A look at some of the DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week:
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada on Monday announced Thomas A. Roberts as its new president and chief operating officer.
Last month, the National Council on Teacher Quality released its first comprehensive review of U.S. colleges of education. The study, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, assigned ratings for more than 1,200 programs at 608 institutions, which account for 72 percent of education graduates across the nation.
The number of American adults identifying themselves as members of the LGBT community is up, which is a good thing for business.
A 58-year-old Ohio man was killed in Kingman, Ariz. Sunday when his motorcycle hit the back of a commercial vehicle stopped in a construction zone.
Retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly is an unlikely gun grabber.
The Las Vegas Wranglers extended qualifying offers to forwards Scott Campbell, Carlo Finucci, Adam Hughesman and Josh Lunden and defenseman Nolan Julseth-White.
Las Vegan Zach Pochiro was drafted in the fourth round of Sunday’s NHL Draft — the 112th pick overall — by the St. Louis Blues.
Some people spend decades trying to find their right career path. Todd Simon decided on his as a kid and stuck with it.
Jerome Williams has turned down multiple job offers from the NBA since he retired as a player in 2005. But the idea of leading a prep school basketball powerhouse has piqued the interest of the former first-round pick.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: Grizzlies, Eric Surkamp (1-0); 51s, Rafael Montero (0-2)
Las Vegan C.J. Watson is changing addresses again in the NBA.
Jun Guerrero, brother-in-law of Rodolfo Meana, the first to die from the 2007 hepatitis outbreak in Las Vegas, struggled to explain how distraught the former Philippine military colonel was after contracting the virus.
Ishe Smith’s first title defense will have to wait.
The criminal charges against Dr. Dipak Desai and nurse anesthetist Ronald Lakeman focused on the cases of seven patients infected with hepatitis C in 2007 that health officials linked to Desai’s Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada on Shadow Lane. One of the infected patients, 77-year-old Rodolfo Meana, died last year in his native Philippines.
A suspect in the 1986 homicide and sexual assault of a 7-year-old North Las Vegas girl was arrested during a traffic stop Thursday in Ozark, Mo.
Two men died over the weekend in separate incidents believed to be heat-related, according to Las Vegas Fire Department and the National Park Service. The weekend temperatures of 117 were some of the highest ever in Las Vegas, tying the record set in 2005.
The director of the embattled Vatican bank and his deputy resigned Monday following the latest developments in a broadening finance scandal that has already landed one Vatican monsignor in prison and added urgency to Pope Francis’ reform efforts.
Traditional retail leasing may be getting a little more democratic.
Macau gaming revenue grew 21.1 percent in June, as the world’s largest casino market continues to benefit from a nonstop supply of middle-class Chinese gamblers eager to place their bets in the former Portuguese colony.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and a group of allies rallied the faithful Monday as the battle to pass comprehensive immigration reform moves to the House of Representatives.
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her astronaut husband, Mark Kelly, don’t want to change Nevada’s opinion on gun control. Most Nevadans already agree with them, according to a poll they commissioned.
These are some of the elements I think of when I think of an ideal Fourth of July celebration. Or, as often is the case, an ideal Third of July celebration, because most people have the Fourth off, and if they celebrate on the Third, then they have a day to recuperate:
The Nevada Occupational Safety & Health Administration announced in a press release it is currently investigating Saturday’s fatal Cirque du Soleil performance that claimed the life of a performer, the first in the company’s 29-year history.
Apple wants a bite of Nevada’s solar power industry.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday that it has initiated steps to create more space between planes on intersecting runways after a report on five near-collisions, including three involving airliners at McCarran International Airport.
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