A man died this afternoon after a shooting at a Mexican restaurant near Decatur Boulevard and Smoke Ranch Road.
Kenny Guinn, Nevada’s 28th governor, died Thursday at the age of 73. He was a two-term Republican governor from 1999 to 2007. He also served as superintendent of the Clark County School District and was a business executive.
SAO PAULO — Hundreds of penguins that apparently starved to death are washing up on the beaches of Brazil, worrying scientists who are investigating what’s causing them to die. About 500 penguins have been found in the last 10 days.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The top U.N. aid official in Gaza says more than 7,000 children in the Palestinian territory have simultaneously dribbled basketballs for five minutes in an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records. The event took place on a bombed-out airport runway near the southern Gaza town of Rafah. Local U.N. chief John Ging says he expects to know in a few days if the children set the record. To do so, they must beat a 2007 record set in Indiana.
LONDON — Scientists scouring the area around Stonehenge said Thursday they have uncovered the foundations of a second circular structure only a few hundred yards from the world famous monument. Like Stonehenge itself, the structure’s precise purpose remains a mystery. But it’s one of an expanding number of discoveries being made around the site – something experts say is helping to show that Stonehenge was once much more than just a cluster of sandstone blocks standing in an empty field.
