LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Dr. Deborah Birx is calling for 11 major cities seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases to take “aggressive” steps in order to curb their outbreaks.According to a report from the Center for Public Integrity, Las Vegas is one of those cities. The recommendation took place during a weekly call with local…
A Las Vegas man who authorities say “goaded” a homeless man into performing a fatal backflip for $6 and livestreamed the stunt last month has been arrested.Keonte Jones, 28, was booked Tuesday on suspicion of willful disregard of a person’s safety, a felony, in the death of Larry Coner, 55, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police…
LAS VEGAS — The nearly quarter-million dollars in winning wagers reportedly placed at MGM Resorts last Sunday might be the largest sportsbook loss in Las Vegas history on bets made after an event has started.Seven longtime Las Vegas bookmakers can’t recall a larger loss, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. But each oddsmaker has taken hits on…
Kaydee Asher thought she was doing everything right. She wore face masks and limited her time in public spaces. The Green Valley High School student was a healthy 16-year-old who hadn’t been sick in two years when she contracted the coronavirus last month. She started having issues breathing, felt tired and lost the ability to…
Masks must be worn in Nevada’s public indoors spaces, the state’s Governor has ordered. That means casino visitors anywhere in the state must cover up except when eating or drinking. The ruling goes into effect at 12:01 AM on Friday and follows a lax approach in which masks were not mandatory in every casino, although…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…