Eleven crosses honoring victims of the Borderline Bar and Grill shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., are on display at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. (Kimber Laux/Las Vegas Review-Journal)Eleven crosses honoring victims of the Borderline Bar and Grill shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., are on display at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. (Kimber Laux/Las Vegas Review-Journal)Eleven crosses honoring victims of the Borderline Bar and Grill shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., are on display at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. (Kimber Laux/Las Vegas Review-Journal)Eleven crosses honoring victims of the Borderline Bar and Grill shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., are on display at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. (Kimber Laux/Las Vegas Review-Journal) As cars passed the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign Monday, 11 white crosses planted nearby paid silent homage to the … [Read more...] about Crosses at ‘Las Vegas’ sign honor California shooting victims
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Las Vegas airport controller heard slurring her words as alarmed pilots respond
LAS VEGAS -- Federal and airport authorities are investigating why an air traffic controller became incapacitated and went silent while working a night shift alone in the tower at busy McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports that in air traffic audio of the incident, the controller appeared to become incoherent and eventually unresponsive until she was discovered by another controller returning from a break. "The FAA is very concerned about this incident and what occurred is not acceptable," an agency spokesperson told CBS News. The controller can be heard slurring her words, confusing flight numbers and being otherwise incoherent before an alarming open mic incident where she can be heard coughing and choking. At one point a pilot on a flight waiting to depart asks, "Is there somebody up there who knows what they are doing?" Later in the incident one of the flights radioed, "I hate to ask this but do you have a … [Read more...] about Las Vegas airport controller heard slurring her words as alarmed pilots respond
Officials probe why Las Vegas airport controller went silent
Ken Ritter, Associated Press Updated 8:25 pm PST, Friday, November 9, 2018 FILE - This Aug. 6, 2014 file photo shows the news FAA tower under construction at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. Federal and airport authorities said Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, they are investigating why an air traffic controller became incapacitated and went silent while working a night shift alone in the tower at busy McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. "No safety events occurred during this incident," the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement about what officials said amounted to a 40-minute span during which the female controller slurred words and then apparently lost consciousness shortly before midnight Wednesday. (Jeff Scheid/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File) less FILE - This Aug. 6, 2014 file photo shows the news FAA tower under construction at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. Federal and airport authorities said Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, they … [Read more...] about Officials probe why Las Vegas airport controller went silent
Las Vegas shooting survivors face tragedy again in California
Firefighters keep watch over a wildfire burning on a hillside near the Westlake Village Community Park in Westlake Village, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotographJim Marzec waters down the plants and trees outside his townhouse as a wildfire encroaches on his neighborhood in Westlake Village, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotographBurned cars are seen on a property ravaged by a wildfire in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotographBurned cars are seen on a property ravaged by a wildfire in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotographA wildfire approaches a hillside home in Westlake Village, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal @vegasphotographJorge Martins keeps an on his Oak Forrest neighborhood home as a wildfire burns through his … [Read more...] about Las Vegas shooting survivors face tragedy again in California
Charlie Baker is going to a Blink-182 concert in Las Vegas this weekend
You just won a second term as governor of Massachusetts in a landslide election. How do you celebrate? Blink-182? Yup. Blink-182. Gov. Charlie Baker and his family are traveling to Las Vegas to see the 1990s rock band in concert this weekend, his office said Friday morning. They’ll return to the Bay State on Monday. According to a spokeswoman for the 61-year-old Republican governor, Blink-182 is “one of his favorite bands.” The band is playing Friday and Saturday at the Pearl Theater at the Palms Casino Resort. Following in line with former boss and mentor, the Grateful Dead-loving Gov. Bill Weld (who wrote an obituary in The Boston Globe for Dead frontman Jerry Garcia), the governor has been unabashed in his music fandom, even in the Corner Office. Baker’s favorites include “songs my kids listen to,” the Dropkick Murphys, Linkin Park, Green Day, Blink, and “loud bands from the 70s and 80s” — such as Aerosmith, … [Read more...] about Charlie Baker is going to a Blink-182 concert in Las Vegas this weekend