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  • Dharmi Patel assembles a Vienna Beef Chicago hot dog at a cart inside the South Point Hotel and Casino Wed. Jan 6, 2021.
    Dog days: South Point hot dog cart remains a popular draw
    Jan. 17, 2021
    By Bryan Horwath
    While playing poker at the South Point, A.C. Florez of Las Vegas decided to take a quick lunch break. Whenever he plays at the off-Strip casino — three or four times a week, usually — he’s sure to stop at South Point’s popular hot dog cart, a few steps from ...
  • Baseball coach swings for the fences in launching moving service
    Jan. 16, 2021
    By Bryan Horwath
    In baseball, coaches often remind young hitters to forget their last strikeout when they step back up to the plate. Michael Eshragh, an assistant baseball coach at the College of Southern Nevada, applied the same mindset as ...
  • LVing: Your new home awaits in Silverado Ranch in Las Vegas
    LVing: Your new home awaits in Silverado Ranch in Las Vegas
    Jan. 15, 2021
    By Ken Miller
    Plus, get a glimpse of community amenities like gyms and golf courses.
  • Coyote Ugly at New York-New York
    Coyote Ugly is party central in Las Vegas
    Jan. 15, 2021
    By Alexander Haase
    Don't be afraid to misbehave a little during your vacation.
  • McConnell racing away from Trump as impeachment vote nears
    Jan. 13, 2021
    By Alan Fram and Andrew Taylor, Associated Press
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is moving abruptly away from President Donald Trump, telling people that he thinks Trump perpetrated ...
  • The website of the social media platform Parler is displayed in Berlin, Jan. 10, 2021. The platform's logo is on a screen in the background.
    Amazon seeks to keep conservative app Parler offline
    Jan. 13, 2021
    Associated Press
    Seattle-based Amazon.com, Inc. has asked a federal judge to deny a request to reinstate the cloud-service account for conservative social media network Parler, claiming Parler shrugged off police violence content on its site before and after the ...
  • NTSB says vehicle battery fires pose risks to 1st responders
    Jan. 13, 2021
    By Tom Krisher, Associated Press
    Electric vehicle fires pose safety risks to first responders and guidelines from manufacturers about how to deal with them have been inadequate, according to U.S. investigators. There are also gaps in ...
  • Indonesia starts mass COVID vaccinations over vast territory
    Jan. 13, 2021
    By Edna Tarigan and Victoria Milko, Associated Press
    Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the first shot of a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine Wednesday after the government authorized it for emergency use and began efforts to ...
  • Kremlin foe Navalny says he will fly home despite threats
    Jan. 13, 2021
    By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press
    Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny says he plans to go home to Russia next weekend despite the authorities' threats to put ...
  • In this Jan. 4, 2021, file photo, a person walks through an entrance to the Farm Boy Drive-In restaurant during a protest rally near Olympia, Wash. The restaurant has been facing fines and penalties for continuing to offer inside dining despite current restrictions on the practice in Washington state due to the coronavirus pandemic.
    Defiance of virus dining bans grows as restaurants flounder
    Jan. 13, 2021
    A line formed out the door during the lunch rush at the Carver Hangar, a family-owned restaurant and sports bar, and waitresses zipped in and out of the kitchen trying to keep up with orders as customers backed up in the lobby. Indoor dining has been banned in much of ...
  • In this Tuesday, March 15, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters at his primary election night event at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla. At right is his son Eric Trump.
    NYC to terminate Trump contracts after Capitol insurrection
    Jan. 13, 2021
    By Karen Matthews, Associated Press
    New York City will terminate business contracts with President Donald Trump after last week's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday. “I’m here to announce that the city of New York is severing all ...
  • A view of a specially constructed bunker hosting the first hearing of a maxi-trial against more than 300 defendants of the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate, near the Calabrian town of Lamezia Terme, southern Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.
    Italy puts over 320 on trial for 'ndrangheta mob ties
    Jan. 13, 2021
    By Andrea Rosa and Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press
    A trial with more than 320 defendants began Wednesday in southern Italy against the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate, arguably the world's richest criminal organization that quietly amassed power as the Sicilian Mafia lost influence. Expected to take at least ...
  • In this Dec. 22, 2020, file photo, registered nurses Robin Gooding, left, and Johanna Ortiz treat a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles.
    U.S. COVID-19 deaths hit another one-day high at over 4,300
    Jan. 13, 2021
    Associated Press
    Coronavirus deaths in the U.S. hit another one-day high at over 4,300 with the country's attention focused largely on the fallout from the ...
  • Trump appointees pressure Census for report on undocumented
    Jan. 13, 2021
    By Mike Schneider, Associated Press
    U.S. Census Bureau statisticians are under significant pressure from Trump political appointees to figure out who in the U.S. is in the country illegally, and they're worried ...
  • President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. The President was traveling to Texas.
    Trump on verge of 2nd impeachment after Capitol siege
    Jan. 13, 2021
    By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Jonathan Lemire and Alan Fram, Associated Press
    President Donald Trump is on the verge of being impeached for a second time in a fast-moving House vote, just a week after he encouraged loyalists to “fight like hell” against election results and ...
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