UNLV softball shortstop Blando named to All-West Region third team

UNLV shortstop Garie Blando was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches All-West Region third team. She led the Rebels in most offensive categories, including games played (55), batting average (.389), runs (55), hits (70), doubles (16), home runs (15) and RBIs (46).

Some downtown roads to close for Helldorado Days

The Las Vegas Elks Helldorado Days, one of the longest-running special events in the city, will have its parade along the city’s traditional route of Fourth Street between Gass and Stewart avenues.

Daring rescue of motorist who drove off 50-foot cliff

Police and firefighters used a basket and ropes to hoist an 82-year-old man to safety after his pickup truck left a rural road in Arizona and plunged 50 feet off a cliff, authorities said on Thursday.

Bodycam catches driver speed off, drag cop — VIDEO

A Georgia police officer questioning a suspect was dragged when the man being stopped didn’t want to take the keys out of the ignition.

Leone Cafe reopens after brief closure by Health District

The Tivoli Village hot spot was closed by the Southern Nevada Health District on Monday because of a lack of hot water and a number of other violations. The restaurant, at 400 S. Rampart Blvd., was re-inspected Thursday morning and has reopened.

Credit union board member marks 50 years of service

Len Petoske received the ultimate compliment from his fellow board members of the Silver State Schools Credit Union upon reaching his 50th year as a volunteer. “He’s like E.F. Hutton. When he speaks. Everybody listens,” said board chairwoman Terry Mannion in citing the television commercial about the American financier.

 
Jerry Jones: Cowboys better without Murray

DeMarco Murray left the Dallas Cowboys, but according to owner Jerry Jones, he didn’t take the league’s top rushing attack with him.

 
Details emerge about engineer in Amtrak train derailment

A sketchy portrait of the man at the helm of the Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia began to emerge on Thursday as his lawyer said the engineer could not remember the crash and rescuers pulled an eighth body from the wreckage.

Science Guy Bill Nye opens Kickstarter campaign for spacecraft

A Kickstarter campaign that launched Tuesday, which is fronted by Bill Nye (of “the Science Guy” fame), is asking for contributions to send a small spacecraft into the universe next year.

 
No decision reached in first full day deliberations in Tsarnaev case

The first full day of jury deliberations in the Boston Marathon bombing trial ended on Thursday without a decision on whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev would be sentenced to death or to life in prison for the deadly 2013 attack.

 
Burundi president returns after failed coup attempt

Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, who was in Tanzania when a general attempted to overthrow him, has returned to the African nation, the presidency said in a telephone text message on Thursday.

3 dead in Washington, D.C., house fire

Three people died in a fire in northwest Washington on Thursday and homicide investigators were on site, a local television affiliate reported.

Is it time to start worrying about NASCAR’s TV ratings?

Saturday night’s race is the first All-Star event on FS1. To be perfectly blunt, the All-Star race has always been a bit of a loser on TV, especially on cable channels with fewer households than the networks.

 
81-year-old cancer patient calls 911 for food

A 911 dispatcher responded personally to a call from an 81-year-old cancer patient who had run out of food and couldn’t leave his house.

Thousands of Asian boatpeople denied land entry, stuck at sea

Thousands of migrants adrift in Southeast Asian seas have nowhere to go after Thailand declined permission for a boat to land on Thursday and Malaysia said it would push boatpeople back out to sea.

Water district workers hurt in stolen car crash; woman arrested

A woman in a stolen car crashed into a construction site, injuring two workers at the intersection of Charleston Boulevard and Eastern Avenue Thursday morning, Las Vegas police said.

Foreign tourists’ spending seen slowing in Las Vegas, other cities

Macy’s Chief Financial Officer Karen Hoguet said on a call with analysts that tourist spending at Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s stores in Las Vegas, New York City, Chicago, and other cities was down in double digits in percentage terms in the first quarter.

 
Former undersheriff, retired captain indicted in LA jail scandal

A federal grand jury indicted a former Los Angeles County undersheriff and a retired captain on obstruction and conspiracy charges in a long-running investigation of inmate abuse and corruption, prosecutors said on Thursday.

 
Man detained outside White House for trying to fly drone

Secret Service detained a man Thursday afternoon who eyewitnesses tell CNN was trying to fly some sort of remote-controlled aerial device over the White House fence.

Should phones be banned in school classrooms?

The average American child gets his or her first cellphone at the age of 6, and it only goes up from there. A survey reported on by Education Week found that 51 percent of all high school students carry a smartphone with them to class everyday.

Cyclist flips off driver who almost hit him, gets chased down — VIDEO

Cyclist Alan Crocker regrets flipping off the driver of the blue pickup truck that buzzed past him on a recent Saturday morning in Rome, Georgia. He’s not proud of it, and he’ll never do it again — especially now that he knows how unpredictable the response might be.

 
7 Simpsons characters will have new voices soon

For nearly 600 episodes of “The Simpsons,” Harry Shearer has been the voice of many of the show’s most iconic characters — among them Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders and Montgomery Burns. Now, the comedian and voice actor is leaving the show.

Bill to weaken Nevada’s anti-SLAPP statute called dead

A bill sought by Wynn Resorts that critics said would have substantially weakened Nevada’s anti-SLAPP statute is dead after a lawmaker said Thursday it won’t come up for a vote in his committee.

 
Spike Lee defends planned ‘Chiraq’ film about Chicago violence

Movie director Spike Lee, known for films that deal frankly with racial issues, appeared in Chicago on Thursday to defend his planned movie about the city, after its reported title, “Chiraq,” was criticized by local politicians.

Judge rules TV sports blackout case can proceed

A federal judge said sports fans accusing Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and broadcasters of illegally restricting their ability to watch their favorite teams on TV cannot pursue damages as a class.

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