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Two people have died and six others were wounded during a stabbing rampage in front of the Wynn Casino on the famed Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, police said. Police began receiving reports of a "series of stabbings" on Las Vegas Boulevard about 11:40 a.m., Las Vegas police Capt. Dori Koren said during an afternoon press conference. While on scene, police quickly took a suspect into custody and began providing medical aid to victims, Koren said. Two of the eight victims died. Three of the surviving victims were in critical condition, Koren said. "The weapon we recovered was a large...

..... Holloway's child, who was unhurt in the incident, is in protective custody, Lombardo said. The sheriff said investigators were trying to piece together Holloway's background. In the spring of 2012 Holloway received an award from a career-mentoring nonprofit in Portland for being a role model for high school students, according to The Skanner, a community website and newspaper published in the Pacific Northwest. The story recounts Holloway describing her mother as having "turned to alcohol, leaving Lakeisha to fend for herself." Holloway was homeless during her freshman year in high school, according to the newspaper, but had since graduated....

The woman who mowed down several dozen people in Las Vegas Sunday night says she was sober but just extremely tired. Lakeisha Holloway told police she was trying to sleep in her car on several hotel properties but security kept running her off. In the police report, obtained by TMZ, Holloway described a "stressful period of time today where she was trying to rest/sleep inside her vehicle with her daughter." Holloway told cops she doesn't really know how she ended up on the Strip. The report says, "She would not explain why she drove on the sidewalk but remembered a...

LAS VEGAS, NV, December 29 Airspace over Las Vegas Strip to be closed New Year's Eve Jerry Bussell, Governor Kenny Guinn's adviser on homeland security, tells The Associated Press that the airspace over the Las Vegas Strip will be closed New Year's Eve. A spokeswoman with the US Department of Homeland Security says the agency has received the state's request to close the airspace and is coordinating any action with the FAA. A spokeswoman with McCarran International Airport says the ban, known as a temporary flight restriction, will implemented on New Year's Eve from 9:00 PM to 3:00 AM. The...

Imagine being in Las Vegas on a Saturday night and wanting to drive from the MGM Grand on the south end of the Strip up to Treasure Island to see the new sexy-themed pirate-ship battle. You can see the TI in the distance. But with cars lined up bumper to bumper and thick pedestrian traffic, it could take 30 minutes to an hour to get there. Now fast-forward to early 2004, when the much-anticipated Las Vegas Strip monorail system is set to start. For just a couple of dollars, you can make that trip in a few short minutes. This...