The Latest Breaking News from Vegas

UConn cashes ticket to Elite Eight, dominates Arkansas, 88-65

LAS VEGAS — Forget the casinos, the UConn men’s basketball team won big at T-Mobile Arena and cashed its ticket to the Elite Eight with an 88-65 win over eighth-seeded Arkansas in the West Regional semifinal Thursday night.

Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2023

Duke Shelley signs with Las Vegas Raiders

The breakout player on the Minnesota Vikings defense in 2022 has signed a contract with the Las Vegas Raiders.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 23, 2023

Conor McGregor jets off to Disneyland on private plane with Dee Devlin and children

The UFC star has been in Las Vegas in recent weeks working as a coach on the new series of the UFC's The Ultimate Fighter

Irish Mirror · Mar 23, 2023

Meet Vegas’ king of fresh, handmade tortillas

LAS VEGAS — Many Mexican restaurants in Las Vegas serve ready-to-wear corn tortillas, pulled straight from the package. Others send out semi-custom versions, made using purchased masa dough. Only a tiny handful offer couture tortillas, fashioned in house from imported heirloom corn that’s boiled, milled, formed into dough, pressed and…

Tribune News Service · Mar 20, 2023

Gloria Dea, 1st magician on Las Vegas Strip, dies at age 100

Gloria Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what became the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

Gloria Dea, the 1st magician to perform on the Las Vegas Strip, dies at 100

Dea was the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s. She also appeared in several movies in the 1940s and '50s.

WEKU · Mar 19, 2023

Gloria Dea, the Las Vegas Strip’s first magician, dies at 100

LAS VEGAS — Gloria Dea, the first magician to perform on what would be the Las Vegas Strip, only to be rediscovered in the twilight of her life, has died. She was 100.

Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2023

'I took my family on a dream US road trip - here's what you need on the itinerary'

Jane Haase took her family on a dream road trip across the US, taking in some of the amazing sights in California and Nevada and dropping off in Las Vegas and San Francisco

Daily Mirror · Mar 17, 2023

Raiders will sign QB Jimmy Garoppolo

Jimmy Garoppolo will be reunited with Josh McDaniels in Las Vegas

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 13, 2023

Another backup quarterback option off the board for the Jets, Jimmy Garoppolo heading to Vegas

Jimmy Garoppolo off the board for the Jets

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 13, 2023