NEW YORK — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is pledging up to $250,000 to Planned Parenthood to offset funds that were cut by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer foundation.
ST. LOUIS — Singer David Peaston, who had a string of R&B hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, has died, his family said Thursday.
The Metropolitan Police Department has agreed to open itself up to Justice Department officials, Las Vegas police said today, marking the start of a months-long process that could reform how its officers use deadly force and how those incidents are investigated.
In an attention-grabbing twist worthy of Cirque du Soleil acrobats, real estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president on Thursday. “Go out and get ’em,” Trump told Romney during a joint news conference.
RENO — The U.S. Small Business Administration is setting up shop again in Reno to help facilitate federal disaster loans for residents and businesses after Washoe County suffered its second big wildfire in two months.
RENO — Thieves are targeting Jeep doors, according to Reno police, with eight thefts in the region during January .
SAN DIEGO — Jamaal Franklin had 16 points and Chase Tapley 14 for No. 17 San Diego State, which rallied from a 12-point deficit early in the second half and held on to beat Boise State 58-56 on Wednesday night.
Kim Mestdagh scored 22 points, and Colorado State shot 52.9 percent from the field to hand UNLV a 74-62 defeat Wednesday in a Mountain West Conference women’s basketball game at Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colo., ending the Lady Rebels’ four-game winning streak.