, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has decried Gov. Steve Sisolak’s mandated shutdown of all nonessential businesses due to coronavirus, calling for the reopening of Las Vegas’ casinos, restaurants, bars and “boutiques.”

In anticipation of reopening Nevada casinos, state gaming regulators issued a six-page memo outlining steps to resuscitate an industry shuttered amid the coronavirus pandemic. “A safe, thoughtful, and …

With more state and local data being released on coronavirus infections, deaths and testing, Las Vegans should keep in mind several factors when trying to gauge just how badly coronavirus is hitting their state, county or neighborhood. At the local le…

America’s entrenched political divide is now playing out over matters of life and death.

An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth.