Apple is trying to develop waterproof iPhones

Apple is working on a way to make iPhones waterproof, so maybe next time your phone drops in the toilet it won’t be deadly.

Man sentenced to 1 month prison for helping Dodgers’ Puig flee Cuba

A Florida man who pleaded guilty to helping smuggle Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Yasiel Puig out of Cuba was sentenced to one month in prison followed by five months of house arrest, a federal judge ruled on Friday.

5 of the best new faces in MLS

Major League Soccer’s 20th season kicks off on Friday with several new faces featuring in the North American league. Here are five of the best:

High school dean charged with attempted execution-style murder of teen

A Massachusetts high school dean charged with the attempted execution-style murder of a student he had inducted into an alleged drug ring had once worked with Boston police on efforts to combat drugs and gangs, a police spokesman said on Friday.

Body found in desert near Sandy Valley identified

The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a man whose body police now say was dumped in the desert Thursday near Sandy Valley.

 
Harrison Ford expected to make full recovery after plane crash

Ford’s 1942 single-engine plane took off on Thursday from Santa Monica Airport, and a short time later he reported engine failure to air traffic controllers and turned around in an attempt to return.

Syracuse men’s basketball coach suspended 9 games

The NCAA suspended Syracuse University basketball coach Jim Boeheim on Friday for nine Atlantic Coast Conference games and took away scholarships after a lengthy investigation of the school’s athletic programs.

RJ lawsuit seeking DA’s witness payment records argued in court

Publicly revealing the slightest detail about how prosecutors get informants to open up in a criminal investigation could put lives at risk, a lawyer for the Clark County District Attorney’s Office told a judge Thursday.

Dining Pick of the Week: Hash House a Go Go

Known for its over-the-top “twisted farm food,” Hash Hash a Go Go started offering its brunch menu 24/7 at its newest Henderson location, which took over the former Tony Roma’s Feb. 23.

Dining Pick of the Week: Volcano Grille

Volcano Grille recently moved to a home with more space in the dining room and the kitchen. With a background in traditional teppanyaki, knives and spatulas are flying, so the chefs can use all the space they can get.

Dining Pick of the Week: Rachel’s Kitchen

Rachel’s Kitchen is a local franchise with humble beginnings. The culinary brainchild of Debbie Sofer Roxarzade, it is named for her daughter Rachel and started with the first location in Summerlin in 2006. Since then, Rachel’s Kitchen has grown to seven Las Vegas Valley restaurants, including the Centennial Hills location.

German residents fight public peeing with ‘splashback’

Residents of Hamburg’s St. Pauli’s nightclub district are getting back at late-night revelers who urinate on public buildings, with a new high-tech paint that sends the spray bouncing right back at them.

Expert: Reduce Vegas pedestrian deaths by reducing speed limits

A traffic safety expert is calling on Clark County and local municipalities to reduce the speed limit on some Southern Nevada streets as a means to make pedestrians and bicyclists safer.

UNLV anthropologist helped unearth jaw of earliest human

Someone’s going to have to update Wikipedia. A group of scientists, including UNLV anthropologist Brian Villmoare, have discovered in Ethiopia the oldest fossilized remains of the Homo genus — think a really, really long-departed cousin.

Downtown redevelopment backs 3 new restaurants

Tony Hsieh’s downtown redevelopment initiative is adding a trio of new distinct restaurant concepts in a single building in the heart of a burgeoning foodie row along the Carson Avenue corridor near Downtown Project’s signature Container Park on East Fremont.

Anti-terrorist rule may cost helicopter company thousands in business

A Las Vegas helicopter company that provides flights to and from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway say it’s going down to the wire for the company to receive a waiver from federal anti-terrorist regulations that would prohibit it from flying to the track for Sunday’s NASCAR race.

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