UNLV’s Walker transfers to Chaminade

Dantley Walker, a former Lincoln County High School star who spent two years at UNLV, is transferring to Chaminade, a Division II program in Honolulu.

UNLV men’s golf makes record 27th straight NCAA Regional

The UNLV men’s golf team will make its 27th straight appearance in a NCAA Regional, an NCAA record for most consecutive appearances. The Rebels will be the sixth seed at the regional played at The Sagamore Club in Noblesville, Ind., beginning Thursday.

 
Wisconsin man kills family after fight with girlfriend

A Wisconsin man, who had just been in a fight with his girlfriend, armed himself with two guns, cycled to a scenic bridge and opened fire, killing a father and his daughter along with another man before taking his own life, police said on Monday.

Clark County, SEIU heading to binding arbitration

Clark County and its largest union, which represents about 5,000 county employees, agreed Monday to go to binding arbitration to reach a contract agreement.

Storm drops hail on Las Vegas Valley

The National Weather Service received reports of small hail in Anthem and further east in Henderson earlier

Officials: Drought increases danger of Nevada wildfire

It is expected to be a long, dry and hot summer in Nevada, bringing with it the danger of wild land fires across much of the state in the midst of a fourth year of extreme drought.

Foothill’s Chu shoots for top of leaderboard

Foothill golfer Andrew Chu has felt the sting of second place in four straight high school majors. The Falcons’ senior hopes the extra work he put in this season finally puts him over the top.

 
Family of fatally shot Cleveland boy wants cops charged

The family of a 12-year-old boy fatally shot last year by a Cleveland police officer as he held a replica handgun in a park criticized what they called delays in an investigation and on Monday renewed calls for officers to be charged in his death.

The little-known benefit to cleaning your home

Apparently there’s a significant correlation between a messy house and a person’s level of stress, which can lead to weight gain.

Jurors still haven’t reached a verdict in Etan Patz case

Jurors in New York deliberated for a 14th day on Monday without reaching a verdict in the murder trial of a former deli worker accused of the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz.

Smartphones are tracking everywhere you go

Smartphones have a location service that is made for GPS and other apps, but included in this is a memory of what you’ve been doing. These services can also keep tabs on exactly where you are at all times.

 
Baltimore police deny shooting during arrest

Baltimore police denied a media report on Monday they had shot a black man while trying to take him into custody, saying the man’s firearm went off accidentally while officers were arresting him and that no one was injured.

Were their ‘dead’ babies actually stolen?

An elderly St. Louis woman’s emotional reunion with a daughter she thought died at birth is prompting more than 20 others to wonder what happened to the babies they thought they had lost at the same hospital decades ago.

Overweight diabetes patients outlive slimmer ones

Patients with type-2 diabetes who are overweight but not obese outlive diabetics of normal weight, scientists reported on Monday, in another example of the “obesity paradox.”

 
SurveyMonkey exec died in hotel gym accident

SurveyMonkey Chief Executive Dave Goldberg died Friday from a head injury while exercising at a hotel gym in Mexico, the local prosecutor’s office said Monday.

Millennials are driving less, and here’s why

Teens and young adults are logging fewer miles once they do as well, sparking debate about whether there’s been a major detour in how Americans will travel in the future.

MGM Resorts reports stronger earnings despite revenue decline

Coming off one of the most lucrative weekends in company history by hosting “the Fight of the Century,” MGM Resorts International on Monday reported first-quarter earnings that exceeded analysts’ expectations on revenue that dipped 11.3 percent from a year ago.

3 former UNLV players get NFL tryouts

Defensive backs Mike Horsey (Packers) and Tajh Hasson (Ravens) and defensive lineman Jordan Sparkman (Jaguars) will receive NFL minicamp tryouts.

BLM poised to take bids on nearly 600 acres of valley land

The local economy is growing, and builders need land. They’ll have their chance to snap up some bargains at a Bureau of Land Management auction on Tuesday, when the agency will take bids on nearly 600 acres of land across the Las Vegas Valley.

 
Relatives of Boston bomber testify against death penalty

Raisat Suleimanov remembers her cousin — convicted Boston bomber Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev — as a sweet boy with a big smile who wept when Mufasa, Simba’s father in the animated movie, “The Lion King,” is killed by Scar, his evil brother.

 
Gunmen at Texas Islam caricature event were from Phoenix

Two men who were shot and killed outside a cartoon exhibit of the Prophet Mohammed in Garland, TX, lived in Phoenix, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed, and one of their neighbors vividly recalled their attempts to convert him to Islam.

Ex-Desai clinic manager gets prison term in health care scheme

The former clinic manager for the doctor at the center of the 2007 hepatitis C outbreak was sentenced Monday to 366 days in federal prison in an $8 million health care fraud scheme stemming from the deadly outbreak.

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