Las Vegas is about to take a gamble on Musk’s Boring Company

Contract for Tesla-powered underground system reveals lofty goals for a company whose founder is known for missing deadlines

Las Vegas is set to give Elon Musk’s Boring Company its first payout: a $44m contract to build a high-speed underground transit system serving an expanded convention center. But the city is hedging its bets. The contract withholds over two-thirds of payments until construction is complete, and specifies hefty penalties should the system fail to accommodate enough passengers.

The project is a gamble on technology that has yet to be demonstrated at a commercial scale, and on a company whose founder has a reputation for missing deadlines.

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Las Vegas gets first significant snow for years after rare winter storm – video

A winter storm brought rare snowfall to the Las Vegas Strip this week, with some suburban foothill areas getting several inches of snow. The snow snarled flights at the airport and traffic on highways.

The snow could reach 3in by Friday on western and southern outskirts of the city, but rain could reduce accumulation

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Cristiano Ronaldo rape allegation: lawyer confirms police have issued warrant for DNA

  • Juventus star is subject to allegations from 2009
  • Forward has denied claims he raped woman in hotel room

Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyer has confirmed authorities in Las Vegas have issued a warrant to collect DNA from the football star in the wake of allegations he raped a woman in the city in 2009.

“Mr Ronaldo has always maintained, as he does today, that what occurred in Las Vegas in 2009 was consensual in nature, so it is not surprising that DNA would be present, nor that the police would make this very standard request as part of their investigation,” Ronaldo’s lawyer, Peter S Christiansen, said in a statement to the BBC. The Wall Street Journal reports that the warrant has been sent to courts in Italy, where Ronaldo plays for Juventus.

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Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigns as RNC finance chair amid sexual assault allegations

The billionaire CEO of Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts was reported to have engaged in sexual misconduct with company employees over decades. President Trump is set to deliver his first State of the Union Tuesday, but, for many of the President's political opponents, the real State of the Union will be Monday night.

Hotel staff interacted with Las Vegas shooter more than 10 times before massacre

Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino staff interacted with Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock more than 10 times in the days leading up to the October 1 massacre that claimed 58 lives. During Paddock's stay at the hotel, room service and housekeeping "had contact with Paddock or entered his suite more than 10 times," according to a statement sent to CNN from MGM Resorts International, which owns the Nevada hotel.

Vegas shooter interacted with Mandalay Bay staff 10 times

Las Vegas shooter interacted with Mandalay Bay staff more than 10 times in the days leading up to the shooting but everything appeared 'normal in nature' Mandalay Bay hotel staff interacted with shooter Stephen Paddock more than 10 times in the days leading up to the deadliest shooting in US history Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed, with many questioning how the hotel didn't notice anything out of the ordinary with Paddock Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, shot himself in the mouth after he killed 58 people and wounded over 500 attending an outdoor concert in Las Vegas in October Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino staff interacted with Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock more than 10 times in the days leading up to the deadliest mass shooting in US history.

Attorney: O.J. Simpson banned from Las Vegas hotel-casino

One of the people killed when a gunman opened fire at a small-town Texas church was a 56-year-old Sunday school teacher who relatives say threw herself in front of her 18-year-old grandson. One of the people killed when a gunman opened fire at a small-town Texas church was a 56-year-old Sunday school teacher who relatives say threw herself in front of her 18-year-old grandson.

US poker star Phil Ivey loses UK case, won’t get millions

He's long been a winner at cards, but American poker star Phil Ivey's good fortune does... U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake's decision to bow out of a re-election fight could spur a rush of other Republican candidates who hope to take on his only announced challenger in the 2018 Arizona primary. Firefighters and construction workers say the Trump administration is putting their health at risk by ignoring the hazards posed by millions of tons of asbestos, flame retardants and other toxins found in homes,... Firefighters and construction workers say the Trump administration is putting their health at risk by ignoring the hazards posed by millions of tons of asbestos, flame retardants and other toxins found in homes, businesses and industrial sites.

MGM Resorts Hires Crisis Management Firm After Las Vegas Sheriff…

Amid the anger and confusion brought upon by an ever-changing timeline by the Las Vegas Police Department and FBI, MGM Resorts International has hired an elite crisis management firm. The move comes on the same day Sheriff Joe Lombardo claims there is little difference between police and Casino timelines.

Hotel questions revised timeline of Las Vegas massacre

Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, left, with Aaron C. Rouse, special agent in charge for the FBI in Nevada, discusses the Route 91 Harvest festival mass shooting at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. Law enforcement authorities on Monday made a significant change to the timeline of the mass shooting, saying the gunman shot a hotel security guard before he opened fire on concertgoers.

The Latest: Leader of victim-aid efforts to work in Vegas

Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, left, with Aaron C. Rouse, special agent in charge for the FBI in Nevada, discusses the Route 91 Harvest festival mass shooting at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Las Vegas, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. Law enforcement authorities on Monday made a significant change to the timeline of the mass shooting, saying the gunman shot a hotel security guard before he opened fire on concertgoers.

“We have looked at everything.” Still no clear motive for Las Vegas attack, officials say

The gunman who opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas did not have help from a second attacker, officials said Friday, but it remains unclear whether he made anyone else aware of his plans in advance. Police investigators and more than 100 Federal Bureau of Investigation agents have combed through hundreds of leads and hours of video from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino to determine why Stephen Paddock , 64, opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival, leaving 58 people dead and nearly 500 others injured.

Police say Las Vegas gunman planned ‘extensively,’ used…

Authorities in Las Vegas said Tuesday that the gunman who killed least 59 people at a country music festival "extensively" planned the massacre, placing cameras in his room and the nearby hallway so he could see when police officers were closing in. "It was pre-planned, extensively, and I'm pretty sure that he evaluated everything that he did in his actions, which is troublesome," Joseph Lombardo, the sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, said at a briefing Tuesday afternoon.