Sandoval signs solar, scholarship bills

Bills putting the state Public Utilities Commission in charge of figuring out rates for roof-top solar users and raising credit requirements for Millennium Scholarship recipients were signed into law Friday by Gov. Brian Sandoval.

5 tasty ways to cook pork on the grill

Most people probably don’t think much beyond hot dogs and sausages when it comes to pork on the grill. But there are many tasty possibilities out there and we offer a few of them.

 
Amtrak train collides with semi-truck in Illinois

An Amtrak train traveling from Texas to Chicago with 203 passengers aboard collided with a truck near Wilmington, Illinois, on Friday but there were no immediate reports of injuries, the railroad said.

 
Jason Alexander apologizes for comment about actress on ‘Seinfeld’

Actor Jason Alexander apologized Thursday for telling Howard Stern that the reason “Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David killed off his character’s fiancee in 1996 is that he couldn’t figure out how to work with her.

Public union contracts in Nevada placed online

The state’s Employee-Management Relations Board said Friday it has posted on its website more than 200 collective bargaining agreements between local government agencies and employee unions in Nevada.

Whitesnake rocks The Joint — PHOTOS

English rockband Whitesnake played The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on June 4. Miss the show? Don’t worry — here’s a gallery of photos to fill that void.

You’ll be able to race exotic cars at the Speedway soon — PHOTOS

Exotics Racing operators welcomed guests and the media to their new welcome center at the Las Vegas Speedway Thursday night and announced a competitive racing series that will enable participants to go head-to-head with other drivers late this year.

Sandoval names Vegas exec to State Board of Education

Victor Wakefield, executive director of Teach for America in Las Vegas, was appointed Friday to the State Board of Education by Gov. Brian Sandoval.

Cavs’ Kyrie Irving out for NBA Finals after knee injury

Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt said earlier Friday that he was “very concerned” about Kyrie Irving, and his worst fears were realized when the team announced that the point guard sustained a fractured left kneecap during Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

North Las Vegas tax return preparer agrees to injunction

A federal judge has barred a North Las Vegas woman and her business from preparing federal tax returns that involve foreign earned income, the Justice Department announced today.

 
LA cop in brutal police beating arrest charged with assault

A jury found a white Los Angeles police officer guilty on Friday of assaulting a handcuffed black woman who was in custody and who later died after complaining that she could not breathe.

Walmart worker makes $13.60 wage, but CEO gets a bonus

Many Walmart customers know Cynthia “Cindy” Murray. She’s worked for 15 years in the fitting room at the Laurel, Maryland store, helping shoppers decide what fits and what doesn’t.

More is more for The Kids in the Hall

Quintet of comedians reunite every few years to continue legacy of surreal sketch comedy. “The tour is a good excuse for us to be forced into a room together and forced to spend some time together and remember that we like making each other laugh,” Dave Foley says

Stay buoyant at salty Mono Lake

Just east of the Sierra Nevada range, near the small tourist town of Lee Vining, Calif., is one of the most unusual bodies of water you’ll ever visit. Mono Lake is one of the oldest in North America and has no outlet, and for that reason, mineral salts have become so concentrated in the lake that fish cannot live in it. These high concentrations combined with other local conditions to form towers of rock tufa, extending high above the water surface and are equally beloved by birds and photographers.

Robust U.S. jobs report boosts chances of Sept. Fed rate hike

U.S. job growth accelerated sharply in May and wages picked up, signs of strong momentum in the economy that bolster prospects for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike in September.

Ex-NBA player Allan Houston is making a documentary about fatherhood

Ex-New York Knicks star Allan Houston is getting behind the camera for a new documentary about fatherhood. The former NBA player, who is now assistant G.M. of the Knicks, revealed the trailer for “The Legacy of My Father” at the Greenwich International Film Festival on Thursday.

 
Colorado killing may be related to 2 other shootings

Police already believe the unsolved shootings of a motorist and a bicyclist in northern Colorado are connected. Now they’re investigating whether a new outdoor killing is related.

 
Top Iraqi diplomat under Saddam Hussein dies

Tariq Aziz, the imprisoned former Saddam Hussein lieutenant who served as a public face of the Iraqi dictator’s government until the regime was toppled in 2003, died Friday of a heart attack at a hospital.

Sinkhole swallows cop car in Colorado — PHOTOS

A sinkhole on a street just south of Denver swallowed a police SUV on Friday, sending it 10 feet down into the hole and forcing the sergeant inside to climb onto the roof to clamber out of the pit, the local police chief said.