MGM Resorts International has sued hundreds of victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in a bid to avoid liability for the gunfire that rained down from its Mandalay Bay casino-resort in Las Vegas. The company argues in lawsuits filed in Nevada, California, New York and other states this week and last that it has “no liability of any kind” to survivors or families of slain victims under a federal law enacted after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The unprecedented move from MGM Resorts International to sue hundreds of victims of last year's mass shooting in Las Vegas using an obscure U.S. law never tested in court has been framed by the casino-operator as an effort to avoid years of costly litigation — but the legal maneuver may not play out that way.

Tech billionaire and advocate of crime victims Henry T. Nicholas III is facing drug counts after being arrested along with a woman Tuesday at a Las Vegas Strip casino-resort. Nicholas was arrested on suspicion of trafficking heroin, cocaine, meth and ecstasy, Las Vegas police officer Larry Hadfield said Thursday. He added police responded to the casino-resort following a report from security, which had found contraband in a room.

Las Vegas isn't the first place that springs to mind as a sustainable agriculture hub. But the city could soon become a major purveyor of fresh greens, thanks to a new $30 million vertical farming facility. At 215,000 square feet, it's one of the largest indoor vertical farms in the US. The facility is home to Oasis Biotech, a startup that transformed a vacant Las Vegas industrial property into a center for hydroponic farming — a process of growing plants without soil to conserve water and speed up the maturation process.

A Cirque du Soleil performer was in stable condition after falling from the "Wheel of Death" during a Las Vegas performance.

Forget Britney Spears and Cirque du Soleil. For many gamblers, the hottest attraction in Sin City is an outdated three-reel slot machine that hasn't produced a jackpot in nearly two decades. It is called the Lion's Share, and in this city with no shortage of losing bets, the 20-year-old slot has attracted a legion of ever-hopeful devotees on the floor of the MGM Grand, the Strip's second-biggest casino.

Frank Cullotta, a former mob hitman, has found a new avenue for his knowledge: showing tourists in Las Vegas around old mafia haunts

In 2011, the Justice Department targeted online-poker operators for violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Since then, many guileless amateurs, known to poker pros as “fish,” have been moving back to casinos. 

Las Vegas saw more visitors in March than in any other month in its history, thanks to college basketball tournaments, car races and conventions. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Tuesday that 3.7 million people visited the city last month, up 4.3 percent from March 2013.

Two shooters reportedly killed three people, including two police officers, before committing suicide during a shooting spree in Las Vegas today.

In the 1990s, Las Vegas began building storm-drainage tunnels to protect the tourist destination from raging flash floods. The plan was to construct 1,000 miles of tunnels within 20 or 25 years. Today, the tunnels house the city’s homeless population.

In February, an attack ad titled "Don’t Let the Games Begin" started popping up in online gambling forums. The ad opens on two shadows shaking hands in a dark city alley. We see a distraught mother at her laptop, a young child at a computer in a dim bedroom, police cars with sirens. A narrator with a scaly voice comes on. "An established al-Qaeda poker network could extract enough untraceable money from the United States in just a few days to fund several 9/11-sized attacks," he says.

When FedEx was Federal Express, a struggling, young company with only $5,000 left in the bank, founder Fred Smith boarded a plane for Vegas.

Casino operators are changing blackjack payouts to give the house an even greater advantage. Is this a sign that Vegas is on its way back from the recession, or that the Strip’s biggest players are trying to squeeze some more cash out of visitors before the well runs dry?

Las Vegas is the gambling capital of the United States. It is home to, per About.com, about 200,000 slot machines across about 1,700 licensed gambling locations. Those "licensed gambling locations" aren't necessarily "casinos," though -- you can find slot machine at the airport, for example, as well as random other places throughout the area. If you really want to gamble in Vegas, it's pretty easy to find someone who will take your money. It can be a very lucrative business.

John Kane was on a hell of a winning streak. On July 3, 2009, he walked alone into the high-limit room at the Silverton Casino in Las Vegas and sat down at a video poker machine called the Game King. Six minutes later the purple light on the top of the machine flashed, signaling a $4,300 jackpot.

In an angry final message to Review-Journal, the man who shot himself at an M Resort buffet on Easter Sunday blamed his suicide on depression after he won free meals for life but was banned for harassing women who work there.

The billionaire’s Las Vegas trial heard claims that his Macao casino had organised crime links but the 81-year-old was more interested in telling lawyers’ their job

Next year, a new tunnel under Lake Mead will begin delivering water to Las Vegas. The project is massive, expensive, politically fraught—and a harbinger of things to come.

In the world of right-wing extremism, how do you tell who is dangerous? By Ashley Powers.

A fire broke out at a luxury hotel on the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday.

Dierks Bentley has announced plans to open a Whiskey Row restaurant in Las Vegas, on the Strip. The eatery, which will open in July of 2016 on the Las Vegas Strip, is part of a new, bustling retail and dining district, the Park, that will span eight acres.

Seven people injured as London-bound Boeing 777 suffers ‘catastrophic engine failure’, with smoke and flames coming from fuselage

A British Airways flight was evacuated after one of its engines caught fire during takeoff on a runway in Las Vegas on Tuesday afternoon, airport officials said.

Ace Face and Bim have scammed Vegas casinos out of more than $5 million.

The driver is in custody and is undergoing various tests, including one for alcohol, authorities said.

We think they may have been looking for tacos. Not sure.

Las Vegas police are investigating Chris Brown for possible misdemeanor battery and theft after a woman claimed he assaulted her and took her cell phone during an altercation at a party in a hotel room. The 26-year-old R&B star was not arrested or charged with a crime. His rep told E! News in a statement that the woman's accusations are "completely false." She has not commented publicly. Brown has undergone much legal turmoil involving other incidents over the past six years...

How journalists uncovered judge-watching, fabricated bylines, and secretive business dealings. By Maria Bustillos.

In 30 states, Certified Professional Midwives are licensed to practice medicine with virtually no medical training. Is this a health-care disaster waiting to happen? By Sarah Watts.

Dangerously Funny In Las Vegas..... Starring Jimmie Lee The Jersey Outlaw Jimmie's Brand New Comedy Reality TV Show Jimmie and the Bandito Girls take to Fremont Street in Las Vegas, for the best in ad lib uncensored comedy skits !!

Chumlee, the breakout star of reality show “Pawn Stars,” is in even deeper legal trouble after a sexual assault raid by police.

The first thing to strike you as you’re walking down the Las Vegas Strip may not be the exorbitant amounts of money it probably takes to keep its sidewalks lit. Be that as it may, you will soon be chipping in to keep the bills low, and you won’t even know you’re doing it. Las Vegas has partnered with a New York-based clean-tech startup called EnGoPlanet to help make its public lighting more sustainable. The startup was created after most...

Tim Arnold has been collecting and repairing rare pinball machines for decades. Now he’s looking for a protege to take the reins – otherwise it’s game over.

Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos, aka Criss Angel, the biggest name in Las Vegas magic, lives in the desert foothills 20 minutes from the Strip in a $22 million, 25,000-square-foot Mediterranean-style estate he calls Serenity. The 48-year-old illusionist, instantly recognizable to fans for his black eyeliner, spiky black hair, and heavy-metal jewelry, parks his Rolls-Royce Phantom, Lamborghini Murciélago, and Cadillac Escalade out front.