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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Wed in Las Vegas
The superstar couple of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, whose on-and-off relationship has garnered plenty of media attention since the early 2000s, married in Las Vegas on Saturday, according to Lopez and a court document. The midnight wedding of the pair, who are known as Bennifer, at A Little White Wedding Chapel was the “best […]
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Bodies Pulled From Parched Lake Mead Stir Wise-Guy Ghosts of Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — It’s the mob guy who went missing after skimming from the Stardust casino. No, it’s the lake resort manager hunted down by the Chicago Outfit. Could it be the work of a biker gang muscling in on Mafia turf? Or maybe someone just fell off a boat after one too many. Ever […]
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Las Vegas Raiders Franchise Riddled With Dysfunction and Executive Departures
The Las Vegas Raiders have been rocked by a mass exodus of front office leaders amid dire management blunders like overpaying taxes and underpaying certain employees for years. The latest upheaval came last week with the ouster of the team’s interim team president. That executive, Dan Ventrelle, responded by accusing the owner, Mark Davis, whose […]
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How the N.F.L Learned to Like Las Vegas, Host of the Draft
LAS VEGAS — Barely half a decade ago, this gambling mecca was still largely off limits to the N.F.L. In 2015, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo called the league greedy and jealous when it prohibited him from attending a fantasy football event here because it was held at a convention center attached to a casino. […]
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Republicans Sense an Opportunity in Nevada’s Restless Latino Voters
Last week, the Laxalt campaign — which has the backing of both Trump and Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader — launched “Latinos for Laxalt” in an effort to appeal to Hispanic voters. Cortez Masto’s allies have made sure to use Spanish-language criticism by Latinos against Laxalt — what they say is just smart, hard-nosed […]
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Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak Is Accosted by Man Who Threatens to Hang Him
Gov. Steve Sisolak of Nevada was accosted at a Mexican restaurant in Las Vegas on Sunday by a man who recorded the confrontation in a video in which he threatens to “string you up by a lamppost.” In the video, the man asks Mr. Sisolak, a Democrat, for a photo together. The governor agrees, and […]
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