Selfies spur more cosmetic surgery, Las Vegas doctors say

Selfies have proven to be a boon for more than social media, family sharing and dating apps. Cosmetic medicine is being buoyed by the selfie effect as people seek to change their appearance after feeling uncomfortable seeing photographs posted on social media.

Nevada’s new super-data system makes school records permanent

For the past decade, education officials in Nevada have eyed with envy the sprawling data systems other states have built to empower teachers, researchers and parents with unprecedented access to information about their students.

Pahrump man arrested in death of stepmother

A Pahrump man has been charged with murder after police said he admitted killing his stepmother and hiding her body.

LETTERS: R-J errs by publishing Malkin column

The Review-Journal has crossed the line into hate speech and inflammatory rhetoric by publishing the hostile, disgusting rants of Michelle Malkin (“Paying the price for abortion,” July 22 Review-Journal). That same column, on Ms. Malkin’s website and others, appeared under the headline, ’€œThe wine-sipping butchers of Planned Parenthood.’€ Of course, someone toned down the headline for the R-J, which I assume was to make it more palatable, but the column reads exactly as it appears on her website.

Woman dies in rollover crash near Strip

A 35-year-old woman is dead after a rollover crash near the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday morning, according to police.

1 hospitalized after fire at Cosmopolitan on Las Vegas Strip — PHOTOS

A rare hotel-casino fire shut down the Strip about an hour, forced the partial evacuation of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, and hospitalized at least one person early Saturday afternoon.

 
Hundreds mourn for woman found dead in Texas jail cell

Hundreds of people on Saturday attended the funeral of Sandra Bland, a black woman found dead in a Texas jail cell days after she was arrested following a minor traffic offense, an incident said by activists to be yet another example of police brutality toward minorities.

Kyle Busch says Tony Stewart was first to hospital after Daytona crash

A day after suffering a broken right leg and left foot in a Feb. 21 crash at Daytona International Speedway, Kyle Busch had his first hospital visitor. It was Tony Stewart, who had been sidelined in August 2013 by a sprint car accident that had caused a compound fracture of his right leg.

SEIU-county relationship fares poorly

Clark County’s top boss and its largest union have struggled in recent years to forge a functioning relationship.

Red Cross program helps kids deal with emergencies

Red Cross trains future volunteer instructors for the Pillowcase Project, which aims to prepare children for emergencies and natural disasters.

Dodgers have reportedly told Puig he won’t be traded

Despite speculation that the Los Angeles Dodgers might trade star outfielder Yasiel Puig for pitching help, the team has told him he will not be dealt, according to several media reports.

Some of Las Vegas’ least favorite roads are getting fixed

While Nevada is one of the best in the nation when it comes to road quality, some Las Vegas residents were still upset with the condition of a few of the valley’s roads — but they are getting fixed.

Henderson did work at home of Mayor Hafen’s daughter

A Henderson city worker did more than $800 worth of waterline repairs at the home of Mayor Andy Hafen’s daughter, who was billed for the labor after the Review-Journal asked about it.

Drug testing is coming to competitive video gaming

A competitive video-gaming organization will begin testing players for performance-enhancing drugs next month, as the field of so-called eSports moves further into the mainstream and prize pools climb.

Obama speaks up for gay rights during Kenyan visit

President Barack Obama told Kenya on Saturday the United States was ready to work more closely in the battle against Somalia’s Islamist group al Shabaab, but chided his host on gay rights.

Clinton will appear before committee investigating Benghazi attacks

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will appear in October before the House committee investigating the 2012 attacks that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, Clinton’s presidential campaign said on Saturday.

Coroner rules baby’s death in December a homicide

The death of a 4-month-old girl who spent two weeks at a Las Vegas hospital and died in December was ruled a homicide, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.

Pa. man arrested for setting fire to plastic Confederate flag

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested for setting fire to a plastic Confederate battle flag attached to a parked pickup truck, in an apparent drunken impulse, police said on Friday.

Photographer captures nearly 100 same-sex weddings

Married in every sense of the word, but strangers in the government’s eyes. That was the harsh reality for Steven Rosen and his late husband Cal Grogan.

Widow battles ex-Gov. Guinn’s son in fraud suit

The Ruthe family trust lost approximately $7 million to Jeffrey Guinn’s fraud, manipulation and conflicts of interest, a lawsuit alleges.

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