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Nevada casino regulators adopt new harassment, bias rules
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada casino regulators have adopted new rules against workplace sexual bias. The state Gaming Commission on Thursday unanimously amended state regulations to prohibit discrimination or harassment of a person based on the person’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,...
Resorts World updates plans for $4.3B Las Vegas Strip resort
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A multibillion-dollar Las Vegas Strip megaresort has updated plans increasing its capacity and expanding its budget before its scheduled open in 2021, company officials said. The Malaysia-based parent company Genting Group announced Resorts World Las Vegas is expected to open its doors in...
Vegas council bans swords, knives, toy guns in downtown zone
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas City Council has voted to ban swords, knives and toy or replica guns from the downtown Freemont Street entertainment district. The council unanimously approved the ban Wednesday, adding the district to other tourist hubs around Las Vegas that have banned fake firearms. Nevada...
Sharks topple Golden Knights 2-1 in overtime
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Logan Couture isn’t always following the calendar enough to know who’s next on the San Jose Sharks’ schedule. He knew the Golden Knights were coming, though, because the team uses the Las Vegas trip as part of its annual Father’s Trip. He made some dads plenty...
Man shot by police on Vegas airport tarmac didn’t work there
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police shot an intruder who fought with officers before dawn Thursday on the tarmac outside a terminal at McCarran International Airport, including an officer who was knocked unconscious, authorities said. The wounded intruder and the injured officer were hospitalized after the...
Late 3 lifts TCU over UC Irvine 59-58 for Dixon’s 400th win
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — RJ Nembhard made sure TCU coach Jamie Dixon earned his 400th career victory on the home court of his alma mater rather than a neutral setting in Las Vegas. The redshirt sophomore hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds left while scoring a career-high 20 points, lifting the...
Dawes’ 19 lead Clemson to 87-51 rout of Alabama A&M
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — These are the kind of games Clemson coach Brad Brownell loves: His team handles things early and he gets to reward hard workers who don’t always see time on the court. Tigers freshman Al-Amir Dawes had a career-high 19 points and Clemson scored 23 straight points in the first...
Ex-casino worker gets 38 years in Vegas picnic killing case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas Strip casino card dealer was sentenced Thursday to at least 38 years in state prison for shooting one supervisor dead and badly wounding another in a planned attack at a company picnic in April 2018. Anthony Wrobel, 44, was sentenced following a court hearing so...
Austin Vetter ordained 11th bishop of Helena Diocese
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Church leaders say Rev. Austin Vetter has become the 11th bishop of the Diocese of Helena after the former bishop was appointed in Las Vegas last year. The Independent Record reported Wednesday that 52-year-old Vetter was appointed bishop to replace Bishop George Leo Thomas’...
The Latest: Man shot by police at airport didn’t work there
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on a police shooting at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas airport (all times local): 12:15 p.m. An airport official says a man shot and wounded by Las Vegas police during a struggle on the tarmac was not employed by McCarran International Airport or any of its...
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