What New Year’s Eve looked like in Las Vegas in the ’80s — PHOTOS

To ring in 2016, more than 300,000 people will travel from all over the world to see a fireworks display on the Las Vegas Strip or party past midnight in downtown, and in the 1980s, that wasn’t very different.

Mesquite man pleads guilty to child pornography charge

A Mesquite man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a child pornography charge for uploading images of child pornography onto the Internet and possessing thousands of images and videos of child pornography, including some depicting child rape.

 
The best and the worst movies of 2015

It may seem hard to believe, given the months of hype and speculation, that record-shattering opening and the merchandise — so very much merchandise — but movies other than “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” opened in 2015.

 
Ore. bakery pays $144K in damages in lesbian wedding cake case

The owners of a Portland-area bakery who refused on religious grounds to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple have paid about $144,000 in damages despite their ongoing appeal of the discrimination case, a state official said on Tuesday.

Airlines announce code-share agreement

Virgin America and China Southern Airlines on Tuesday announced a code-share agreement to offer booking and travel between China, southeast Asia and several Virgin America destinations across the United States, including Las Vegas.

Prosecutors want pair in $52M mortgage fraud scheme sent back to prison

They lost their bid for a new trial in the largest mortgage fraud case in Nevada. Now federal prosecutors want a judge to order former real estate broker Eve Mazzarella and her ex-husband, Steven Grimm, returned to prison to continue serving lengthy terms behind bars while they appeal their 2011 convictions.

 
Flooding, ice and snow continuing in Midwest, Northeast

The epic storm system that has claimed dozens of lives is barreling east, ready to drop ice and heavy snow in the Midwest and Northeast as well as intense rain in the Southeast.

 
British couple convicted of plotting London attack

A British couple were convicted on Tuesday of plotting an attack in London after the husband sent out tweets asking for advice on which targets he should hit, alerting police to a stockpile of chemicals at their home.

 
1 dead after small plane crashes into office building in Alaska

A single-engine airplane slammed into an office building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, and burst into flames on Tuesday, killing the pilot, but no other casualties were immediately reported, police and fire officials said.

 
Family sues ‘Big Bang Theory’ over ‘Soft Kitty’ lyrics

“Soft Kitty” has been a longtime source of comfort for Sheldon Cooper on “The Big Bang Theory,” but now the song is at the center of a legal headache for CBS and “Big Bang” producer Warner Bros.

 
ISIS leader with links to Paris attack killed by airstrike in Syria

ISIS leader Charaffe al Mouadan, who the coalition says had direct contacts with the suspected ringleader behind the terror attacks in Paris, was killed by an airstrike in Syria on December 24, coalition forces announced Tuesday.

Nevada gaming regulators monitoring Adelson Review-Journal buy

State gaming regulators are monitoring the issues surrounding the purchase of the Las Vegas Review-Journal by the family of Sheldon Adelson, the majority shareholder in casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp.

Mountain West beat writers size up teams entering league play

With the Mountain West men’s basketball conference play beginning Wednesday, the Review-Journal peeked into the MW writers’ notes exchange network and looked at how beat writers around the league evaluate the teams they cover.

 
‘Affluenza’ teen, mother to return to US after capture in Mexico

A wealthy Texas teen who had been a fugitive after breaking his probation sentence for killing four people while driving drunk, will be returned to the United States after being caught in Mexico, Mexican authorities said on Tuesday.

 
Chicago officer pleads not guilty in killing of black teen

A Chicago police officer on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the shooting of a black teenager, an incident caught on video that has led to protests and calls for the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Motions on rooftop solar rates to be considered Jan. 13

CARSON CITY — Motions filed with state regulators seeking to stay a new rate for residential net metering customers set to take effect Friday are expected to be considered at a hearing Jan. 7 conducted by PUC Commissioner David Noble. In the meantime, the new rate is expected to take effect on or within a few days of the implementation date Friday.

Nevada’s appellate caseload drops dramatically

Nevada’s appellate courts decreased their pending caseload by more than 12 percent in fiscal 2015, and the decline is expected to continue next year.

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