#ILookLikeAnEngineer wants to change what you think about engineers

After a 22-year-old engineer in San Francisco was featured online in a campaign poster for her company OneLogin, she decided to use the attention and highlight her dislike of sexist stereotypes in the science and technology world.

 
Kermit, Miss Piggy break up ahead of new show

Yet another Hollywood power couple bit the dust on Tuesday as Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog announced their separation, conveniently setting a new dynamic for the upcoming “The Muppets” television show.

Henderson’s new city manager sworn in

Robert Murnane was sworn in as Henderson’s new city manager Tuesday evening after the City Council voted to approve a contract with a starting salary of $228,500 a year.

Heller: Obama creation of Nevada monument ‘a disgrace’

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dean Heller on Tuesday called President Barack Obama’s creation of a 704,000-acre national monument conservation area in Nevada a “disgrace,” saying it was done without input from lawmakers or the rural counties it affects the most.

Las Vegas lawyer Jerry Kaufman dies at 79

Jerry Jack Kaufman, an “old-school nice guy” and prominent lawyer in Las Vegas who loved law, skiing and baseball, died in his sleep Sunday of natural causes. He was 79.

VA chief says progress made since 2014 Las Vegas visit

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald returned to Las Vegas Tuesday where he set goals a year ago to restore trust in an agency rocked by scandals.

Caesars reports 17.4 percent revenue increase, reverses net loss

Caesars Entertainment Corp. said Tuesday its net revenue increased 17.4 percent in the second quarter, crediting the openings of The Cromwell on the Strip and the Horseshoe Baltimore and the $223 million renovation of The Linq hotel-casino for the boost in results.

Readers revel in joys of split-top buns

July — which is National Hot Dog Month — may be over, but I know there still are a lot of people out there grilling hot dogs for a quick alfresco summer meal. Split-top buns are the finishing touch (and for lobster rolls and similar sandwiches as well), so it’s fortuitous that we have tips from fellow Taste of the Town readers today for R.J. Piantidosi, who’s looking for them.

Palhares, Shields both suspended following controversial WSOF bout

The Nevada Athletic Commission will issue temporary suspensions to both Rousimar Palhares and Jake Shields following their World Series of Fighting welterweight title bout at Planet Hollywood on Saturday night, the Review-Journal has leaned.

Coroner ID’s man shot to death in alley

The man who was shot to death Sunday night in a central Las Vegas alley was identified Tuesday by the Clark County coroner’s office.

 
Here are the 10 GOP presidential hopefuls invited to the first debate

Fox News unveiled the list of 10 candidates invited to Thursday’s first GOP presidential debate of this cycle — with Donald Trump at top, and New jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Ohio Gov. John Kasich just making the cut.

Dining Out: Hussong’s Cantina

Hussong’s Cantina has opened a second Las Vegas location in the Boca Park Fashion Village.

Toddler drowns after being left unattended in hot tub

A 2-year-old boy who drowned at a northwest valley apartment complex Monday afternoon was left unattended in a hot tub, according to Las Vegas police.

California police hunting for survivalist fugitive

Police were searching remote deserts and foothills in Central California on Tuesday for a unidentified fugitive with survivalist skills wanted in a brazen crime spree that a includes a kidnapping and the murder of a retired dentist.

Las Vegas Strip Starbucks will be one of a kind

In some ways, the Starbucks under construction in the Grand Bazaar Shops at Bally’s is like any of the chain’s 21,000 stores worldwide.

‘Community’ star says show won’t get 7th season

“Community” star Joel McHale said in a recent interview that the show won’t be getting a seventh season, telling Metro Weekly that the study group would be too expensive to bring back.

2 bodies found inside van at Lake Mead

The bodies of a man and woman from Golden Valley, Ariz., were found in a van Sunday at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, park services officials announced Tuesday.

 
Jurors in Colo. movie theater massacre trial hear from family members of victims

Tom Sullivan of Aurora, Colorado, said his murdered son Alex was his best friend and “every father’s dream,” and told jurors on Tuesday he often returns to the movie theater and sits next to the empty seat where Alex was killed in the 2012 massacre.

Pregnant teen shot in head during road rage incident

A pregnant teen was critically injured in a road rage incident after an aggressive driver fired a gun at the vehicle of which she was a passenger.

Murren: ‘The Mirage is not on the market’

MGM Resorts International did not announce a real estate investment trust structure for the company Tuesday and top executive Jim Murren shot down reports that The Mirage was about to be sold.

5 things you didn’t know about the Flamingo

The Flamingo, nearly at the center of the Las Vegas Strip, has been around longer than any other resort in the Las Vegas Valley. Here are five things you might not know about it.