A soaring bridge that will let drivers bypass Hoover Dam – and steer clear of its security checkpoints and tourists – will open after nearly eight years and $242m (€171m) worth of work.

The US presidential rivals have remained silent on some very serious issues, says Conor Ryan.

Days of heavy rains around the Grand Canyon caused an earthen dam to fail and created flooding that forced helicopters to pluck hundreds of residents and campers and deliver them to safety. No injuries were immediately reported.

Dozens of people accused of working for a Mexican drug cartel were arrested in the US yesterday in a multi-state bust that has netted more than $45m (€66.7m) in cash and tons of cocaine, heroin and marijuana, federal officials said.

Rival motorcycle gangs armed with guns and knives clashed on a crowded Nevada casino floor yesterday, leaving three dead and at least 12 wounded as terrified gamblers ducked for cover.

Rival motorcycle gangs turned a crowded casino floor into a shooting gallery leaving three dead and at least 12 wounded.

Four people were shot and killed and nine others were wounded inside a Nevada casino today, a local radio reported.

Four people are reported to have been shot dead and eight others wounded in a casino shooting in southern Nevada.