Put out your campfire — summer restrictions start Friday

Building campfires, welding, and using charcoal stoves, explosives and fireworks will be prohibited in areas including Lake Mead, Mount Charleston, Valley of Fire State and Beaver Dam state parks.

Qdoba employee helps customer eat in random act of kindness — VIDEO

Employees of restaurants are known for going out of their way for regular customers, but a Kentucky Qdoba employee’s interaction with a disabled woman several weeks ago was caught on video in a random act of kindness.

Sprayed eyeglass cleaner prompts paramedic response

A student sprayed some cleaner while en route to Cartwright Elementary School, and other kids started complaining about itchy eyes and scratchy throats. It prompted a paramedic response once the bus reached the school.

Drone used to search for missing Marines helicopter in Nepal

Military helicopters flew over eastern Nepal and a team sent up a drone on Thursday to search for a missing U.S. Marines Huey chopper, as the death toll rose from the Himalayan country’s second big earthquake in less than three weeks.

 
Freight train derails in Pittsburgh, no injuries reported

A freight train derailed in Pittsburgh on Thursday and emergency crews were called, but there were no injuries and no hazardous materials involved, a railway spokesman said.

7 things that happen when it rains in Las Vegas

In an average year, Las Vegas gets about 4.19 inches of rain — for the entire year. In case you weren’t aware, that’s not much, but it does cause a lot of problems between flash floods and slick roads from oil buildup.

 
Iranian Navy fires warning shots at Singaporean cargo ship

Five Iranian boats fired shots across the bow of a Singapore flagged cargo vessel in the Persian Gulf on Thursday in an attempt to potentially stop the ship, a U.S. official told CNN. For the first time, the incident brought another Persian Gulf nation into the recent rising maritime tensions in the region.

Mom hears final words of daughter killed by dad

Kentucky State Police say 11-year-old Tasha Jonas was shot by her own father, 49-year-old John Jonas, who then turned the gun on himself. Her mother, Karina Jonas, heard her daughter’s last words over the phone before her daughter was murdered.

Life in Supermax — where Tsarnaev could spend life in prison

It’s home to Ramzi Yousef, who plotted the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Center; 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui; “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski; and Richard Reid, the “shoe bomber.”

The ultimate guide to saving money at Starbucks

As any lover of Starbucks will tell you, there is a real cost to a true caffeine addiction. With the below tips and suggestions, however, you can cut down on the cost of regular trips to Starbucks and protect your bottom line.

Some fond memories and a big boost for Rebel baseball

Thanks for all of the support last weekend in our final series at home. It was pretty weird knowing that it was my last weekend playing at a place that has been my home for the last four years.

Get ‘Back to the Future’ this weekend

It’s funny how you never know which movies will stand the test of time. Somehow, “Back to the Future” has become one of the immortals, the subject of a massive amount of Internet memes this century.

Flying into McCarran will give you the best view in the US — VIDEO

Of nearly 150 airports around the world nominated, the view flying into Las Vegas was ranked No. 2. It’s no doubt Las Vegas is as stunning from the ground as it is in the air, and one advantage is McCarran’s location.

Crews searching for missing airliner discover uncharted shipwreck

Search teams scouring the floor of the Indian Ocean for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 have come across some wreckage — just considerably older than the airliner which disappeared in March 2014.

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