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After Gustavo Alzate, a 34-year-old property manager for a New York real estate firm, was arrested by federal agents, they brought him to a New Jersey jail to await his immigration court hearing. He used a jailhouse hotline to call into the court every day to try and figure out when his hearing would be. “For a long time, I was told there was no record of my case or me with the court,” he later said in court papers. “No one ever told me when my notice to appear form was filed with the court.”
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that nearly one in five nursing homes in Florida have barely a one-week supply of personal protective equipment, or PPE, such as N95 surgical masks and gowns.
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Employees at the Bellagio applauded today as the first guests returned to the resort after the coronavirus crisis shut down the Las Vegas Strip for more than two months.
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You do what you can.
Staying home as much as possible, and wearing a mask when you can’t.
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You do what you can.
Staying home as much as possible, and wearing a mask when you can’t.
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To Jake McKenna, Las Vegas is a special place. It’s where he met his fiancé at a work conference last year, and it’s a city he likes to visit whenever he can.
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Tomorrow, resort property owners hope the sights of an empty Las Vegas Strip will all be a distant memory as the state's economic engine will begin slowly turning again.
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Nationally, ICE and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection have become involved in policing protests in some cities. While there are no reports of this in Nevada, the UNLV Immigration Clinic wants to remind everyone that any arrest is risky for non-citizens, especially if you’re an undocumented immigrant.
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After 78 days of historic quiet, cards will be cut, dice will roll and jackpots can jingle again 12:01 a.m. Thursday at casinos in Las Vegas and throughout Nevada.
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