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Nevadans at the DNC: Young Democrats make waves at convention, hope to keep Harris surging to election win

Long before this week’s Democratic National Convention brought thousands of delegates to the United Center, Las Vegas native Carolyn Salvador Avila was a pre-teen ...

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• Metro presents enhanced report on Clark County jail deaths after Sun probe

  Aug 21, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Ayden Runnels

  A Las Vegas Sun probe that found none of the five jails in Clark County were adhering to a state oversight law has forced officials to update their methods in accountability reporting ...

  

• Aces hope to get back on track hosting Minnesota tonight in Las Vegas

  Aug 21, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Jack Williams

  The Las Vegas Aces are narrowly holding onto the No. 4 seed, a game ahead of the Seattle Storm and two games behind the Minnesota Lynx and Connecticut Sun, with about one month left ...

  

• College football by the odds: Vegas picks and preview of Week 0

  Aug 21, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Case Keefer

  Betting history is already on pace to be made during college football’s soft-opening Saturday. ...

  

• Obamas return to familiar setting at DNC to lift Harris as contrast to Trump

  Aug 20, 2024 (10:06 p.m.)

  By Haajrah Gilani , Ayden Runnels

  The Democratic National Convention’s second night was all about the Obamas. Former President Barack Obama, aspiring to bring the same energy to the convention that he experienced as the presidential nominee ...

  

• Ex-politician due to testify in his trial in killing of Las Vegas investigative journalist

  Aug 21, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

  For two years, from behind bars and in courtrooms, to journalists and judges, a former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official has insisted he wants to tell his story to the jury that will decide whether he goes to prison or goes free after trial in the killing of an investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him and his workplace conduct two years ago.

  

• New Clark County agency will evaluate plans for major events like the Super Bowl

  Aug 20, 2024 (4:18 p.m.)

  By Grace Da Rocha

  First it was the Super Bowl, then Formula One’s Las Vegas Grand Prix. As the valley attracts more of these megaevents, Clark County announced...

  

• Raiders left tackle Kolton Miller is removed from the PUP list

  Aug 20, 2024 (7:35 p.m.)

  By Mark Anderson, Associated Press

  Las Vegas Raiders left tackle Kolton Miller, who is recovering from shoulder surgery, was removed from the physically unable to perform list Tuesday.

  

• How Costco hacked the American shopping psyche

  Aug 21, 2024 (2 a.m.)

  By Ben Ryder Howe, The New York Times Company

  When it opened in 1984, the Costco on West Dimond Boulevard in Anchorage, Alaska, did not seem like the future of food. A glorified shed the color of stale coffee, the warehouse offered the sort of products and deals Alaskans go crazy for: mammoth quantities of staples such as peanut butter and tomato sauce, along with local favorites such as caribou sausage. The state’s extreme environment and the need to travel hours or even days for groceries made it a hit right off the bat.

  

• Nevada Supreme Court declines to wade into flap over certification of election results, for now

  Aug 20, 2024 (2:50 p.m.)

  By Scott Sonner and Gabe Stern, Associated Press

  Nevada’s Supreme Court declined Tuesday to wade into an electoral controversy despite pleas from the state's top election official and attorney general after one county initially voted against certifying recount ...

  

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• Historic: After two decades, Culinary Union has its first contract with Venetian, Palazzo on Strip

  Aug 20, 2024 (10:16 a.m.)

  By Ray Brewer

  The tentative five-year agreement, which still needs to be ratified by the 4,000 unionized hospitality workers at the two properties, ends more than two decades of union efforts being stonewalled ...

  

• Yankees star ‘adopted a little brother’ from Nevada at Little League Classic

  Aug 20, 2024 (9:44 a.m.)

  Joey Chandler nj.com (TNS)

  Yankees star Jazz Chisholm Jr. formed a special bond with one lucky player at The MLB Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pa. on Sunday.

  

• ‘We dreamed about this’: The Killers unfold career-defining Las Vegas residency

  Aug 20, 2024 (12:55 p.m.)

  By Amber Sampson

  Under sprays of confetti and glitzy signage shaped in the image of the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, The Killers barreled through the most popular Hot Fuss track, commemorating night two of its sold-out residency, a historic occasion for the Vegas-bred band that started as a group of unknowns in 2001.

  

• WNBA players want more time off between Olympics, return to league play

  Aug 20, 2024 (12:35 p.m.)

  By Doug Feinberg, Associated Press

  The WNBA didn't waste any time returning to the hardwood after the Olympics and the quick turnaround following the Paris Games is something players may look to change in the next ...

  

• New Clark County agency will evaluate plans for major events like the Super Bowl

  Aug 20, 2024 (4:18 p.m.)

  By Grace Da Rocha

  First it was the Super Bowl, then Formula One’s Las Vegas Grand Prix. As the valley attracts more of these megaevents, Clark County announced...

  

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