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Watch the Tropicana implosion live as the iconic Las Vegas hotel and casino is reduced to rubble on Wednesday (9 October). The Tropicana’s hotel towers are expected to tumble in 22 seconds at 2: ...
All lanes of Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas that were closed for 48 hours due to a big rig accident that created a chemical hazard have reopened, the California Highway Patrol ...
At McCarran International Airport, seven miles (11 km) away in Las Vegas, windows were cracked and doors were pushed open. The shock wave buffeted a Boeing 737 on final approach. [4] An investigation estimated that the larger explosion was equivalent to 0.25 kiloton of TNT, approximately the same yield of a tactical nuclear weapon. [12] [2]
Nevada State Fire Marshal Thomas J. Huddleston examining the bomb. The Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing took place on August 26–27, 1980, when several men masquerading as photocopier deliverers planted an elaborately booby trapped bomb containing 1,200 pounds (540 kg) of dynamite at Harvey's Resort Hotel ("Harveys" since 1986) in Stateline, Nevada, United States. [2]
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British Airways Flight 2276 was a scheduled international passenger service from Las Vegas to London.On 8 September 2015, the Boeing 777-200ER operating the flight suffered an uncontained engine failure and fire in the left GE90 engine during take-off from Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, prompting an aborted take-off and the evacuation of all passengers and crew.
Frank Lawrence Rosenthal (June 12, 1929 – October 13, 2008), also known as "Lefty" Rosenthal, was an American professional sports gambler, Las Vegas casino executive, organized crime associate, and FBI informant.
UNLV, less than two miles east of the Las Vegas Strip, has enrollment of about 25,000 undergraduates and 8,000 postgraduates and doctoral candidates.