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Is the escalator down? Servicing Vegas Strip lifts a chore
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rarely does a day go by without a Las Vegas Strip elevator or escalator out of service. Between routine maintenance, cleaning and vandalism, the machines face a number of hurdles that deter smooth operations. For some people, taking the stairs instead is just a sweaty inconvenience. For...
Las Vegas police: Neighbors dispute may have led to homicide
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A dispute between neighbors may have played a role in a homicide in northeast Las Vegas, authorities said. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said they were called out to the scene of a shooting around 6 p.m. Saturday and they found a man in his early 30s with a single gunshot wound. The man...
AP source: Raiders get 4 linemen back for game vs. Bucs
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders will be able to play four of their starting offensive linemen Sunday against Tampa Bay after they got one more day of negative tests for COVID-19. A person familiar with the results says Kolton Miller, Denzelle Good, Rodney Hudson and Gabe Jackson all tested negative...
Chen, Bell capture Skate America crowns in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nathan Chen found himself in a familiar place Saturday on the top step of the podium. The podium at Skate America, to be precise. The American superstar landed five quadruple jumps over two programs in his first competition in nine months, easily out-distancing Vincent Zhou and the rest of...
Infant dies after being thrown from balcony; father arrested
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas man was arrested Saturday after his 2-month-old child was fatally injured when thrown off a second-floor apartment balcony during a domestic disturbance, police said. After the child was thrown onto asphalt below, a fire was set inside the apartment and the man left the scene,...
Nevada reports more than 1,000 additional COVID-19 cases
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada officials on Saturday reported more than 1,000 known additional COVID-19 cases for the first time since mid-August amid continuing increases in new cases and positivity rates from testing. The 1,146 additional cases and five additional deaths reported Saturday by the Department of...
Perfection on display when Steelers visit Titans, both 5-0
Maybe all the delays involving the Titans and the jumbled NFL schedule led to the kind of showcase game we all need. Pittsburgh (5-0) at Tennessee (5-0). Yes, the COVID-19 outbreak in Nashville provided some understandably nervous and upsetting times. And it could be a harbinger for a league attempting to play a...
Tiny rural county only one in Nevada with no COVID-19 cases
GOLDFIELD, Nev. (AP) — This is a place where unleashed dogs wander dirt roads. Busted cars dot land that came cheap. Warped wooden shacks wait for one last gust to lay them to rest. There’s no gas station. No McDonald’s. No hospital. The closest emergency room? A hundred miles away in...
Trump campaign sues in Nevada to stop Vegas-area vote count
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Trump campaign and Nevada Republicans asked a state judge on Friday to stop the count of Las Vegas-area mail-in ballots, alleging that “meaningful observation” of signature-checking is impossible in the state’s biggest and most Democratic-leaning county. A lawsuit...
Utility: Rodents in power switch caused Vegas resort outage
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A power outage that prompted evacuation of hundreds of casino patrons and prevented guests from checking in for several busy hours at a Las Vegas Strip resort was caused by rodents at an off-site utility switching center, authorities said Friday. Clark County fire officials said power went...
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