GIRLS BASKETBALL: Balanced Gaels too much for Serra

Madison Washington led a balanced attack with 13 points Tuesday as Bishop Gorman’s girls basketball team downed Serra (Calif.), 62-46 in the SoCal Holiday Prep Classic in San Diego.

Cold temps expected New Year’s Eve

Whether you’re ringing in the new year on the Strip or at home Thursday, you’ll want to be bundled up.

9 New Year’s resolutions successful people make every year

While “I want to lose 10 pounds” and “I want to make more money” tend to be popular pledges, successful people think bigger, better and more specific. Check out nine New Year’s resolutions successful people make every year.

Judge OKs tests for woman declared brain dead

A judge gave a Reno hospital permission Tuesday to conduct more tests to detect brain activity on a young Las Vegas woman who has been kept on life support after being declared brain dead in May.

Americans held hostage in Iran to finally receive compensation

Even after three decades, Mike Moeller had a familiar reaction to news that he and others taken hostage in 1979 at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran finally will receive compensation for their 444 days of captivity.

Plenty for air travelers to look forward to in 2016

Huge airline profits. New planes. Longer routes. Improved airports. Heightened attention to safety. Throw in an estimated 3.7 billion passengers for 2016 … and you’ve got a seriously busy aviation year ahead.

Rebels tip off prime opportunity in flailing Mountain West

When in doubt — and doubt surrounds most of the basketball teams in the Mountain West at the moment — it would be easy to side with Steve Fisher. He gets the job done at San Diego State year after year.

110 journalists killed around the world in 2015, report shows

At least 110 journalists around the world were killed over the past year, according to a new report that warns of “the increasingly deliberate use of violence” against reporters.

Here’s how likely Las Vegas is to have a New Year’s hangover

With New Year’s Eve rapidly approaching, Time teamed up with the online residential real estate site Trulia to see which U.S. cities are most likely to spend the first day of 2016 nursing a hangover.

Downtown’s PublicUs plans expansion with beer garden, training space

In the past two years, a stretch of downtown Las Vegas from touristy Fremont Street Experience to gritty Maryland Parkway has seen high-profile openings such as Container Park, The Venue events center and Natalie Young’s Chow restaurant.

Electrical house fire displaces Henderson family

An electrical house fire displaced a Henderson family and caused almost $400,000 in damage Monday afternoon, officials said.

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