Bishop Gorman’s Grenier makes USA Today’s All-USA team

Bishop Gorman senior shortstop Cadyn Grenier has been named to USA Today’s All-USA baseball team. Grenier, the Review-Journal’s state player of the year, batted .472 with six home runs, 35 RBIs, 66 runs and 27 stolen bases in leading the Gaels to the Division I state title.

Three-run homer in eighth inning sends El Paso past 51s, 4-1

Shortstop Ramiro Pena hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to lead El Paso to a 4-1 win over Las Vegas in a Pacific Coast League game Tuesday at Cashman Field. Dilson Herrera went 2-for-4 and drove in the only run for the 51s.

Wine: Ibericos Tempranillo

It lingers for a while and leaves the impression that it is a really well-made wine that has good aging potential.

Learning online, graduating in person — PHOTOS

About 100 Nevada Virtual Academy students stepped away from their computers to do a different kind of networking on Tuesday. Many were meeting teachers and classmates face to face for the first time during graduation ceremonies.

Child sex assault case highlights CCSD use of cameras on buses

The arrest of a veteran school bus driver in connection with the sexual assault of small children on his route raised questions about the safety of the roughly 90,000 Clark County School District students who ride the bus.

Fiber is the superhero of our diet

Fiber may not be faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, or able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but, nonetheless, some have called it a miracle food.

 
Rabbit escapes death by jumping across avalanche — VIDEO

While a snowboarder was being filmed taking on an avalanche on a mountain in Russia, the camera accidentally caught something else a bit more impressive.

UNLV’s Armstrong drafted by Diamondbacks in 10th round

UNLV junior center fielder Joey Armstrong was selected Tuesday by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the first pick in the 10th round of the major league draft. He was the 286th overall pick and the first Rebel taken.

Despite the rumor, an MGM-Wynn merger is off-base

CNBC host and financial gossip monger Jim Cramer set the gaming investment community abuzz last week. Cramer told his “Mad Money” audience there was “speculation” that Wynn Resorts Ltd. “might merge” with MGM Resorts International. But the notion of a MGM-Wynn merger is ludicrous.

Royals pitcher gets hit in groin, manager jokes about it — VIDEO

After getting hit in the groin by a line drive during the fifth inning of Monday’s Royals-Twins game, Kansas City pitcher Jason Vargas not only stayed in the game long enough to earn the win, but he was even mad at himself for not throwing out the lead runner at second after getting hit.

Scientists say Cretaceous Period dinosaur fossils have red blood cells, collagen

A fresh examination revealed eight seemingly inconsequential Cretaceous Period dinosaur fossils, 75 million-year-old, to be quite remarkable, boasting microscopic structures that appear to be red blood cells containing nuclei as well as rope-like collagen fibers, scientists said on Tuesday.

 
Watching ‘Sesame Street’ actually helps kids in school

Even Oscar the Grouch won’t be annoyed by this. Kids who watch “Sesame Street” do better in elementary school, according to a new study by two economics professors.

US has the most job openings in 15 years

There were 5.4 million job openings in the U.S. in April — a record high since the government started tracking the data in 2000.

Senate passes Heller amendment on veterans records

The U.S. Senate approved a Nevada senator’s amendment on Tuesday to prod the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs to harmonize electronic health records compiled on service members.

 
Release of ‘Angola 3’ inmate Albert Woodfox blocked

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of Albert Woodfox, the last imprisoned member of the Angola 3, from a Louisiana prison.

Crying at work isn’t always a negative thing

When it comes to crying at work the default assumption is that doing it will make people think you’re weak if you’re a man and too emotional if you’re a woman. But there’s a new school of thought emerging: We’re human. It happens. And the smartest leaders get that.

Review-Journal sues to open HOA fraud investigation’s secret files

The wide-ranging corruption investigation snared 38 people — including police officers and prominent lawyers — who conspired to take over homeowner’s associations and steer millions of dollars of construction defect repair work to one company.

 
Pregnant woman charged with murder of 5-month-old fetus

A Georgia woman was charged with murder in the death of her 5-1/2-month-old fetus delivered in a car after she took an abortion-inducing pill, officials said on Tuesday.

Police looking for man involved in NLV robbery

Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man involved in the May 31 robbery of a North Las Vegas business, the department wrote in a release Tuesday.

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