FBI spokeswoman Amy Thoreson said in a statement that the FBI is working jointly with the Anne Arundel County Police Department to investigate the incident.
Authorities were dispatched to railroad tracks behind the Smith Center for Performing Arts about 8:30 a.m., the fire department said.
The reaction from officers watching Officer Rafael Ramos’ funeral on giant TV screens followed comments from police union officials who had said Mayor Bill de Blasio contributed to a climate of mistrust that contributed to the killings of the two New York Police Department officers.
The latest version of the exchange, launched Nov. 15 via the federal healthcare.gov site, works well, but hundreds of residents still lack insurance they paid for, and a lawsuit looms in early 2015.
North Carolina State Highway Patrol master trooper Chris Knox says he’s seen too many accidents caused by distracted drivers — mostly teenagers and young adults texting or emailing.
The Rebels host Southern Utah at Thomas & Mack Center at 7 p.m. It will be the third straight game in Las Vegas for the Thunderbirds (3-7). Southern Utah dropped an overtime game to Arkansas-Pine Bluff before beating South Carolina State in the Las Vegas Classic on Monday and Tuesday.
The Columbus Dispatch reports that police discovered the skeleton in a wooded area Friday afternoon after receiving a 911 call.
Vice President Joe Biden addressed hundreds of police officers and family and friends of Officer Rafael Ramos inside the Christ Tabernacle Church in Queens on Saturday.
Las Vegas celebrates the arrival of the new year better than most cities and part of the fun is turning Las Vegas Boulevard into pedestrians only. That’s why there are gates on the Strip’s major cross streets at the Boulevard.
North Korea compared President Barack Obama to a monkey, and blamed the U.S. on Saturday for shutting down its Internet amid the hacking row over the comedy “The Interview.”
Once children know how to Google, Graber says, they can easily stumble upon sexual images.
Reflection is common at the end of the year. Reviewing the Green Living columns for 2014 led me to take stock of almost nine years of consecutive biweekly publication. This is column number 232. Their purpose is to plant seeds of awareness that will grow into positive change in our community. The fruit of those seeds will nourish future generations. It is part of my green dream.
The freeze is coming. Remember that the coldest is just before dawn. Clear, cloudless skies are more likely to give us lower temperatures and freezing; windy cold is worse than just cold. Cover tender plants before you go to bed and uncover them when it is no longer freezing.
The sound of chimes ringing 12 times at midnight blends with the “10, 9, 8 …” chant that ushers in the new year. Today we may watch the year change on a TV screen, but in years past the celebration was timed by a chiming grandfather clock.
Every year, we paint the holidays red. The color seems to be everywhere, not just on Santa’s suit or on Rudolph’s bright nose. This is a Christmas story of how I came to embrace the color red and change my life at the same time.
According to the Chinese zodiac calendar, 2015 is the year of the sheep. Apparently, Jackie Jordan didn’t get the memo.
Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure. Also, a few transactions do not reflect the market value of the homes.
Q: I’ve been on our HOA board for a number of years. At a recent meeting, one of the homeowners started to yell at me. We have five members on the board but at the time of the meeting, we only had three positions filled. A motion was made and this homeowner made horrible remarks. He kept shouting and pounding on a table. He thought that the board was illegally voting on the motion because we only had three board members. He came across the table. He did not hurt me but I was scared. Our management representative and other board members tried to intervene and we tried to keep the meeting moving but he wouldn’t stop. What should we have done?
Pardee Homes is looking ahead to 2015 with new neighborhoods including Bella Verdi in Inspirada and Encanto in southwest Las Vegas.
Headlines were made this year when the developers of Inspirada introduced 18 new model homes in eight new neighborhoods in the master-planned community of Inspirada, “launching a sales blitz of prerecession magnitude,” a Las Vegas Review-Journal story said.
This is not only my final column of 2014, but also my last chance to address readers of this space before I conclude my year as president of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.
For the ninth consecutive year Summerlin has partnered with Springs Preserve, UNLV and local businesses and organizations to promote Christmas tree recycling.
Local Motors in downtown Las Vegas has been teaching innovation to local students, while also leading the development of technologies that may someday disrupt the way consumers select and buy their automobiles.
Cover up your pipes and plants and don’t over-water. Las Vegas is about to freeze. So says a meteorologist, who also forecasts high winds that will make Saturday, the weekend and the week beyond colder than the thermometer shows, and a local landscaper, who knows his plants well.
Basic’s boys basketball team has suffered some ugly losses in the early going this season, but coach Leonard Taylor still thinks his team can compete for a league title.
Noah Spearman had 21 points and 12 rebounds Friday to help Del Sol’s boys basketball team to a 62-42 win over La Serna (Calif.) in the Nogales Christmas Classic in La Puente, Calif.
Join Springs Preserve experts for a guided walk through the botanical gardens on Dec. 27.
It seems Santa had a little something for U.S. drivers this year, too.