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Arizona man who sold ammo to Las Vegas shooter is charged
An Arizona man who sold ammunition to the gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was charged Friday with manufacturing armor-piercing bullets, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press. Unfired armor-piercing bullets found inside the Las Vegas hotel room where the attack was launched on Oct. 1 contained the fingerprints of ammunition dealer Douglas Haig of Arizona, according to the complaint filed in federal court in Phoenix.
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Las Vegas shooter’s autopsy report released
Las Vegas Strip shooter Stephen Paddock had anti-anxiety medication in his system, autopsy records obtained Friday by the Review-Journal show.
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Strippers Now Sporting Bitcoin Tattoos for Tipping
Long ago, Bitcoin made history when it was used to buy a pizza. Now, the cryptocurrency can be used to purchase many different items and services. One of the more intriguing services has just arisen in the Legends Room in Las Vegas, where customers can scan temporary tattoos on strippers in order to tip them in cryptocurrency.
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'Shoot a school kid only $29,' says vandalized Vegas billboard
A Las Vegas billboard was vandalized to read, "Shoot a school kid only $29," early Thursday morning. The billboard originally read, "Shoot a .50 caliber only $29." It was an advertisement for a local firing range called Battlefield Vegas, which, according to its website, is a business owned and operated by veterans that features a "military-style complex" a block from the Las Vegas Strip, as well as additional "outdoor training areas."
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Google Pay’s got your transit ticket, starting in Las Vegas
Crowded public transportation can completely derail your day—especially when you're standing in line to buy a ticket and the train whizzes by. But the next time you’re traveling around Las Vegas, you can skip the line and get there faster with Google Pay.
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Building Community in Las Vegas with Airstreams
Constructed on the site of a former motel, the Downtown Project has attracted an eccentric mix of young residents, including musicians, families, and entrepreneurs.
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How the Las Vegas Golden Knights went from a ragtag roster to Stanley Cup contenders in 11 months
The Las Vegas Golden Knights are one of the most compelling stories in sports right now. In their first year, the expansion franchise has shown that it can compete with the best teams in hockey, rounding together a roster of players from every team across the league and quickly becoming a force in the NHL.
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Las Vegas police respond to reports of man with gun at Boulevard Mall
Las Vegas police are searching for a masked gunman who entered the Boulevard Mall on Thursday evening, forcing authorities to evacuate the building. Deputy Chief Chris Jones said police received several reports just before 7 p.m. of a person with a rifle in the mall. “We did obtain video of an individual who we believe was armed with a long gun,” Jones told reporters at the scene about two hours later. “That individual has not been located yet. We have done three systematic searches of this entire mall, which is very large.”
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High-tech, sphere-shaped arena coming to Las Vegas Strip
A massive high-tech, sphere-shaped venue that will host concerts and other events while engaging multiple senses will break ground this summer in Las Vegas, officials announced Friday. The New York-based Madison Square Garden Company revealed details of the 18,000-seat, futuristic-looking facility it is developing in partnership with Las Vegas Sands, which operates two casino-resorts on the Las Vegas Strip adjacent to the planned arena.
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What Happened in Vegas
The days, weeks, and months after the worst mass shooting in modern American history. By Amanda Fortini. Photographs by Joshua Dudley Greer.
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Las Vegas food service workers are going on strike so they don't lose their jobs to robots
Some experts predict the food service industry will be heavily automated by 2025.
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Neighbor breaks into home, saves deaf woman from Las Vegas house fire
A deaf woman is safe after her neighbor broke into her home to alert her to a fire that was burning outside late Tuesday night, according to fire officials.Firefighters responded just after 11:15 p.m. to the 4500 block of Mark Avenue, near Decatur and Lake
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MGM sues Vegas shooting victims in push to avoid liability
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.
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MGM uses never-tested law to sue Vegas shooting victims
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.
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Tech billionaire Henry Nicholas accused of trafficking drugs in Las Vegas
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.
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Las Vegas has a new $30 million vertical farm that produces over a million pounds of produce every year — take a look
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.
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Obsidian says it's 'very doubtful' that it will make another Fallout game
Fallout: New Vegas, developed by Obsidian, is generally held to be the best of the Bethesda-era Fallout games. Some people even believe (erroneously) that it's the best of them all. And Obsidian has previously expressed enthusiasm for the property: Designer Eric Fenstermaker tweeted in 2016 that "most of [Obsidian] generally are" up for taking on a new Fallout because it's a "really fun property to work on," and CEO Feargus Urquhart said last year that he'd "love to do another Fallout."
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FBI Finds No Motive In Las Vegas Shooting, Closes Investigation
More than a year after the FBI began its investigation, the agency has completed an analysis of the man behind the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas, concluding there was "no single or clear motivating factor" driving Stephen Paddock's killing rampage and subsequent suicide.
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Time Is Running Out for a Beloved Mechanical Horse-Race Game in Vegas
There's only one Sigma Derby machine left.
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Why Las Vegas Is Betting on Elon Musk
Even if the Boring Company's “people mover” for the Las Vegas Convention Center is a bust, it helps burnish the city's high-tech brand.
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