9 new Netflix releases to watch in May

A new-ish month means new movies on Netflix, so buckle down, put your sweatpants on and be prepared not to leave the house this weekend. Here are 9 movies new to Netflix this month that you need to watch.

Gorman’s Robotham chooses Akron

Bishop Gorman senior point guard Noah Robotham made a nonbinding oral commitment to Akron on Friday.

Satanic inmate sues Reno jail for religious meals, including ice cream

A Nevada inmate who says he practices Satanism is accusing county jailers of violating his constitutional rights by denying him meals consistent with the strict diet of his pagan religion, including ice cream.

49ers get WR Stevie Johnson from Bills

Receiver Stevie Johnson is heading to his hometown San Francisco 49ers after being the odd man out in Buffalo. The Bills traded Johnson to the 49ers on Friday in a deal made before the start of the second round of the NFL draft.

Judge: Casino worker wrongly pressured by union

The National Labor Relations Board has ruled in favor of a casino restaurant worker who says she was threatened with the loss of her benefits and her seniority if she didn’t pay dues to a powerful Las Vegas union.

Shares of Wynn Macau tumble sharply on card-swipe crackdown report

Wynn Macau fell the most in more than two years in Hong Kong trading, leading declines among operators of China’s only legal casinos, amid concern that a reported crackdown on illegal money transfers will pare demand.

In its second go-round, ‘Mamma Mia!’ returns with UNLV grad in the cast

Jordan Bondurant graduated from UNLV’s theater program, donated his car to a charity, and headed to New York to make it on Broadway. Eight months later, he landed a solid part in a Broadway hit. But it’s “Mamma Mia!” at the Tropicana.

Baby names: Noah ends Jacob’s 14-year run at top

Noah sailed past Jacob to become the most popular baby name for boys in 2013, ending Jacob’s 14-year run at the top. Sophia was the most popular baby name for girls for the third straight year.

5 big stories on the NFL draft’s second day

Welcome to Day 2 of the NFL draft. Plenty of running backs are still available. For the second straight year, no running backs were selected in the first round. Before last year, that had never happened in the common draft era, which started in 1967 with the merger of the NFL and AFL.

 
New parents and party-happy frat boys make ‘Neighbors’ a hoot

Every few years, something so jarring, so very traumatizing occurs that it shakes a wide swath of America to its very core. It happens whenever we’re forced to begrudgingly respect some formerly eyeroll-inducing piece of teen-friendly man candy. Now, it’s Zac Efron’s turn.

Report labels Nevada one of the worst states for working moms

The Silver State has among the highest childcare costs nationwide and is one of the worst states for working moms, according to a report issued earlier this month by WalletHub, a personal finance industry-based social network.

Jacks are wild as 51s go back-to-back-to-back-to-back

Las Vegas’ Allan Dykstra, Zach Lutz, Taylor Teagarden and Brandon Allen hit consecutive home runs in Salt Lake City Thursday night, and became only the fifth quartet to smack back-to-back-to-back-to-back long balls in Pacific Coast League history.

Scientists still working to ID victims from 9/11

Thousands of vacuum-sealed plastic pouches filled with bits of bone rest in a Manhattan laboratory. These are the last unidentified fragments of the people who died in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

Benghazi needs more scrutiny

If it were not for the surfacing of that undisclosed e-mail, Democrats might have a case that we don’t need another probe into the death of the U.S. ambassador in Benghazi, Libya.

5 federal climate change warnings for the Southwest

Global warming is already having widespread impact on everything from agriculture to urban health, according to a federal report released Tuesday that highlighted five ways climate change is already impacting the Southwest.

5 football players who settled for being famous actors

With the NFL Draft underway and the recent release of the film “Draft Day”, we thought we would look at five actors that played college football. They wanted to be superstars in the NFL, but had to settle for being famous actors instead.

Bills need big risk to pay off

The Buffalo Bills took the biggest gamble of the NFL Draft on Thursday night. The team’s executives believe it’s a calculated risk.

North Korea directs racist slurs against Obama

After bombarding South Korea’s female president with sexist invectives, North Korea’s state news agency has fired off racist insults against President Barack Obama that U.S. officials condemn as “disgusting.”

Ha Ha photo no joke

A picture posted by NFL Draft prospect Ha Ha Clinton-Dix caused a stir on Thursday. It turned out to be just a humorous misunderstanding.

 
Anger building in Texas town after police shoot 93-year-old woman

Friends say 93-year-old Pearlie Golden still shopped at the grocery store and greeted friends with a jubilant “Hey, baby!” Now they and the mayor of this small Texas town want the police officer who shot and killed her gone.

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