Swift, Sheeran, Mars win top Grammy awards — PHOTOS

Rapper Kendrick Lamar led the Grammy winners on Monday with five wins but was shut out of the night’s top categories as Taylor Swift nabbed album of the year in an upset victory.

One dead in southeast valley shooting

A male is dead after a shooting in a southeast valley apartment complex late Monday night, Metro confirmed.

Free agents Overeem, Sterling remain in UFC

A pair of free agents agreed to contracts that will keep them in the Ultimate FIghting Championship.

Debunking 3 big exercise myths

The healthcare industry is constantly making new breakthroughs and reporting important facts on studies. And today, our neighbors, moms or friends may weigh in with what they think or something they read online. When we are bombarded with so many mixed messages, it is hard to know what to believe these days.

Supreme Court opening draws attention to Senate race

Saturday’s death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia casts a spotlight on the role of the U.S. Senate in allowing — or blocking — nominees for the highest court in the land, and on the high-profile election to succeed Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

Warm weather continues, may see break Thursday

Close-to-record highs will continue in the valley until Thursday, when temps will take a nosedive, according to the National Weather Service.

EDITORIAL: As campaign heads west, Rubio is best

The race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination has turned into quite a battle, so it’s appropriate that a week from Tuesday, the GOP campaign heads to the Battle Born state for Nevada’s first-in-the-West caucus.

Judge again denies bias against Las Vegas Sands

Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez again has denied a bias toward or prejudice against Las Vegas Sands Corp. in a wrongful termination case the company has been fighting since 2010.

Scalia death creates uncertainty over several issues affecting Nevada

The sudden death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia does not affect any Nevada-specific cases, but advocates for various issues said Monday his death creates uncertainty as the nation’s highest court considers hot-button issues such as union membership, abortion rights and immigration.

Education Savings Accounts won’t help students

Recently, the Review Journal reported again on the chronic teacher shortage in the Clark County School District, the nation’s fifth-largest. More than halfway through the school year, at least 700 positions remain unfilled, with more than three quarters of the vacancies in high poverty schools.

 
Bahrain government arrests four Americans

Four Americans have been arrested in Bahrain for entering the country using false information and allegedly participating in “attacks on police,” according to a police statement released Monday.

Reid speaks to White House about Scalia replacement

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, who has urged President Barack Obama to move “right away” in filling the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, has spoken to the White House on what is shaping up to be a major partisan battle, a Reid aide said Monday.

Philharmonic offers new, smaller concerts

Up close and personal. That’s the theme for the Las Vegas Philharmonic’s new Spotlight Series, a trio of chamber music concerts that kicks off Tuesday at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts.

 
50 killed in Syria after missiles hit hospitals, schools; Turkey accuses Russia — VIDEO

Turkey on Monday accused Russia of an “obvious war crime” after missile attacks in northern Syria killed scores of people, and warned Kurdish militia fighters there they would face the “harshest reaction” if they tried to capture a town near the Turkish border.

Boulder City the team to beat in flag football tournament

Top-seeded Boulder City (18-0), which has won 40 consecutive games dating to 2014, will get an opportunity to showcase its talents to everyone else when it hosts No. 4 seed Desert Pines (9-10) at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Division I-A Sunrise League tournament to open the flag football playoffs. All other games will simultaneously take place at host sites around Southern Nevada.

Air Force still flies with faster version of Princeton offense

In the halfcourt, it’s the same Princeton-style offense that Air Force has run for years, an attack that has been challenging for teams to defend. The Falcons, though, don’t shy away from playing a full-court game. They even embrace it.

Famed boxer Tony DeMarco still brings swagger at age 84

It’s half past 12 at the gym when the fighter strolls in from brilliant sunshine. He looks spry for 84 years old — and for a guy who fought two wars with Carmen Basilio back in the day

 
Ky. lawmaker wants men to get permission for Viagra from wives

A Kentucky lawmaker fed up with anti-abortion laws in her state has introduced a bill that would require men seeking erectile dysfunction drugs to visit a doctor twice, get a note from their wives and swear on the Bible to be faithful.

 
Zika virus could hide in organs shielded from immune system

The Zika virus may be particularly adept at entrenching itself in parts of the body that are shielded from the immune system, making it harder to fight off and possibly lengthening the timeframe in which it can be transmitted, top U.S. experts said on Friday.

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