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Pentagon: US, partners begin airstrikes in Syria

The U.S. and five Arab countries launched airstrikes Monday night on Islamic State group targets in Syria, expanding a military campaign into a country whose three-year civil war has given the brutal militant group a safe haven.

Resurgent Rebels thriving in men’s soccer

After three straight losing seasons, the resurgent Rebels are off to an impressive 5-1-1 start this year that earned them a spot in the national rankings (No. 23) for the first time in 22 years.

Back from injury, Oudin defends Las Vegas title

Shortly after she won the Party Rock Open last year, illness sidelined Melanie Oudin for four months. She’s back defend her title in the re-branded Red Rock Pro Open, which begins play Tuesday.

Celebrating Nevada with Vegas star power

Monday’s Nevada Sesquicentennial All-Star Concert at The Smith Center included both a Mark Twain and Elvis Presley impersonator. The real Wayne Newton and those Cirque du Soleil courtesans in the red frocks and powder wigs who are as synonymous with the new Las Vegas as Newton was to the ’70s.

VOLLEYBALL: Trieb, Trojans outlast Rattlers

Alexis Trieb had eight kills Monday to lead Pahrump Valley’s girls volleyball team to a 25-20, 21-25, 17-25, 25-11, 15-11 victory over visiting Mojave.

UNLV audience hears push for state appeals court

Supreme court justices continued their campaign asking the public to vote yes on the initiative to establish a Nevada Court of Appeals during a panel discussion at Boyd Law School on Monday.

GIRLS SOCCER: Snook, Hernandez lead Longhorns’ comeback

Brittany Snook and Nadia Hernandez each scored two goals Monday to help Legacy’s girls soccer team storm back from a 3-1 halftime deficit to top host Desert Oasis, 5-3.

BLM law enforcement under fire in Utah

A federal law enforcement agent who oversaw the aborted roundup of Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy’s rogue cattle in April is drawing complaints from sheriffs and the lieutenant governor in Utah over his management style.

Cop plows car into front of doughnut shop

A New Jersey cop suffered minor injuries Friday morning when he plowed his car into a Dunkin’ Donuts.

Numbers don’t add up for UNLV

Want to know just how much UNLV’s football team is struggling? The statistics tell the story.

Long, winding road leads to latest stadium debate

If you’re wondering how The Cordish Cos., a Baltimore-based development company, arrived in the middle of the Great Las Vegas Soccer Stadium Debate, you might trace it back to a conversation former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman had with former Louisville, Ky., Mayor Jerry Abramson about 15 years ago.

Police describe getaway vehicle in Palace Station robbery

Las Vegas police are looking for a getaway car connected to a robbery at the Palace Station. A man who robbed an employee inside of the casino’s sportsbook fled the scene in a newer model black Dodge Avenger.

Chicago pizza tour may surprise

In a city famous for its deep-dish pizza, tourists wouldn’t know that the locals more often eat a thinner-crust, tavern-style pie topped with homemade Italian sausage and cut into squares, not slices — unless they went on a pizza tour.

LeBron fan allowed back after Cavaliers end ban

LeBron James came back. One of his biggest fans has returned, too. James Blair, banned by the Cavaliers after he ran onto the floor in Quickens Loans Arena during a Cleveland-Miami game in 2013, is again permitted inside the building.

McGregor fueled by rapid success

Two years ago, Conor McGregor was collecting a welfare check in his native Ireland. Now he’s one of the UFC’s hottest stars.

Dealing with chronic pain

In medicine, we use the term “vital signs” to describe the most basic bodily functions: heart beat, blood pressure, breathing rate, and temperature. They are vital to life. Pain has recently been named the “5th vital sign” in order to elevate it to the same level and urge proper treatment.

Woman gives birth on side of California freeway

Marine Corps veteran Bolivar Vilchez was terrified as he helped his wife deliver their daughter on the side of a Southern California freeway.

Vegas police say truck death is hit-and-run

Las Vegas police are seeking a driver who ran over and killed a man who was sleeping under a semi-truck trailer over the weekend.

Police search for man in bank robbery

Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man connected with a bank robbery inside a grocery store near Eastern Avenue and Windmill Lane. The robbery occurred on Sept. 15 at the Smith’s located on 2385 E. Windmill Lane about 6:20 p.m.

Jimmy John’s settles in ‘freaky fast’ lawsuit

Jimmy John’s reached an agreement Monday with a motorcyclist who suffered severe injuries after colliding with a “freaky fast” Jimmy John’s delivery driver.

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