35 h. ago Tourist savaged by shark in shallow water near shore left with 'spaghetti wrist'

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Emily Ross, 32, who lives in Las Vegas, was on a peaceful snorkelling trip near Pompano Beach in Florida when she came face to face with a black tip reef shark

Politics

53 h. ago Mystery solved after tourists goes missing in Vegas while visiting for World Series of Poker event

Yuto Moriyasu, 27, from Japan, has been safely located after going missing on July 2 in Las Vegas ahead of the World Series of Poker Main Event.

Society

55 h. ago World Series of Poker player disappears in Las Vegas just before main event

Yuto Moriyasu, 27, arrived from Japan, was last seen on July 2 in Las Vegas, where he had hoped to enter the World Series of Poker Main Event.

Sport

64 h. ago Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness review – Johnny Depp’s Modigliani as bohemian badass

A lineup including Stephen Graham and Al Pacino seem wasted on this lavish, but hackneyed drama about the Italian artist Some very cliched roistering, life-affirming wine-drinking, bourgeois-defying artistic shenanigans here from the veteran screenwriting couple Jerzy and Mary Olson-Kromolowski who have adapted a 1980 stage play, Modigliani by Dennis McIntyre, about the Italian sculptor and painter Amedeo Modigliani, known as Modi. Johnny Depp directs and perhaps sees his subject as a bohemian badass not unlike Hunter S Thompson, whom he played in Terry Gilliam’s 1998 movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – and perhaps not altogether unlike how he sees himself.It is 1916 in Paris and the brutality of war is destroying the belle époque; Riccardo Scamarcio plays Modigliani, a brilliant, sensual but penniless artist facing poverty and casual antisemitism. Having got into a chaotic affray at a pompous posh restaurant – filmed like a deleted scene from Richard Lester’s The Three Musketeer...

Politics

64 h. ago Modigliani – Three Days on the Wing of Madness review – Johnny Depp’s painter as bohemian badass

A lineup including Stephen Graham and Al Pacino seem wasted on this lavish, but hackneyed drama about the Italian artist Some very cliched roistering, life-affirming wine-drinking, bourgeois-defying artistic shenanigans here from the veteran screenwriting couple Jerzy and Mary Olson-Kromolowski who have adapted a 1980 stage play, Modigliani by Dennis McIntyre, about the Italian sculptor and painter Amedeo Modigliani, known as Modi. Johnny Depp directs and perhaps sees his subject as a bohemian badass not unlike Hunter S Thompson, whom he played in Terry Gilliam’s 1998 movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – and perhaps not altogether unlike how he sees himself.It is 1916 in Paris and the brutality of war is destroying the belle époque; Riccardo Scamarcio plays Modigliani, a brilliant, sensual but penniless artist facing poverty and casual antisemitism. Having got into a chaotic affray at a pompous posh restaurant – filmed like a deleted scene from Richard Lester’s The Three Musketeer...

Politics

3 d. ago ‘Ridiculous prices’ blamed for slump in Las Vegas visitor numbers

International arrivals at the Harry Reid International Airport were down 8.7 percent in May

Politics

5 d. ago Brit tourist sliced open by boat propeller after heavy drinking session in Magaluf

Emergency workers have rushed to the scene after a 22-year-old Brit was seriously injured when he reportedly fell off a boat after a heavy drinking session with friends

Politics

5 d. ago Backstreet Boys' Brian Littrell promises 'oh my God' moment as iconic boyband to make history

EXCLUSIVE: The Backstreet Boys are ready to show everyone they are still larger than life as they take over Las Vegas' epic new concert space The Sphere to coincide with new album release

Culture

5 d. ago British tourist, 22, rushed to hospital after falling off boat 'after heavily drinking' in Magaluf and getting caught in propeller

The 22-year-old man was reportedly drinking heavily with friends on the rented boat close to the shores of Nikki Beach on Sunday afternoon when he plunged overboard and cut himself.

Events

6 d. ago British tourist, 22, rushed to hospital after falling off boat 'after heavily drinking' in Magaluf and getting caught in propeller 

The 22-year-old man was reportedly drinking heavily with friends on the rented boat close to the shores of Nikki Beach this afternoon when he plunged overboard and cut himself.

Events

6 d. ago Brit tourist sliced open by boat propeller in Magaluf after 'heavy drinking session'

A 22-year-old Brit holidaymaker was reportedly drinking heavily with friends when he tumbled into the water and was sliced by propeller blades before being rushed to hospital

Politics

7 d. ago Kelly Clarkson says she’s ‘devastated’ after postponing Las Vegas residency only hours before showtime

The singer was scheduled to perform at Caesars Palace on July 4 and July 5

Politics

7 d. ago Kelly Clarkson CANCELS first shows of Las Vegas residency minutes before showtime

Kelly Clarkson has canceled the opening two shows of her Las Vegas residency just minutes before showtime.

Politics

7 d. ago Lewis Hamilton eyes podium return in familiar surroundings at Silverstone after blitzing Friday practice

The seven-time World Champion has not finished on the podium since last season’s Las Vegas Grand Prix

Politics

8 d. ago Who is Julio César Chávez Jr., the Mexican boxer facing deportation from the US?

Julio César Chávez Jr. is the firstborn son and namesake of the man considered the best Mexican boxer in history

Politics

9 d. ago Judge denies bid by the suspect in Tupac Shakur's killing for a new trial in a jailhouse fight

Duane Davis, while awaiting trial in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, has lost a bid for a new trial in a separate battery case

Events

1 week ago NBA stars to turn filmmakers at summer league fest with Kevin Garnett, Mark Wahlberg and Deon Taylor

The NBA Summer League is giving athletes another shot that takes place behind the camera

Politics

1 week ago Debacle in the desert: Will the Athetics’ $1.75bn stadium on the Vegas Strip ever be built?

It’s been over two years since the A’s were awarded public funding for their new ballpark. But despite last month’s “groundbreaking”, its completion is anything but certainIt had just turned 8am on a crystal clear, late June Monday morning, but it was already 85F (29F). Despite the tolerable heat (for the desert), a giant air conditioned tent had been erected on the former site of the Tropicana, the famed hotel which was demolished in a controlled implosion last October. Athletics owner John Fisher, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and a gaggle of politicians had all gathered on the compact, nine-acre site for a ceremony over two years in the making: the groundbreaking for the new A’s stadium on the Strip, coming your way in 2028.On the surface, it was your run-of-the-mill pomp and circumstance: a series of uneven speeches mixed in with a few kids gushing over how much they can’t wait to have the former Oakland and current A’s in Las Vegas. But if you had been followin...

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1 week ago Debacle in the desert: will the Athletics’ $1.75bn stadium on the Vegas Strip ever be built?

It’s been over two years since the A’s were awarded public funding for their new ballpark. But despite last month’s “groundbreaking”, its completion is anything but certainIt had just turned 8am on a crystal clear, late June Monday morning, but it was already 85F (29F). Despite the tolerable heat (for the desert), a giant air conditioned tent had been erected on the former site of the Tropicana, the famed hotel which was demolished in a controlled implosion last October. Athletics owner John Fisher, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and a gaggle of politicians had all gathered on the compact, nine-acre site for a ceremony over two years in the making: the groundbreaking for the new A’s stadium on the Strip, coming your way in 2028.On the surface, it was your run-of-the-mill pomp and circumstance: a series of uneven speeches mixed in with a few kids gushing over how much they can’t wait to have the former Oakland and current A’s in Las Vegas. But if you had been followin...

Politics

1 week ago European stag do clampdown in two big European tourist hotspots

Stag parties are facing a backlash in two big European tourist destinations - with local authorities cracking down on the hard-drinking, party-happy groups

Politics