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Biden heads to Las Vegas to showcase $8.2B for 10 major rail projects around the country

Dec. 08, 2023 05:03 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to Las Vegas to showcase $8.2 billion in funding for 10 major passenger rail projects across the country, including to spur work on high-speed, electric train routes that could one day link Nevada and California, as well as Los Angeles and San...

UNLV gunman was unemployed professor who had 150 rounds of ammunition and a target list, police say

Dec. 08, 2023 00:50 AM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 67-year-old college professor who was denied jobs at various Nevada colleges and universities stuffed loaded handgun magazines into his waistband before walking into a University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus building and killing three faculty members, police said. ...

UNLV gunman had list of targets at the university and 150 rounds of ammunition, police say

Dec. 08, 2023 00:19 AM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The 67-year-old gunman who killed three faculty members and wounded a fourth in a roughly 10-minute rampage at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, had a list of targets at the school and more than 150 rounds of ammunition, police said Thursday. Clark County...

Vikings and Raiders meet with both hoping to stay on a path to the playoffs

Dec. 07, 2023 20:47 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The paths Minnesota and Las Vegas took to get to this point in the NFL season have not been an easy one. Both teams have had upheaval — backup quarterbacks now starting for each club, a coaching change for the Raiders — and this game will be quite telling where...

Las Vegas police look into potential threats shooting suspect made against university faculty in Nevada, North Carolina

Dec. 07, 2023 17:27 PM EST
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police look into potential threats shooting suspect made against university faculty in Nevada, North Carolina.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas says all four people shot on campus were faculty members

Dec. 07, 2023 16:23 PM EST
LAS VEGAS (AP) — University of Nevada, Las Vegas says all four people shot on campus were faculty members.

Las Vegas shooting suspect was a professor who recently applied for a job at UNLV, AP source says

Dec. 06, 2023 22:44 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The man suspected of fatally shooting three people and wounding another at a Las Vegas university Wednesday was a professor who unsuccessfully sought a job at the school, a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press. ...

Biden administration pledges $6 billion to a pair of high-speed electric rail routes in the US West

Dec. 06, 2023 19:03 PM EST

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday said it will give more than $6 billion to a pair of high-speed electric rail routes in the U.S. West, injecting new life into long-stalled projects hailed by supporters as the future of public transportation but bemoaned by critics for...

3 people dead, fourth critically wounded and shooter also dead in University of Nevada, Las Vegas attack, police say

Dec. 06, 2023 18:53 PM EST
LAS VEGAS (AP) — 3 people dead, fourth critically wounded and shooter also dead in University of Nevada, Las Vegas attack, police say.

Las Vegas sheriff says no further threat in shooting on university campus, multiple victims taken to hospital

Dec. 06, 2023 16:44 PM EST
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas sheriff says no further threat in shooting on university campus, multiple victims taken to hospital.