Thursday seemed like any other day inside Strip casinos: Slot machines clanged and people cheered at crowded craps tables. Tourists shopped, ate in restaurants and sipped yard-long drinks. But it wasn't any other day in Las Vegas. Outside, Las Vegas Boulevard was closed after an early morning shootout and crash that killed three people and injured six more.
One of the University of California-Berkeley law students charged in conjunction with the death of an exotic bird in October at the Flamingo’s Wildlife Habitat has pleaded guilty.
Two University of California-Berkeley law students have been charged for their alleged roles in an October incident that resulted in the decapitation of an exotic bird at the Flamingo’s Wildlife Habitat.
A 14-year-old exotic bird named Turk ran through its manmade home Friday morning at the Flamingo hotel's Wildlife Habitat, seemingly scurrying from three males on its trail.
Two University of California, Berkeley, students were arrested after allegedly killing an exotic bird at the Flamingo’s Wildlife Habitat, Metro Police said. Eric Cuellar, 24, and Justin Teixeira, 24, were arrested on felony charges of conspiracy and the willful, malicious torture or killing of wildlife.
A five-year veteran of the Australian Football League died Sunday in fall from a Las Vegas Strip hotel. John "J-Mac" McCarthy was found unresponsive at 5:40 a.m. Sunday on the south driveway of the Flamingo Hotel, Debbie Munch, a spokeswoman for Caesars Entertainment, said in an email statement. McCarthy was transported to University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, Munch added.
Dennis and Margaret Hart had been coming to Las Vegas at least once, sometimes twice, a year since 1967. This time, they left $1 million richer after he hit a six-card royal flush playing Three-Card poker at the Flamingo earlier this month. They talked to the Sun about their good fortune from their home in Florida.
From a pistol belonging to Anthony "The Ant" Spilotro to Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel's death certificate, here are just a few of the mob artifacts at the heart of an ongoing legal dispute in Las Vegas. The items, housed at the Mob Attraction Las Vegas at the Tropicana, are the subject of a longstanding series of court proceedings aimed at sorting out who has the right to display them. The matter has been fast-tracked, with hopes to resolve it this summer.
Classic rock blared, bartenders juggled bottles and servers danced as Las Vegas’ first Carlos 'n Charlie's restaurant opened Wednesday at the Flamingo.
In a little over a month, the Burger Joint was gone and the Center Cut Steakhouse has opened at the Flamingo. "It was like, bam, we had three weeks to hire a staff, create a menu, do demolition and finish construction on the renovations," Dan Mykovich, director of food and beverage for Center Cut, said Tuesday night, just one night after the new restaurant opened. "We were opening and paint was still drying on the wall."
When popular entertainer Jimmy Buffett received his Nevada gaming license last month, a number of skeptics immediately jumped to the conclusion that star-struck gaming regulators allowed him to skate through the process unchecked.