NTSB makes air race recommendations

RENO — Air race pilots should take their modified aircraft on a dry run before participating in certain types of competitions and should possibly wear flight suits to help them withstand high gravitational forces, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

Heller stands firm against Nevada judicial nominee

Under pressure to reverse course, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller said Tuesday he will continue to block federal judge nominee Elisssa Cadish whose views on gun rights have been called into question.

Lawsuit seeks marriage rights for same-sex couples

A national gay rights advocacy group took its state-by-state fight for same-sex marriage equality to a federal court for the first time Tuesday, filing a lawsuit in a bid to force Nevada to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.

Miss Universe pageant allowing transgender women

NEW YORK — Transgender women will be allowed to participate in the Miss Universe beauty pageant next year, officials announced Tuesday, a week after they ruled a trail-blazing 23-year-old could vie for the crown this year.

Washington kids stop school bus after driver stricken

MILTON, Wash. — A dozen students may not have been looking forward to school on the first day back after spring break, but they knew what to do when their bus driver slumped over the wheel unconscious.

51s’ Gil makes pitch for big league shot

Like Babe Ruth and Rick Ankiel before him, former 51s outfielder Adam Loewen last season reached the major leagues as a position player after first getting there as a pitcher.

Darvish a winner in debut

ARLINGTON, Texas — Yu Darvish had a feeling of calmness when he took the mound for his much-anticipated major league debut for the Texas Rangers.

Welch, Faucher spark Silverado over Cimarron

Silverado’s baseball team stranded five runners in scoring position in the first three innings and trailed Cimarron-Memorial by a run going to the fourth.

IN BRIEF

College basketball

Honoring a great community asset: the library

When I was young, a couple of times each month, I’d take a trip with my mom and sister to the Main Street branch of the Huntington Beach public library.

Allegiant chief answer Schumer’s request

Allegiant Travel Co. Chairman and CEO Maurice Gallagher formally voiced his opposition Monday to U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer’s request that carry-on bag fees be included in the up-front price of a plane ticket.

Allegiant Airlines planning Las Vegas to Honolulu route

Culminating more than a year of planning, Allegiant Travel Co. will launch its first scheduled flight over an ocean on June 29, when it begins its Las Vegas to Honolulu route.

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