(Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk on Monday said production was resuming at the automaker’s sole U.S. vehicle factory, in California, defying an order to stay closed and saying if anyone had to be arrested it should be him. The move come... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Democratic presidential hopefuls descended on New Hampshire prior to the state’s Feb. 11 primary, John Tackeff was busy. The 27-year-old attended candidate events across the state to raise concerns about a proposed tax on Wall Street ... More »
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg on Monday clashed with front-runner Bernie Sanders over vandalism at Bloomberg’s Chicago office and their gun control stances, while centrist rival Pete Buttigieg was heckled at a l... More »
(Reuters) – British boxer Tyson Fury has split with trainer Ben Davison and teamed up with Javan ‘Sugar’ Hill two months before his February rematch with WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder. Davison responded to media reports that the pair were parting way... More »
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Retired letter carrier Leslie Maxwell Burton has a message for Democratic presidential contenders campaigning in the early voting state of Nevada this weekend: She will not vote for anyone who tries to take away her hard-won union health ... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House hopeful Deval Patrick said on Sunday he would not disavow a super PAC in support of his nascent candidacy, breaking with some leading Democrats who have ruled out accepting financial backing from outside groups. The former Ma... More »
RACHEL, Nev. (Reuters) – Scores of UFO enthusiasts converged on rural Nevada on Thursday for a pilgrimage of sorts to the U.S. installation known as Area 51, long rumored to house government secrets about alien life, as law enforcement officials beefed up secu... More »
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic National Committee officials on Friday rejected plans to let people participate in Iowa’s and Nevada’s early caucuses by phone because of security concerns, drawing fire from at least one candidate for leaving voters ... More »
(Reuters) – Swarms of grasshoppers have descended upon America’s Sin City in unusual abundance this week, disrupting weather radars, deterring tourists and invoking hysteria on social media. The clouds of buzzing insects, whose migration through the Las Vegas ... More »
CLEARWATER, Florida/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – After months as volunteer activists demanding that U.S. President Donald Trump be impeached, Eileen and Michael O’Brien sat on their couch on Thursday, cracked open a laptop and began to read the 448-page special couns... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Joe Jackson, patriarch of the singing Jackson family, was reported on Friday to be hospitalized with a serious, possibly terminal illness. Celebrity website TMZ.com, citing family sources, reported that Jackson, 89, has terminal cancer ... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Democratic U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had surgery on Monday to remove a tumor from his pancreas, according to a family statement posted on his Facebook page. “His doctors caught the problem early during a routine scree... More »
BOSTON (Reuters) – A union of Caesars Entertainment Corp employees on Thursday asked its board to remove several private equity representatives from the compensation committee, citing high pay for top executives as Caesars’ operating unit emerged from bankrupt... More »
(Reuters) – U.S. radio host Art Bell, known for his discussions of conspiracy theories and paranormal phenomena during his popular syndicated show “Coast to Coast AM”, has died at his home in Nevada aged 72, the local sheriff’s office said. The show developed ... More »
Mars fission power system concept in the Kilopower project is shown in this undated NASA handout photo released on January 9, 2018. Courtesy NASA/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Initial tests in Nevada on a compact nuclear power system designed to s... More »
Patrick Cantlay clinched his first PGA Tour victory in an error-strewn three-way playoff at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas on Sunday. More »
Are unsuspecting seniors around the United States being scooped up without warning from their homes, placed in nursing homes and having their possessions taken away? More »
When the sniper’s bullet shattered Paola Bautista’s arm, her sister and a stranger in the crowd at the Route 91 Harvest Festival got her to cover. Then they focused on the bleeding. More »
The powerful U.S. gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, said on Sunday it would oppose an outright ban on bump-stock devices that the killer in the Las Vegas massacre of 58 people used to turn rifles into automatic weapons and strafe a crowd with bursts o... More »
The U.S. gun lobby, which has seldom embraced new firearms-control measures, voiced a readiness on Thursday to restrict a rifle accessory that enabled a Las Vegas gunman to strafe a crowd with bursts of sustained fire as if from an automatic weapon. More »
The following statements were posted to the verified Twitter accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump, @realDonaldTrump and @POTUS. The opinions expre More »
Country star Jason Aldean said on Tuesday he would cancel three shows this week to honor victims of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history in which a gunman opened fire on a crowd at a Las Vegas music festival during the singer's performance. More »
American country music stars expressed horror after Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas turned a three-day open-air festival into a scene of carnage, and one said it forced him to change his opposition to gun control. More »
Sunday's massacre in Las Vegas spurred a ritual-like response from U.S. politicians following the mass shootings that have left a trail of victims across the country: Democrats renewed demands for tougher gun laws while Republicans offered up prayers but showe... More »
O.J. Simpson, acquitted of the 1994 murder of his ex-wife and her friend after the "Trial of the Century," was released early on Sunday from a prison in Nevada, where he had been held since 2008 for a botched armed robbery at a Las Vegas casino hotel. More »
Florida corrections officials said on Thursday they had no indication from O.J. Simpson that he would move to the state after his upcoming release from a Nevada prison, amid speculation about the former "Trial of the Century" defendant's post-incarceration pla... More »
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will recommend on Aug. 24 whether to eliminate or shrink nearly two dozen national monuments, creating the first major test for a 111-year-old law that gives presidents the power to protect swaths of public land. More »
FILE PHOTO: Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring speaks at the Virginia Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson party fundraising dinner at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. June 26, 2015. Four years ago, Frances Broaddus-Crutchfield, 74... More »
A toilet paper wedding dress with 1,500 hand-cut butterflies made by a mother of two in her spare time won the $10,000 first prize in a quirky New York fashion competition on Thursday and a bride-in-need may have the chance to wear it down the aisle. More »
FILE PHOTO: A Hyperloop One test vehicle is transported at a DevLoop track in the Nevada Desert in a photo taken May 12, 2017 and released July 13, 2017. Hyperloop One/Handout via REUTERS By Alex Dobuzinskis Engineers will soon conduct a crucial test of a futu... More »
Marijuana plants are seen in an indoor cultivation in Montevideo December 6, 2013. REUTERS/Andres Stapff Two U.S. studies on the effects of marijuana on drivers in states where it is allowed for recreational use came to different conclusions about whether it i... More »
FILE PHOTO: Mar 13, 2017- Calgary, Alberta, CAN- Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (29) makes a save against the Calgary Flames during the second period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports (The Sports Xchange) ... More »
FILE PHOTO – Solar panels are seen in front of a natural gas power plant at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in McCarran, Nevada, U.S. on September 16, 2014. REUTERS/Max Whittaker/File Photo U.S. solar companies Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) and Sunrun Inc (RUN.O) on Mon... More »
Cast member Jerry Lewis poses during a photocall for the film ”Max Rose” at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Veteran actor-comedian Jerry Lewis has been hospitalized in Las Vegas for treatment of a urinary tract infe... More »
Film convention Cinemacon in Las Vegas gives Hollywood studios the chance to show off some of their upcoming projects to cinema chains and journalists ahead of their release. More »
Boxing – James DeGale & Badou Jack Head-to-Head Press Conference – Highline Ballroom, New York City, United States of America – 12/1/17 Floyd Mayweather during the press conference Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Couldridge Livepic A possible bout between F... More »
Mexico’s boxers Canelo Alvarez, (L), and Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. go head to head during a news conference ahead of WBC brawl in Las Vegas, in Mexico City, Mexico, February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso Mexican pride will be at stake when two-time world champi... More »
New England Patriots wide receiver Danny Amendola (80) catches a pass against Atlanta Falcons cornerback Jalen Collins (32) for a touchdown. Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports Tom Brady and the New England Patriots were not the only ones breaking records at Sund... More »
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton greets audience members at a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. November 2, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump attacked one another’s character as they pus... More »
U.S. President Barack Obama reacts as he is almost pulled off the catwalk by a supporter as he arrives to speak at a rally for Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas, Nevada October 23, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque President Barack Obama on Sunday campaigned in the batt... More »
LAS VEGAS Swaggering hedge fund managers, long known for ignoring client complaints during years of strong performance, are trying something new: listening. The shift was evident at the annual SkyBridge Alternatives Conference in Las Vegas this week, where a g... More »
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. A car-sized sled powered by electromagnets rocketed to more than 100 miles (160 kph) an hour through the Nevada desert on Wednesday in what the Los Angeles company developing the technology said was the first successful test of a futurist... More »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on a NASA cargo run to the International Space Station on Friday, and its reusable main-stage booster landed on an ocean platform minutes later in a dramatic spaceflight first. The successf... More »
Former collegiate champion Sandi Morris stunned world record holder Jenn Suhr to win the pole vault title at the U.S. indoor championships in Portland, Oregon on Saturday. Morris cleared a lifetime best of 4.95 meters while Suhr, who set the world indoor recor... More »
Backers of Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders have launched a campaign to win over some of his rival Hillary Clinton’s most prized supporters – the superdelegates that can make the difference in a tight race for the party’s nomination. But some e... More »
WASHINGTON Businessman Donald Trump inched closer to the U.S. Republican presidential nomination after easily outdistancing his rivals in the Nevada caucuses Tuesday, giving him his third win in four early nominating contests. Broadcast networks called the sta... More »
Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio aimed to capitalize on rival Ted Cruz’s recent missteps leading up to Tuesday’s Nevada caucus, where a strong finish could bolster his position as the establishment favorite for his party’s nomination. Looming over... More »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. NASA hired a third company to fly cargo to the International Space Station, adding an innovative space plane built by Sierra Nevada Corp to the fleet, the U.S. space agency said on Thursday. Privately owned Sierra Nevada will join incumben... More »
