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  • 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
  • FILE – A person, reflected in glass, walks near the Tropicana Las Vegas, May 16, 2023, in Las Vegas. The Tropicana Las Vegas, a Sin City namesake for more than six decades, is slated to shut its doors in April 2024 to make room for a $1.5 billion Major League Baseball stadium, Bally’s Corp. announced Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)Finance

    Tropicana Las Vegas, once known as the ‘Tiffany of the Strip’, will be demolished to make way for $1.5bn MLB stadium for Oakland A’s

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • LAS VEGAS, UNITED STATES – JANUARY 09: A view of a Doosan cocktail robot at CES 2024 at the CES 2024, the world’s largest annual consumer technology trade at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on January 09, 2024. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)Tech

    Robots smart enough to mix cocktails and froth milk for your vanilla latte are ready to take over the kitchen

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • UNLV mass shootingPolitics

    Police have no motive after college professor who was denied various jobs murders several faculty at UNLV

    By Rio Yamat, Ben Finley, and others
  • FILE – Members of the Culinary Workers Union rally along the Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in Las Vegas. After a marathon week of negotiations, the Las Vegas hotel workers union says it has reached a tentative deal with Wynn Resorts. It was the last contract the Culinary Workers Union needed to avoid a strike Friday, Nov. 10, 2023, and came after the union’s tentative deals with Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)Success

    Las Vegas union hotel workers vote to approve new Caesars contract that includes a 32% pay raise: ‘BEST CONTRACT EVER!’

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Members of the Culinary Workers Union rally along the Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in Las Vegas. After a marathon week of negotiations, the Las Vegas hotel workers union says it has reached a tentative deal with Wynn Resorts. It was the last contract the Culinary Workers Union needed to avoid a strike Friday, Nov. 10, 2023, and came after the union’s tentative deals with Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)Success

    Las Vegas hotel workers’ tentative contract deal increases pay, cuts workloads—and mandates daily room cleanings

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • Bill Hornbuckle, president and CEO of MGM Resorts InternationalFinance

    The largest employer on the Las Vegas Strip is confident of avoiding a sweeping walkout of workers at MGM Resorts

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • A Las Vegas police officer arrests a member of the Culinary Workers Union along the Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in Las Vegas. Thousands of hotel workers fighting for new union contracts rallied Wednesday night on the Las Vegas Strip, where rush-hour traffic was disrupted when some members blocked the road before being detained by police. (AP Photo/John Locher)Success

    Dozens of union workers arrested on Las Vegas Strip as thousands of hotel employees rally for new contracts

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • Duane Keffe D DavisLifestyle

    The first arrest in the Tupac Shakur shooting began as an investigation into the death of Biggie Smalls

    By Rio Yamat, Ken Ritter, and others
  • Tupac ShakurLifestyle

    After a 27-year hunt, someone has finally been indicted for murder in the shooting of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur

    By Rio Yamat, Ken Ritter, and others
  • Dineh Benally

    A Navajo and Taiwanese-owned illegal weed farm in New Mexico forced Chinese immigrants to work 14 hours a day, lawsuit claims

    By Susan Montoya Bryan, Rio Yamat, and others
  • Culinary Union members, including Veronica Flores Serrano, who works at The Linq, cast their ballots during a strike vote, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, at Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas. Tens of thousands of hospitality workers who keep the iconic casinos and hotels of Las Vegas humming were set to vote Tuesday on whether to authorize a strike amid ongoing contract negotiations. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)Success

    Las Vegas hospitality workers prepare to call strike against hotels and casinos for the first time in more than 30 years

    By Rio Yamat and The Associated Press
  • An error message is displayed on a machine at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. MGM Resorts said a cybersecurity attack began Sunday, affecting reservations and casino floors in Las Vegas and other states. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)Tech

    Casino cyber attacks in Las Vegas leave slot machines dark, visitors unsettled: ‘The same thing could happen to other properties’

    By Rio Yamat, Wayne Parry, and others