George Zimmerman won’t face civil rights charges in Martin death

The U.S. Justice Department is set to decline to bring civil rights charges against George Zimmerman in the February 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin, two law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation said Tuesday.

Olivia Newton-John releasing Vegas album March 3

The woman I thought I was going to marry when I was 12, Olivia Newton-John, will release a 22-song Flamingo hotel album called “Summer Nights — Live in Las Vegas” on March 3, timed with her show dates at the hotel.

New program tracks early spike in pollen counts

Southern Nevadans now have a way to monitor pollen counts thanks to a revived joint program involving the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the Clark County Department of Air Quality and the Clark County School District.

 
2022 World Cup might be played in Nov-Dec months

FIFA has recommended that Qatar hosts a shorter World Cup in 2022 staged over the cooler months of November and December in a move sure to set world soccer’s governing body on a collision course with the major European leagues.

6 ways to stop fighting about money in your relationship

To help you open up about your finances, here are six lessons distilled from interviews conducted with a group of financially faithful couples and financial pros.

British girls believed to be in Syria to join ISIS

British police said on Tuesday they believed that three London schoolgirls who traveled to Turkey and are thought to be trying to join militant Sunni Islamist group Islamic State have now crossed into Syria.

 
Man given immunity in nursing student’s death commits suicide

A man who Tennessee authorities tried to indict in connection with the kidnapping and killing of a nursing student has committed suicide, his attorney told CNN Tuesday.

Bicyclist hit by car in Henderson crosswalk

A bicyclist suffered serious injuries when she was hit by a vehicle near the intersection of Green Valley and Windmill parkways on Tuesday morning, Henderson police said.

 
Alaska legalizes recreational marijuana

Smoking, growing and owning small amounts of marijuana became legal in Alaska on Tuesday, as a growing decriminalization movement reached the United States’ wild northwest frontier.

Marshawn Lynch wants to trademark ‘I’m just here so I won’t get fined’

Marshawn Lynch is looking to profit off his Super Bowl version of “no comment.” The Seattle Seahawks running back last week filed documents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, seeking to trademark the phrase, “I’m just here so I won’t get fined.”

 
Gunman kills 8 in Czech Republic restaurant

A man armed with a gun killed eight people at a restaurant in the town of Uhersky Brod, in the eastern Czech Republic near Zlin, a Czech Interior Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.

 
American missionary kidnapped in Nigeria

An American aid worker in Nigeria has been kidnapped in what authorities call a “purely criminal” act.

Poll: Most Americans favor mandatory vaccinations

A large majority of Americans favor mandatory vaccinations of children, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Tuesday, apparently unswayed by some senior Republicans who have raised fears the medical shots could lead to autism.

 
Several manatees freed from Florida storm drain

About 20 Florida manatees were freed by early Tuesday morning from a storm drain near Cape Canaveral, where they were apparently trying to warm themselves, officials and local media said.

Las Vegas Philharmonic to perform ‘Legend of Zelda’ songs

Attention game dorks: “The Legend of Zelda” is coming to Las Vegas for real this summer, when a symphony performs “Zelda” music with sweeping video game visuals for a TV special.

EDITORIAL: UMC must operate in open

So far, the Nevada Legislature has done nothing with Senate Bill 33. That shouldn’t change.

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