Regina and Las Vegas are drinking water from similar sources. "I've heard that Regina and Las Vegas are the only two major cities not built on a natural water source," said Regina's Kyle Halvorson. "I wanna know if there's any truth to that." Halvorson put his query to the new CBC podcast Good Question, Saskatchewan.

With the Oakland A's set to move to Las Vegas ahead of the 2028 Major League Baseball season, we now know a little more about how the team plans to invest in the Southern Nevada community. According to a proposed community benefits agreement — released ahead of Thursday's Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board meeting — the team has a number of areas it plans to address.

“What happened with the Carnival World Buffet?” Gaming Control Board member George Assad asked Dreamscape executives at a gaming license hearing last summer to allow the company to assume operations of the Rio Hotel & Casino. “Why isn’t it coming back? There were always lines out into the casino floor.” Patrick Hoefler, who took over as vice president of food and beverage at the Rio following Dreamscape’s licensing, said the Carnival World Buffet’s popularity didn’t translate into profitability — a common occurrence with most Las Vegas buffets.

While fashion brands such as Isabel Marant and Ralph Lauren regularly use the Western genre for their collections, those that previously had little or no contact with the style from the American West have also switched over in recent months: Saint Laurent, Prada and Khaite are presenting Looks include fringe leather jackets, rodeo jeans, prairie dresses and cowboy boots.

The Oakland A's have put out their renderings for what their new baseball stadium could look like at the site of the Tropicana Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. But one teachers' union says the fight isn't over to stop public funding towards building the ballpark. The Nevada State Education Association says it's all in in their fight against $380 million in public dollars going towards a new 30,000 capacity baseball stadium with a $1.5 billion price tag.

Late Tuesday, a woman with a large roller bag took a seat at a Wheel of Fortune slot machine at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. She hand-fed three dollars into the slot and pressed the button. The day before, an anonymous traveler had won the $782,467.12 jackpot at the same one-arm bandit. A visitor had also pocketed more than a million dollars at a Wild Wild Buffalo machine a few rows away, one of three big winners at the airport in January.

The Presidential election of 1860 is one we Americans know well. That election sent Abraham Lincoln to the White House, southern enslavers to the exit door, and the United States into a bloody Civil War. Lincoln’s leadership in those years and his tragic assassination in the last days of the war propelled the railsplitter into the pantheon of American Presidents.

A Las Vegas casino can be sensory overload with its flashy slots, cheering patrons and mixed smells of perfumes and smoking patrons. But the sensory overload often doesn’t stop there. Right under a visitor’s feet is often a pathway of busy patterns, sometimes with colorful art that connects to the casino’s theme.

From the 1930s to today, this series examines Vegas' evolution into an entertainment mecca, and its everlasting ability to reflect and refract American identity. Featuring interviews with entertainers, former showgirls, and other experts.

From the 1930s to today, this series examines Vegas' evolution into an entertainment mecca, and its everlasting ability to reflect and refract American identity. Featuring interviews with entertainers, former showgirls, and other experts.

From the 1930s to today, this series examines Vegas' evolution into an entertainment mecca, and its everlasting ability to reflect and refract American identity. Featuring interviews with entertainers, former showgirls, and other experts.

The best and worst of Las Vegas history will be on display for the world to see starting this weekend with the debut of two documentary series.