Author: Regina Garcia Cano
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At least 50 killed as gunman opens fire at Las Vegas concert
LAS VEGAS — The rapid-fire popping sounded like firecrackers at first, and many in the crowd of 22,000 country music fans didn’t understand what was happening when the band stopped playing and singer Jason Aldean hustled off stage. “That’s gunshots,” a man could be heard saying emphatically on a cellphone video in the nearly half-minute…
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Las Vegas officials waiting for Denver to act on pot lounges
LAS VEGAS — Officials with authority over the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday decided to wait until the city of Denver approves the nation’s first marijuana club before they further discuss licensing and regulating pot lounges in Sin City. Nevada launched legal sales of recreational pot on July 1, and there’s been heavy demand from…
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Residents in photo of flooded nursing home are ‘doing fine’
The senior citizens who appear in a now-viral photo showing them submerged in waist-deep water in a Texas assisted-living center flooded by Hurricane Harvey over the weekend have been relocated to a nearby facility and a hospital. Tim McIntosh, whose mother-in-law owns the facility in Dickinson, Texas, told The Associated Press Monday the National Guard…
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IRS lien shows Floyd Mayweather owes $22.2M on 2015 taxes
LAS VEGAS — The IRS says it’s still waiting for its cut from Floyd Mayweather Jr. from his nine-figure payday against Manny Pacquiao. The undefeated boxer nicknamed “Money” owes $22.2 million in taxes from 2015, according to a notice of a federal tax lien filed by the IRS. The notice shows the balance unpaid as…
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Government scientist Kara McCullough wins Miss USA title
LAS VEGAS — Kara McCullough, a scientist working for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has been crowned Miss USA. McCullough, who represented the District of Columbia in the decades-old pageant, was born in Naples, Italy, and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She said she wants to inspire children to pursue careers in the fields of…
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Miss District of Columbia wins 2017 edition of Miss USA
LAS VEGAS — The District of Columbia has won back-to-back Miss USA titles. Kara McCullough, a 25-year-old chemist working for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was crowned Sunday during the event that took place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on the Las Vegas Strip. She will go on to compete on the Miss Universe…
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Planned auction of items from Wounded Knee massacre raises questions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — More than 100 items collected on two Native American reservations, including three guns retrieved from the site of a massacre that left about 300 Native Americans dead in 1890 and a…