Top aide to NY governor shot in head at Brooklyn parade

A top lawyer in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration was shot early Monday morning and rushed to the hospital in critical condition, Cuomo confirmed in a statement.

 
Police find more child body parts in Chicago park

Authorities in Chicago say they don’t know yet whether child body parts found in the city’s Garfield Park are from the same body.

Take a look at the view from a Mount Charleston cabin — PHOTOS

It’s early August and the punishing heat in the Las Vegas Valley is overwhelming. But Ennis Jordan has a popping blaze in the stone fireplace at his Mount Charleston cabin, which is perched 9,000 feet above sea level in the middle of the Toiyable National Forest.

O’Connor, Lynx blank Mountain View

McClain O’Connor threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score Saturday afternoon as Lincoln County’s football team routed host Mountain View 29-0 in a Division III Southern League matchup.

Housing authority fined $47,000 by OSHA

Southern Nevada’s struggling public housing agency owes $47,000 in fines for six serious safety violations identified by the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

 
Teens are using e-cigarettes to vaporize marijuana, study finds

Nearly one in five high school students who said they used electronic cigarettes to vaporize nicotine also used them to vaporize pot, according to a survey of nearly 4,000 Connecticut teens.

Microbiologist ranks the dirtiest things you come across during air travel

With all those enclosed spaces, recirculated air and non-stop streams of people, airports and planes are prime breeding grounds for bacteria. But which surfaces are the dirtiest of all? Website Travelmath.com sent a microbiologist to take 26 samples from five U.S. airports and four flights by two major carriers — although it didn’t specify which ones.

Comedian’s fat-shaming video sparks outrage online

Who’s winning the battle over fat-shaming? Comedian Nicole Arbour claims that her “Dear Fat People” video, in which she railed against the role she says overweight people play in America’s obesity crisis, got her YouTube channel temporarily shut down.

EDITORIAL: Labor Day brings optimism, but good jobs still too hard to come by

This holiday weekend, as the cooler weather of autumn flickers from the horizon, let’s not be alarmists: Even if there are more hamburgers and fewer T-bones on those backyard grills for yet another year, neither famine nor pestilence stalks the land. Visitor volume is up, sales tax revenues are up, and there are plenty of signs that Nevadans’ patience, hard work and sacrifice will yet pay off

 
Virginia cop indicted on first-degree murder charge in killing of unarmed teen

A grand jury has indicted Portsmouth, Virginia, police Officer Stephen Rankin on a first-degree murder charge related to the shooting of an unarmed teen in a Walmart parking lot, according to public Virginia court records.

Man killed in shooting after park brawl identified

A man killed in a shooting that left three others wounded early Saturday morning has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.

What you missed at Rock of Vegas this weekend — PHOTOS

The Fremont Street Experience’s Rock of Vegas 2015 summer concert series ended with a free concert on Sunday at the 3rd Street Stage with Kansas, followed by special guest Blue Oyster Cult.

Mom tells 911 her sons were trying to kill her

A Gwinnett County man and woman were hospitalized early Saturday morning after allegedly being severely beaten by their two sons.

 
Clerk wants Ky. governor forced to OK denial of same-sex marriage licenses

Lawyers for jailed Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis said on Monday they had asked an appellate court to force Governor Steve Beshear to allow her to refuse to issue same-sex marriage licenses based on her religious convictions.

UNLV picks up commitment from tight end

Giovannni Fauolo, a tight end at Freedom High School in Oakley, Calif., tweeted that he committed to play football at UNLV.

 
First female coach says ‘girls can see working as NFL coach a viable option’

Jen Welter broke what was once seen as an impenetrable glass ceiling in the sports coaching ranks: She became what’s believed to be the first woman to hold a coaching position of any kind in the NFL, working with the Arizona Cardinals’ inside linebackers throughout training camp and the preseason.

 
More European countries will open borders to migrants

A trash-strewn field along the Hungarian-Serbian border served as the latest flashpoint in Europe’s migrant crisis Monday as people grew weary of waiting for days in primitive conditions to resume their journey to safety.

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