PHOTOS: Summer the season for learning

75 students enrolled in the Shenker Academy’s summer camp program for 1-year-olds through kindergartners.

Melting ice might reveal items lost for hundreds of years

Swiss scientists are urging alpinists and hikers to keep an eye out this summer for lost items in melting ice patches — items lost hundreds or even thousands of years ago.

EDITORIAL: School shootings

Of all the senseless crimes in this country, school shootings are the most shocking and least explainable. The June 10 violence at Reynolds High School in Troutdale, Ore., was no different. The mass shooting left one student dead and a teacher wounded before the 15-year-old killer took his own life.

Initiative may be the way to get background checks on the books

Unless you’re prepared to argue that all gun-purchase background checks are illegal under the Second Amendment, you have no reason to oppose the latest initiative petition filed in Nevada.

World Cup betting: Don’t pass on a rare ‘home’ game for Argentina

Las Vegas Review-Journal sports writers Adam Hill and David Schoen have been given $5,000 fantasy bankrolls to bet during the World Cup on either sides, totals or props. Below are their bets for today, with an explanation of their picks:

Celebrating Kings pick up more hardware

Dustin Brown has yet to spend his official day with the Stanley Cup, but the Los Angeles Kings captain has already celebrated several days with the most storied trophy in sports with his teammates and family.

Taste of the Town: Reader help needed to find homemade Italian sausage

August L. Darata emailed with what might seem like a prosaic query. “Whose sausage is the ‘taste of the town?’” I know there’s plenty of Italian sausage being made in-house at numerous delis, butcher shops and other markets across the valley, and I know my own favorites. But in the spirit of this column, I thought I’d turn it over to the readers for suggestions.

Small Plates: The Wiener’s Circle and ‘Charcuteria’

The Wiener’s Circle, an offshoot of the famous Chicago hot-dog joint, opened earlier this month in the Red Rock Resort casino between the sports book and the poker room.

51s rally for 10-8 victory over Redbirds

Las Vegas scored two runs in the eighth inning as the 51s erased a five-run deficit to defeat the Memphis Redbirds 10-8 on Tuesday night at Cashman Field.

Wine of the Week: Petite Petit Red Wine

This is a seriously full-bodied wine comes in a chubby bottle with a colorful label full of circus elephants. Don’t be fooled: It’s a great effort from the savvy team at Michael David Vineyards.

FIFA investigating Suarez biting incident, lengthy ban possible

FIFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against Uruguay forward Luis Suarez after Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini accused him of biting during the South Americans’ 1-0 Group D victory at the World Cup on Tuesday.

Boyd wrote the book on butterflies

It takes an expert like Bruce Boyd to identify some of the rare butterflies found on Mount Charleston and nowhere else in the world.

Part of Colorado River declared National Water Trail

The Black Canyon Water Trail, a stretch of the Colorado River through the nation’s driest state, has been named a National Water Trail by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.

Draft of Bob Dylan’s ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ sells for $2M

A draft of one of the most popular songs of all time, Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” sold Tuesday for $2 million, which the auction house called a world record for a popular music manuscript.

New School of Medicine clinic opens in Henderson

The University of Nevada School of Medicine cut the ribbon Tuesday on a new care center in Henderson designed to serve wide-ranging primary care needs by providing several specialties in one clinic.

Wealth gap reflected in vacation offerings

As the gap between the wealthiest travelers and everyone else has widened, so has the way people are experiencing vacations. The wealthy are looking for ever-more pampering. Many others are seeking new ways to economize.

Public warrant search website launched by Vegas court

The Las Vegas Municipal Court has launched a website that allows people to search the status of warrants, pay traffic fines and view wanted posters.

Wildfires called big risk one year after Mount Charleston inferno

Wildfires are still a major risk a year after the Carpenter 1 fire burned 27,800 acres on Mount Charleston and people are urged to adhere to fire prevention rules to avoid being the cause of another such blaze, officials said Tuesday.

Patient dumping suit against Rawson-Neal dismissed

A federal judge has declined to reconsider a lawsuit alleging that officials at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas violated a patient’s civil rights by giving him a bus ticket to California upon discharge.

Lawmakers ‘astounded’ Filipino WWII veterans denied for benefits

As a small group of Filipino-American patriots watched from Las Vegas, lawmakers said in Washington Tuesday that they were ‘astounded’ and angry that a program set up to benefit Filipino soldiers who fought alongside Americans in World War II denied payments to more than half the applicants.

 
2 killed, several injured in shooting in Miami

Two people were killed and multiple others wounded following a shooting early Tuesday in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood, police said.

51s win on den Dekker’s walkoff homer in 10th

Matt den Dekker lined a three-run homer over the fence in right-center field with one out in the bottom of the 10th on Monday night to give the Las Vegas 51s an 8-5 win over the Memphis Redbirds at Cashman field.

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