Birch leads Rebels to road win over Falcons

Khem Birch dominated in the paint and UNLV put on a 3-point shooting clinic en route to a 93-67 victory over Air Force at Clune Arena.

Clark finishes job, strangles Elko for title

The Chargers put on a defensive clinic Saturday, holding Elko to 26 percent shooting from the field en route to a 43-25 victory in the final of the Division I-A state boys basketball tournament at UNR’s Lawlor Events Center.

Man shot to death after fight in downtown Las Vegas

A man fatally shot another man after getting into a fight with him at the corner of 21st Street and Stewart Avenue in downtown Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Woman killed in car crash identified

Aleta M. Doran, 68, was driving slowly in a parking lot at 2875 Nellis Boulevard when she had a medical episode and ran her car into a fence just after 9:30 p.m.

UNLV men win ninth conference swimming title in 10 years

UNLV won the Western Athletic Conference men’s swimming and diving championships on Saturday at San Antonio. The Rebels finished with 545 points in the four-day meet, with Wyoming second with 506 and Air Force third with 470.

Assemblywoman Flores enters Nevada lieutenant governors race

Democratic Assemblywoman Lucy Flores, a former Las Vegas teenage gang member who turned her life around, graduated from law school and won a seat in the Legislature, on Saturday announced she’s running for lieutenant governor.

Lady Rebels hammer Air Force, 87-43

Forward Alana Cesarz scored 16 points to lead four players in double figures as the UNLV women’s basketball team rolled past Air Force 87-43 in a Mountain West game Saturday at Cox Pavilion.

Nine hospitalized after pickup crashes into Food 4 Less in Las Vegas

A woman in her 80s apparently lost control of her pickup and drove through a crowded Food 4 Less just south of downtown Las Vegas, causing cashiers and customers to duck for cover and sending nearly a dozen people to hospitals with minor to moderate injuries Saturday.

Washington Digest: Senate stymied on veterans bill

The U.S. Senate last week failed to move forward on a bill that would expand education and health care programs for veterans.

UNLV women’s track team takes eighth in MW indoor championships

UNLV finished eighth with 46 points Saturday in the women’s Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Rebels sophomore Monay Meggs won the 400 meters (54.89) and finished second in the 200 (24.32), and the 4×400 relay team of freshman Mandy Chitwood, senior Alva Castillo, sophomore Auzsane Crowe-Carter and Meggs won with a time of 3:45.88. New Mexico won the men’s and women’s titles.

Party atmosphere marks Iditarod’s ceremonial start

Hordes of dogs, mushers and their eager fans mingled Saturday at the jovial celebratory kickoff of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Anchorage.

Family history, love of sciences lead to career in urology

Dr. Robert McBeath’s grandfather became one of Henderson’s first pharmacists in 1946, and his father, Jo Kent McBeath, practiced family medicine for nearly half a century. McBeath’s fascination with the sciences combined with family influences to seal the deal.

4 college students caught smoking pot in an igloo

Four University of Utah students who police say were caught smoking pot in an igloo are facing possible discipline from campus officials. Sgt. Garth Smith says the well-camouflaged hideaway was discovered by a passing campus security guard Jan. 31 in the woods between campus housing and Research Park.

NBC had thousands of illegal Olympic videos stopped

NBC said it worked with Olympic officials to stop some 45,000 instances of illegally posted video or pirate streams that surfaced to show competition during the Sochi games. The chase after video pirates operates in the shadows with an intensity all its own.

Teen killed in dirt bike crash identified

Christian Hipsky-Stringer was riding on State Route 165 when he collided with a car at the Nelson’s Landing turn off.

17 places for New American dining

Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with New American restaurants this week.

Goin’ deep at the Smith Center with Lonesome George

George Thorogood is a huge baseball fan. He used to play semipro ball. This is why the official logo of his rockin’ blues band looks like the front of a baseball jersey.

Teen helps scientists study her own rare disease

First the teenager survived a rare cancer. Then she wanted to study it, spurring a study that helped scientists find a weird gene flaw that might play a role in how the tumor strikes.

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