Man driving stolen motorcycle critical after crash, police say

A motorcyclist driving a bike police say was stolen is in critical condition after crashing into a wall Tuesday morning in the east valley, according to a Las Vegas police report.

Lawyers the winners in long Yucca court fight

A nuclear waste repository might or might never be built at Yucca Mountain but one group profited from a long legal fight over the Nevada site — the lawyers.

Nevada gaming revenue declines for second straight month

Nevada gaming revenue declined almost 6 percent in September, marking the state’s second straight monthly drop. On the Strip, gaming revenue declined 12.1 percent.

Halloween is coming, here’s what to do this weekend

Halloween and Day of the Dead activities join opera and choral concerts and Sesquicentennial events on this week’s arts and leisure calendar.

Things to watch for as NBA’s 2014-15 season begins

As the 2014-15 season begins, the landscape in the NBA changed dramatically since the San Antonio Spurs hoisted the championship trophy by dominating the Miami Heat. Here are 10 things to watch as the 2014-15 NBA season begins.

Frontier to start Las Vegas-St. Louis nonstop flights

Denver-based Frontier Airlines announced Tuesday that it will start nonstop service between St. Louis and Las Vegas three times a week in January.

Coroner: Man shot by CHP trooper died from head wound

Authorities say a man shot by a California Highway Patrol trooper in Jean after a more than two-hour chase that crossed state lines died of a gunshot wound to the head.

Check out the music topping iTunes’ charts

From “All About That Bass” to “Baby Don’t Lie,” here are iTunes’ Official Music Charts for the week ending October 27, 2014.

 
NM deputy in custody after shooting death of fellow officer

A New Mexico attorney confirms that his client, Santa Fe County sheriff’s Deputy Ty Chan, is in custody in connection with the deadly shooting of a fellow deputy.

No big boost expected in Nevada jobless insurance

No opposition was voiced at a workshop Tuesday to a proposed rate schedule for unemployment insurance that businesses will pay next year to cover jobless claims. The rate would be about the same as this year.

Here are 3 below-the-radar movies to catch this fall

Before Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic “Interstellar” arrives and wipes everyone’s brains, here are three films not to forget amid the increasingly crowded fall movie season:

 
Cellphone store robber strikes again

The man wanted in connection with a string of cellphone robberies has committed three more robberies, Las Vegas police said.

Mammoth skull, tusks found in Idaho

A portion of a Columbian mammoth skull and tusks have been uncovered in southeastern Idaho, and experts say a rare entire skeleton might be buried there.

SEC approves Full House shareholder solicitation

Full House Resorts shareholders were given the go-ahead by the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday to solicit other stockholders of the casino operator on holding a special vote to remake the company’s board.

Nearly half of California residents affected by hacks in 2013

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — The number of Californians whose personal data was hacked last year jumped sixfold to 18.5 million accounts and as many as a third of those people will become victims of fraud, says California Attorney General Kamala Harris, in a new report on data breaches in the nation’s biggest state.

5 things about the World Series ahead of Game 6

Here are five things we know going into Game 6, which will be played Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, with Royals rookie right-hander Yordano Ventura starting against Giants right-hander Jake Peavy. It is a rematch of Game 2, won 7-2 by the Royals.

Foundation provides princesses for charity events, hospitals and schools

It’s a scene out of a movie: A child looks up and grows wide-eyed, seeing a fairy princess coming to greet him. For some Nevada children, that is how it has been since fall 2011 when Lisa Coruzzi and her friend, Saliha Lezha, first appeared in costume at a Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation event. Members of Coruzzi’s foundation, Enchanted Encounters, have been visiting children at hospitals and appearing at special events ever since.

 
19-year-old Michigan man found locked in cage

Two people have been charged with unlawful imprisonment after a 19-year-old mentally challenged Michigan man was found locked in a cage in a rural Michigan home, authorities said on Monday.

Universal Pictures changes name of ‘Fast and Furious 7’

The latest “Fast and Furious” movie has been retitled “Furious 7.” The new title for the film, previously known as “Fast and Furious 7,” was unveiled online Sunday by Universal Pictures.

 
Rob Ford wins, brother loses in Toronto elections

Toronto voters replaced their notorious mayor, Rob Ford, on Monday and rejected an attempt by his brother to take the city’s top job, electing instead a conservative politician and broadcaster.

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