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  • Nadia Milleron, parent of Samya Rose Stumo, one of the victims of the Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia, holds her photograph and is surrounded by posters that say 'Profits over passanger' and other signs as she speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill, June 18, 2024, in Washington.Law

    Families of 737 Max crash victims push to appoint a special prosecutor, saying Boeing is ‘trying to buy everyone off’

    By Rio Yamat, Lisa Leff, and others
  • FILE – A Spirit Airlines 319 Airbus taxis at Manchester Boston Regional Airport, Friday, June 2, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)Finance

    Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy again, and flight attendants union warns to ‘prepare for all possible scenarios’

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • Southwest AirlinesFinance

    Southwest Airlines is going to start charging heavy flyers for an extra seat if they can’t fit within armrests

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • Las Vegas stripSuccess

    For the first time ever, all major casinos on the Las Vegas strip are unionized

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A traveler walks through the Southwest Airlines ticketing counter area at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)Travel & Leisure

    Southwest passengers fly out of seats as jet drops 300 feet in 36 seconds in response to an alert about a nearby plane

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • Khaby Lame smiles at a movie premiereLifestyle

    Khaby Lame, the 25-year-old with more TikTok followers than anyone else in the world, is leaving the U.S. after being detained by ICE

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • Bitcoin cryptocurrency cryptomonnaie coin placed on a desk in Clermont-Ferrand France on May 16 2025. (Photo by Romain Costaseca / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP) (Photo by ROMAIN COSTASECA/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)The Coins

    A crypto investor is charged with kidnapping and torturing a man for weeks to get his Bitcoin password

    By Michael R. Sisak, Rio Yamat, and others
  • The Fish Lake Valley tui chub, swimming in waterEnvironment

    The Trump administration just proposed its first animal to be added to the endangered species list: a rare fish from Nevada that’s ‘barely clinging to existence’

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A United Aviate Academy student pilot takes off from Goodyear Airport, Oct. 28, 2022, in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)Travel & Leisure

    Student pilots are suing United Airlines for fraud after spending tens of thousands of dollars on a flight school riddled with staffing shortages and expulsions: ‘It was students teaching students’

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A members of the Culinary Workers Union holds a picket sign outside the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Nov. 15, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)Success

    Las Vegas hotel workers union reaches deal with Virgin Hotels casino to end longest strike in decades

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • Tourists ride in a gondola inside the Venetian luxury hotel, casino and shopping complexFinance

    Las Vegas Venetian workers win historic contract with major pay boosts

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • Kamala Harris speakingPolitics

    Kamala Harris pledges to end taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers, echoing Trump

    By Rio Yamat, Darlene Superville, and others
  • The Mirage hotel in Las VegasSuccess

    Las Vegas’ legendary Mirage casino is closing to make room for a 700-foot tall Hard Rock hotel that’s shaped like a guitar

    By The Associated Press and Rio Yamat
  • People walk outside of the Tropicana hotel-casino Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Las Vegas. The property is scheduled to close April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/John Locher)Lifestyle

    Tropicana Las Vegas casino that hosted James Bond in ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ closes after 67 years to make room for an MLB stadium

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • Las VegasLifestyle

    Las Vegas gears up for the Super Bowl, from Guy Fieri’s free tailgate by the Strip’s Ferris Wheel to a sellout at the private jet parking lot

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press