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Economist: Las Vegas has bright future as it meets 2025 challenges
A leading local economist sees continued prosperity for Southern Nevada, even with several significant challenges ahead, kicking off Preview Las Vegas 2025 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Thursday.
Jeremy Aguero, ...Read more
Auto lobby sues Biden administration over automatic emergency braking rule
The nation's largest automotive lobby said Friday it's suing the Biden administration over a new automatic emergency braking rule adopted last year.
The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents all major U.S. ...Read more
Michigan Gov. Whitmer vetoes 13 bills passed by Democratic-led Legislature, including parolee ID program
LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed 13 bills sent to her by the Democratic-led House and Senate at the close of session in December, including legislation that would set up parolee ID programs, expedite ...Read more
With events moving inside, once-coveted tickets to Trump inauguration become 'souvenirs'
Members of Congress scrambled to get tickets to as many constituents as possible for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Some held ticket lotteries because demand overwhelmed supply.
Then came word on...Read more
'Money buys everything': Feds unmask bribery network that allegedly controlled Oakland's government in secret
SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors on Friday unsealed an indictment charging Oakland’s former Mayor Sheng Thao, her longtime romantic partner and the owners of a waste company in a bribery scheme that allegedly ...Read more
Analysis: Trump got the last laugh, but the hard part begins after second inaugural address
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump got the last laugh, beating a slew of criminal charges without punishment and defeating his political foes. His reward: dealing with often-clashing Republicans in Congress.
The president-elect ...Read more
Nearly $1B loan secured for Nevada lithium-boron mine
A lithium-boron project on Friday closed on an almost $1 billion loan from the Department of Energy.
Ioneer Limited is receiving a $996 million loan from the DOE through its Loan Programs Office under the Advanced ...Read more
UnitedHealth Group CEO acknowledges frustrations with US health care system
The UnitedHealth Group leader whose murder in December unleashed a torrent of public frustration and dissatisfaction with the U.S. health care system was pushing for some of the very improvements that critics have been ...Read more
Federal probe blames Orlando drone mishap on company's faulty programming
ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal probe has found that drones meant to dazzle holiday season viewers on the shores of Orlando’s Lake Eola didn’t have the most updated flight path programming installed, triggering a chain of ...Read more
Some residents allowed to return to devastated Pacific Palisades, Altadena neighborhoods
LOS ANGELES — With fire containment improving and winds dying down, some residents are being allowed back into neighborhoods devastated by the Eaton and Palisades fires.
Los Angeles County officials say as many as 11,...Read more
Will Trump Jr. bring new girlfriend to the inauguration festivities? Here's what we heard
Will she or won’t she?
Palm Beach gossip watchers can’t help but wonder if Donald Trump Jr.’s new girlfriend is going to attend the inauguration in Washington, D.C., on Monday.
There’s a good chance Bettina ...Read more
For the first time in a while, Telluride Bluegrass Festival still has tickets available
DENVER — If the Telluride Bluegrass Festival has been on your bucket list, there’s still time to cross it off in 2025.
Zach Tucker, vice president of the fest’s production company Planet Bluegrass, tells The Denver ...Read more
Biden creates constitutional consternation on Equal Rights Amendment
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday declared the Equal Rights Amendment the law of the land, creating a constitutional quandary three days before leaving office and after years of warning that his successor would ...Read more
Georgia House Speaker reverses ban of state senator a day after his arrest
ATLANTA — The day after a northwest Georgia senator’s attempt to ignore his banishment from the House led to his arrest, the chamber’s speaker announced he was lifting the ban.
State Sen. Colton Moore, who ...Read more
Trump's Homeland Security pick is pressed on the president-elect's threats to put conditions on wildfire aid
WASHINGTON — One of the flashpoints of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s confirmation hearing Friday before the Senate’s Homeland Security Committee came when Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said he was disappointed ...Read more
Appeals court rejects push from Fani Willis to reinstate 6 charges in Trump indictment
ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can’t revive part of her racketeering case against incoming President Donald Trump and more than a dozen others, an appeals court ruled Friday.
In a unanimous ...Read more
Man upset about Supreme Court abortion ruling defaces crisis pregnancy centers, feds say
A man defaced two crisis pregnancy centers in Texas in light of the leaked Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court draft opinion that indicated the high court was going to turn abortion decisions back to the states in 2022, federal...Read more
Homeland Security pick details immigration policy plans
WASHINGTON — Kristi Noem on Friday sailed through a confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of Homeland Security, with responses on major issues related to illegal immigration, international terrorism and ...Read more
Train law officers to help immigration officials or face criminal charges, Florida Gov. DeSantis says
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the power to suspend or criminally charge local officials who don’t train at least 10% of their law enforcement staff to detain and deport undocumented immigrants or follow ...Read more
My career has been a miracle, says Andie MacDowell
Andie MacDowell thinks she's been "lucky" throughout her career.
The 66-year-old movie star has starred in a host of big-budget films during her career, but Andie doesn't take anything for granted.
She told PEOPLE: "It's...Read more
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