Work is set to begin Monday on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, with officials projecting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. Brightline West, whose sister company already operates a fast train between Miami and Orlando in Florida, aims to lay 218 miles of new track between a …
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Attorney who witnessed double-murder suicide at Las Vegas law firm recounts 'incomprehensible tragedy'
An attorney who witnessed a horrifying murder-suicide inside a Las Vegas law firm is speaking out – telling her story to Fox News Digital. Lisa Rasmussen was inside the conference room at Prince Law Group on the morning of Monday, April 8 when fellow attorney Joe Houston pulled out a gun without warning and opened fire. The terminally ill Houston …
Read More »OJ Simpson cremated in Las Vegas
Former NFL running back O.J. Simpsonhas been cremated in Las Vegas following his death last week at the age of 76, the executor of his estate says. Attorney Malcolm LaVergne told Reuters that he, relatives and friends were in attendance Wednesday for the private gathering at the Palm Downtown Mortuary & Cemetery. Simpson, who famously was acquitted in the double …
Read More »911 service restored in many areas after several states hit with outages
Emergency call service has been restored in some areas where issues were reported from Wednesday into Thursday, but the cause of the failure has still not been identified. The entire state of South Dakota experienced 911 emergency call line outages, as well as parts of Nebraska, Nevada and Texas. Officials in South Dakota and Nevada told Reuters early Thursday morning …
Read More »Family of slain mother in Las Vegas law firm shooting shares ex's violent past: 'Lived in constant fear'
The family of the woman gunned down last week alongside her prominent Las Vegas attorney husband by her ex-father-in-law is shedding new light on the tragedy, saying the situation could have been avoided. “Despite a slow-moving court battle for protection, and one that ultimately failed her, Ashley lived in constant fear for her safety and that of her children,” Paul …
Read More »OJ Simpson's 'retribution': Fame and legal 'do-over' cost disgraced NFL star in Las Vegas robbery case
More than two decades after jurors found disgraced NFL star O.J. Simpson not guilty of murder charges in a Los Angeles stabbing that left his ex-wife and her friend dead in a blood-soaked courtyard, a Nevada jury found him guilty of a slew of felonies for an armed robbery involving some of his own memorabilia. After his acquittal in the …
Read More »Prominent Las Vegas attorney, his wife gunned down by fellow attorney who had terminal cancer: source
A former law partner and close friend of Dennis Prince, the prominent Las Vegas attorney who was gunned down alongside his wife at his own law firm, shared new details about the tragic killing with Fox News Digital. Robert Eglet, who heads the trial team at Eglet Adams in Las Vegas, said he was a close friend of Dennis and …
Read More »Cirque du Soleil to close 'Beatles Love' show after 18 years
The final curtain will come down this summer on Cirque du Soleil’s long-running show “The Beatles Love,” a cultural icon on the Las Vegas Strip that brought band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr back together for public appearances throughout its 18-year run. The entertainment company on Tuesday announced that the show housed at the Mirage will end on July …
Read More »Prominent Las Vegas attorney, wife killed by another attorney in law firm shooting: report
Las Vegas police said a gunman opened fire inside a law firm near the Red Rock resort Monday morning, killing a man and a woman, then turned the gun on himself. FOX5 has learned that the victims of the shooting at the Summerlin law firm were Dennis Prince and his wife, Ashley Prince. Joe Houston, a Las Vegas attorney, has …
Read More »Famed Tropicana Las Vegas resort closing to make room for new baseball stadium
One of Las Vegas’ longest-standing and most historic hotels is shuttering its doors after nearly 67 years to make room for a new Major League Baseball stadium. Tropicana Las Vegas closed on Tuesday, just shy of its 67th. anniversary. Demolition is slated for October to make room for a $1.5 billion Major League Baseball stadium. The hotel, which opened on …
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