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PHOTO: While the party goes on

By JEFF SCHEID LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

January 3, 2014 - 6:35 am

A worker, who did not want to be identified, sweeps Wednesday while people party early in the morning in front of the Mermaid’s Casino on Fremont Street. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The party kept going in Las Vegas after the ringing in of the new year, and the cleanup from New Year’s Eve celebrations began right away.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority estimated that more than 335,000 visitors celebrated the new year in Las Vegas.

More photos from New Year’s Eve in Las Vegas.

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator yells as a New York City police officer detains her during a pro ...

34 taken into custody after pro-Palestinian protest at Brooklyn Museum, artwork damage reported

By Sophia Tareen The Associated Press

June 1, 2024 - 3:38 pm

Hundreds of protesters marched to the museum Friday afternoon, set up tents in the lobby and unfurled a “Free Palestine” banner from the building’s roof before police moved in to make arrests, according to New York City police.

Lebanese men inspect a destroyed house that was hit on Friday night by an Israeli airstrike, ki ...

Hezbollah fighters shoot down an Israeli drone in Lebanon and fire rockets at an Israeli base

The Associated Press

June 1, 2024 - 2:49 pm

The Hezbollah terrorist group said it shot down an Israeli drone over southern Lebanon and fired rockets at an Israeli military base on Saturday.

People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the ...

Israel describes a permanent cease-fire in Gaza as a ‘nonstarter’

By Sam Mednick and Wafaa Shurafa The Associated Press

June 1, 2024 - 2:40 pm

Israel’s prime minister on Saturday called a permanent cease-fire in Gaza a “nonstarter” until long-standing conditions for ending the war are met.

A crew member drinks water at the Tropicana Las Vegas demolition as workers use protections aga ...

As extreme heat kills more Nevadans, OSHA bets on worker protections

By Alan Halaly / RJ

June 1, 2024 - 7:00 am

In Nevada, both the number of heat-related deaths and heat-related worker complaints more than doubled from 2022 to 2023, signaling a scorching future.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (Las Vegas Review-Journal/File)

Man in custody after knife threat to family members, police say

By Estelle Atkinson / RJ

May 31, 2024 - 8:22 pm

The incident occurred in the 10900 block of Carberry Hill St. at around 3:30 p.m. Friday in southwest Las Vegas.

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (AP Ph ...

Israel confirms forces in central Rafah, expanding offensive in southern Gaza city

By Julia Frankel The Associated Press

May 31, 2024 - 5:19 pm

Friday’s statement by the Israeli military suggested its forces have been operating in most parts of the city.

University of California, Santa Cruz graduate students and other academic workers in the UAW 48 ...

Police arrest 80 at Israel-Hamas war protest at UC Santa Cruz

By Kathy McCormack The Associated Press

May 31, 2024 - 5:07 pm

Police in riot gear surrounded protesters at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to remove an encampment where pro-Palestinian demonstrations have blocked the main entrance to the campus.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the verdict in former President Donald Trump's hush mon ...

Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down Israel-Hamas war

By Aamer Madhani, Chris Megerian and Darlene Superville The Associated Press

May 31, 2024 - 5:02 pm

Biden added that Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as he urged Israelis and Hamas to come to a deal to release the remaining hostages for an extended cease-fire.

Michael Banco, a Clark County School District bus driver who sexually assaulted children, is se ...

Parents of children sexually abused by school bus driver sue CCSD

By Estelle Atkinson / RJ

May 31, 2024 - 5:21 pm

The children who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a Clark County School District bus driver have, through their parents, filed a lawsuit alleging that the district either knew or should have known the risk they faced.

Private planes line the tarmac at Henderson Executive Airport, on Friday, May 31, 2024. (Bizuay ...

Henderson airport getting much-needed upgrade to ease congestion

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

June 1, 2024 - 5:50 am

A senior member of the House Aviation subcommittee, Rep. Dina Titus backed the FAA Reauthorization Act, which will provide funding for general aviation airports.