Former Rebel Moore relishes homecoming on Puget Sound

Ryan Moore will play in the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay Golf Course — just 15 miles away from where he attended high school in Pallyup, Wash. But the links course, which opened in 2007, is more reminiscent of Scotland than the greater Tacoma area, he says.

Las Vegas bill prolongs annexation spat with Clark County

A proposed new Las Vegas law continues a years-long fight with Clark County over whether unincorporated “islands” in the northwest valley will have to join the city in order to get city sewer service.

First Friday festival group going nonprofit

The First Friday art, music and culture festival is going nonprofit, as First Friday Las Vegas LLC is donating its assets, intellectual property and $100,000 to the First Friday Foundation and its newly revamped 17-member board.

 
Teenagers charged in fatal bike shooting plead not guilty

More than a dozen relatives of the pair, Dushawn Taylor-Gennis, 16, and Raeshawn Moody, 14, packed into the courtroom and wept as the two were charged as adults with murder and firearms violations.

 
Paramedic flips hospice patient off stretcher — VIDEO

A former Florida paramedic might be facing charges after a video released by the State Attorney’s Office showed him flipping a patient off his stretcher in February.

Part of I-15 will be closed Wednesday at the California-Nevada line

Southbound Interstate 15 will be closed at Yates Well Road just south of the California border from 1-4 a.m., and traffic will be diverted off the highway at Primm. Northbound traffic won’t be affected.

Nevada’s top health official gets permanent post

Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed Richard Whitley on Monday as the director of the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services. Whitley had served as interim director since February.

 
Sleep too serious to ignore, says chest doctors

Getting enough sleep is essential for maintaining health and quality of life, and not getting enough is dangerous to individuals and public safety, according to the American Thoracic Society.

Blatter could back off promise to step down, stay FIFA head

Sepp Blatter could still perform a U-turn on his promise to stand down as FIFA president, a former adviser said on Monday, while FIFA did not directly deny the possibility.

 
Cop escorts woman in scooter home from highway — VIDEO

Drivers along Washington State Route 546, near the Canadian border, began posting Tuesday on social media about what looked like a slow-speed pursuit, but what was really happening has drawn even more attention.

 
Alaska wildfire destroys 45 homes, restricts traffic

A fast-spreading Alaska wildfire has destroyed up to 45 homes and forced authorities to restrict traffic on a major highway connecting two of the state’s largest cities, state officials said on Monday.

 
Jeb Bush officially launches 2016 White House bid

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush officially launched his bid Monday to be the GOP nominee for president in 2016, seeking to join his brother, President George W. Bush, and his father, President George H.W. Bush, in occupying the White House.

Ex-NFL star Darren Sharper pleads guilty to rape in New Orleans

Former National Football League star Darren Sharper pleaded guilty on Monday to drugging and raping three women in New Orleans, the final step in a series of deals with prosecutors in federal court and four states.

 
Space probe Philae wakes up after 7 months and says hello

It’s alive! Many moons ago, a small space probe named Philae skipped across the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko when the lander’s harpoon-like anchoring mechanism failed.

Nonprofit group guides parents of children with disabilities toward services, resources

It’s the kind of place that, as a parent, you hope you never need to visit. But if you do, you’re awfully grateful it’s there. Nevada PEP — Parents Encouraging Parents — has been around for about 20 years, providing parents of children with disabilities with information and resources. It recently celebrated the move to its new location at 7211 W. Charleston Blvd.

Griffith rides rodeo into Hall of Fame

Ric Griffith keeps an Old West tradition alive in Northwest Las Vegas where he runs UNLV’s rodeo team and still rides his horse in the neighborhood. Griffith is being inducted into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.

 
Lyrics from Drake, Rakim, Biggie to emblazon Sprite cans

The inspirational quotes are part of Sprite’s #ObeyYourVerse campaign and include “Know yourself, know your worth,” from Drake’s 2015 album and “Cool ‘cause I don’t get upset,” from Rakim’s “Microphone Fiend.”

Las Vegas police make arrest in quinceanera shooting

A 23-year-old man was booked at the Clark County Detention Center on Sunday, jail logs show. He is facing three counts of assault with a deadly weapon.

 
All kinds of dirty secrets exposed in U.S. military hack

The disclosure last week that hackers had penetrated a database containing such intimate and possibly damaging facts about millions of government and private employees has shaken Washington.

Baltimore liquor stores unlikely to get city recovery help

Dozens of Baltimore liquor stores damaged in rioting over the death of Freddie Gray are likely to be excluded from city recovery help, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Gray said on Monday.

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