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News Articles: Las Vegas

Having mounted outsized tours for decades, U2 is particularly suited to the technological wizardry of the Sphere in Las Vegas. But is the Sphere suited for more?

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  • Music Features

A band, a brand, a spectacle, a Sphere

U2 could sell out stadiums across the globe, but it would have been business as usual. At its Las Vegas residency, the band harnesses its superpower: relentless earnestness.

October 24, 2023
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  • Caryn Rose
Usher performs at the 51st annual Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards gala at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on Thursday, June 16, 2022, in New York.

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  • Music

Usher will headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas

"It's an honor of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket list," the music megastar said of his appearance at the Feb. 11, 2024 game.

September 24, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
People walk by the MGM Grand hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

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  • Business

Cyberattacks strike casino giants Caesars and MGM

The disclosure by Caesars came after MGM Resorts International reported publicly that a cyberattack it detected led it to shut down computer systems at its properties across the U.S. to protect data.

September 15, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
This bar inside Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas strip has two robots that serve customers drinks. The Tipsy Robot opened a second location on the strip this year.

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  • Economy

Robots are pouring drinks in Vegas. As AI grows, the city's workers brace for change

Workers in Las Vegas have been watching automation and technology inch into their workplace. Now with AI, the city is preparing to adapt its service-heavy tourism economy.

September 04, 2023
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Cardi B, seen here on July 3, was performing in Las Vegas when a fan threw a drink at her. Concertgoers have thrown objects at musical artists in several highly publicized instances in the past few months.

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  • Concerts

Cardi B is the latest artist to have something thrown at them. So she threw a mic

Cardi B was performing in Las Vegas when a fan threw a drink at her. Concertgoers have thrown objects at musical artists in several highly publicized instances in the past few months.

August 02, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Rapper Tupac Shakur, pictured here in Los Angeles in August 1996, was fatally injured in a drive-by shooting, a case that's never been solved.

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  • National

Las Vegas police investigating Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder have searched a Nevada home

A decades-long investigation into the murder of the rapper appeared to take another turn this week after Las Vegas police searched a home in Henderson, Nev.

July 20, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson and
  • Jonathan Franklin
A person jogs on the Las Vegas Strip during a heat advisory on Friday.

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  • Weather

Las Vegas could break heat record as millions across the U.S. endure scorching temps

Nearly a third of Americans were under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings. In Nevada, Arizona and California, desert temperatures could soar, in parts, past 120 F.

July 15, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Sphere is a new $2.3 billion entertainment venue in Las Vegas that boasts the world's largest LED screen and what is said to be the largest spherical structure on the planet.

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  • Business

Las Vegas just unveiled its new $2.3 billion spherical entertainment venue

The giant spherical structure displays a variety of animations, such as eyeballs, planets and fireworks. It is being billed as the world's largest spherical structure and the largest LED screen.

July 06, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Dana Williams and his daughter De'mai Williams stand outside a low-cost hotel in Atlanta on May 18, 2023. The two have been looking for an affordable place to live ever since they were evicted from their two-bedroom apartment in April.

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  • News

Eviction filings are 50% higher than they were pre-pandemic in some cities as rents rise

Eviction filings are far above pre-pandemic levels in many cities across the country as pandemic relief disappears and inflation causes rents to spike. According to the latest data from the Eviction Lab, filings in some cities are running as much as 50% above levels seen prior to the pandemic.

June 19, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Members of the Vegas Golden Knights pose with the Stanley Cup after the Knights defeated the Florida Panthers 9-3 in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Las Vegas. The Knights won the series 4-1.

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  • Sports

What happens in Vegas ... is a Stanley Cup, as the Golden Knights win the NHL title

The greatest show in Las Vegas Tuesday night wasn't along the famed Strip – it was the National Hockey League franchise Golden Knights laying claim to the Stanley Cup.

June 14, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
A game at the Oakland Coliseum in July 23, 2022. The Athletics have signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a new stadium in Las Vegas.

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  • Sports

The Oakland A's are on the verge of moving to Las Vegas

Team officials said they had signed an agreement to buy a 49-acre site near the Strip for a new stadium. The team's departure would leave Oakland with no major pro sports teams.

April 21, 2023
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  • Becky Sullivan
Emergency personnel respond the scene of a stabbing along the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Police say one person has been fatally stabbed and at least five others wounded. A suspect is in custody.

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  • National

2 are dead and 6 are injured in stabbings along the Las Vegas Strip, police say

An attacker with a large kitchen knife killed two people and wounded six others in stabbings along the Las Vegas Strip before being arrested Thursday, police said.

October 06, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The late Jeff German, host of "Mobbed Up," poses with Planet Hollywood, formerly the Aladdin, in the background on the Strip in Las Vegas, on June 2, 2021.

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  • National

The official jailed in the Las Vegas journalist killing is due in court

A local elected official is due to face a judge on a murder charge Tuesday in the stabbing death of a Las Vegas investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him.

September 20, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
<em>Las Vegas Review-Journal</em> reporter Jeff German stands on the Las Vegas Strip on June 2, 2021. German was found dead on Saturday.

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  • National

A Las Vegas official has been arrested in connection to a journalist's stabbing death

Police arrested a county administrator Wednesday in connection to the stabbing death of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, hours after they searched the county official's house.

September 07, 2022
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  • Joe Hernandez
Jeff German, host of "Mobbed Up," poses with Planet Hollywood, formerly the Aladdin, in the background on the Strip in Las Vegas, June 2, 2021.

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  • National

Las Vegas police release images of possible suspect in reporter's death

Police have released surveillance images of a possible suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Las Vegas newspaper's investigative reporter.

September 06, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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