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A water-dropping helicopter drops on flames from the advancing Lake Fire in Los Olivos, Calif., Saturday, July 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

Torrid heat bakes millions of people in large swaths of U.S., setting records and fanning wildfires

By Claire Rush and Rebecca Boone and Scott Sonner - Associated Press

FILE - Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James gestures for a call in the second half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets Monday, April 29, 2024, in Denver. James is not opting into what would have been a $51.4 million contract for this coming season and instead will seek a new deal with the Lakers, a person with knowledge of the decision said Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

USA Basketball men’s Olympic team arrives for camp in Las Vegas

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Western Michigan forward Wyatt Schingoethe (18) is pressured by Michigan State defenseman Artyom Levshunov (5) during the second period of an NCAA college hockey game in Maryland Heights, Mo., March 29, 2024. Levshunov is expected to be selected No. 2 by the Chicago Blackhawks in the upcoming NHL draft. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley, File)

Artyom Levshunov projected as a top-five pick for NHL draft

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Duane "Keffe D" Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the 1996 slaying of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur, right, talks to his attorney, Carl Arnold, in court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

Judge denies release of ex-gang leader ahead of trial in 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur

By Ken Ritter and Scott Sonner - Associated Press

North Las Vegas Police investigate the scene of Monday night's shooting at an apartment complex in North Las Vegas, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Authorities have arrested a man suspected in shootings at the apartments outside of Las Vegas that left five people dead and a 13-year-old girl critically wounded. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Suspect dead after shootings near Las Vegas leave 5 people dead, teen injured

By Rio Yamat - Associated Press

FILE - Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. A Nevada judge is being asked to decide Tuesday, June 25, 2024, if a former Los Angeles-area gang leader will be freed from jail to house arrest ahead of his murder trial in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur. (AP Photo/Frank Wiese, File)

Will ex-gang leader held in Tupac Shakur killing get house arrest with $750K bail? Judge to decide

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

FILE - Duane "Keffe D" Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the 1996 slaying of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur, is led into the courtroom during a status hearing at the Regional Justice Center, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Las Vegas. Davis will ask a judge next week on June 24, to let him out of jail pending trial on a murder charge. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Ex-gang leader facing trial in Tupac Shakur killing seeking release from Vegas jail on $750K bail

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

FILE - NFL Hall of Famer Jim Otto smiles prior to an NFL football game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sept. 24, 2023, in Las Vegas. Otto, the Hall of Fame center known as “Mr. Raider” for his durability through a litany of injuries, has died, the team confirmed Sunday night, May 19, 2024. He was 86. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Jim Otto, ‘Mr. Raider’ and Pro Football Hall of Famer, dies at 86

By Josh Dubow - Associated Press

The Mirage hotel-casino is seen, May 3, 2018, in Las Vegas. The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors this summer on July 17, 2024, the end of an era for a property credited with helping transform Sin City into an ultra-luxury resort destination. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Closing date set for Las Vegas’ iconic Mirage casino ahead of Hard Rock rebrand

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives on Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray (15) during the first half of a preseason WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

WNBA betting money is pouring in on Caitlin Clark, Indiana Fever

By Mark Anderson - Associated Press

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, center, greets well-wishers after a news conference to announce on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

All aboard: Bullet train from Las Vegas to Los Angeles may be ready by 2028, construction underway

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

The exterior of the Sphere is pictured on Friday, April 19, 2024, in Las Vegas. The band Phish started its four-night residency on Thursday. (AP Photo/Josh Cornfield)

Here’s how Phish is using the Sphere’s technology to give fans something completely different

By Josh Cornfield - Associated Press

MotoGP rider Alex Rins (42), of Spain, and Takaaki Nakagami (30), of Japan, steer through a turn during qualifying for the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas motorcycle race at the Circuit of the Americas, Saturday, April 13, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

MotoGP racing for new momentum in America, with hopes of riding an F1-like surge into the future

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

O.J. Simpson sits at his arraignment in Superior Court in Los Angeles on July 22, 1994. O.J. Simpson's attorney Malcolm LaVergne is now handling the deceased former football star, actor and famous murder defendant's financial estate. (AP Photo/Pool/Lois Bernstein, Pool)

O.J. Simpson has been cremated, estate attorney in Las Vegas says. No public memorial is planned

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

O.J. Simpson sits at his arraignment in Superior Court in Los Angeles on July 22, 1994, where he pleaded "absolutely, 100 percent not guilty" on murder charges. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, died Wednesday, April 11, 2024, of prostate cancer. He was 76. (AP Photo/Pool/Lois Bernstein, Pool)

Legendary athlete, actor and millionaire: O.J. Simpson’s murder trial lost him the American dream

By Ken Ritter and Linda Deutsch - Associated Press

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Paul Blackburn throws against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning of a spring training baseball game, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Las Vegas fans get first look at A’s since stadium funding and relocation were approved

By Mark Anderson - Associated Press

The Oakland Athletics and their design teams released renderings Tuesday, March 5, 2024 of the club's planned $1.5 billion stadium in Las Vegas that show five overlapping layers with a similar look to the famous Sydney Opera House. (Negativ via AP)

A’s release renderings of Las Vegas domed stadium that resembles famous Sydney Opera House

By Mark Anderson - Associated Press

Kyle Larson (5) celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday, March 3, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ian Maule)

Larson wins at Las Vegas again to keep Chevrolet undefeated on NASCAR season

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

Australia's Josh Addo-Carr celebrates at the end of the Rugby League World Cup final match between Australia and Samoa at the Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. When deciding whether to try to expand its impact to the United States, Australia's National Rugby League used a distinctly American sport as a model. A doubleheader Saturday night, March 2, 2024, at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium, which hosted the Super Bowl on Feb. 11, will be televised nationally in the U.S. on FS1.(AP Photo/Jon Super, File)

Australia’s National Rugby League trying to expand its footprint to the U.S.

By Mark Anderson - Associated Press

FILE - Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Dec. 13, 2023. A federal judge in California will consider whether former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who was charged with lying about a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden's family, must remain behind bars while he awaits trial. U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II has set a hearing for Monday, Feb. 26, in Los Angeles on prosecutors' request to keep Smirnov in jail. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Judge to hold hearing Monday considering detention of ex-FBI source accused of lying about Bidens

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