Bungling college basketball referees need adult supervision

We might be witnessing the worst college season for officiating in history, and that’s saying more than a mouthful about those blowing whistles. But rare is the night in which games don’t include questionable calls, no calls, clock errors, interpretation errors, miscues of all types.

Re-energized Zab Judah finally set to return to ring

The past two years have been a series of false starts for Zab Judah that have left him frustrated in his attempt to resurrect his boxing career.

NOTES: Del Sol wrestler goes to mat for state title

Victor Torres-Parra didn’t fully grasp the magnitude of his accomplishment until he stepped on the school bus Monday morning and was congratulated by the driver.

Hospital operator fails to show for talks after offer gets no response

Hospital Corporation of America, the operator of Sunrise Health System hospitals, said Tuesday that it made an offer last week to settle contract negotiations with a health care coalition representing more than 275,000 Southern Nevadans.

GOP has no one to blame but itself for Trump troubles

Like a covey of quail flushed from the bushes and into the open, some of the biggest names in national Republican Party politics this week scuttled behind underperforming presidential suitor Marco Rubio as he tried to keep smiling in Nevada.

Swedish doctor jailed for 10 years for kidnapping woman

A Swedish doctor who authorities said imprisoned a woman for six days in a windowless cement bunker has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, a Stockholm district court said Tuesday.

At least three dead as severe storm hits the Southeast

Deadly rough weather was rumbling across the Gulf Coast states on Tuesday night, with reports of three deaths in Louisiana and Mississippi.

 
Gunman, 4 family members die in Phoenix shooting

A 26-year-old man shot his parents and two sisters to death at a house in Phoenix early on Tuesday before he was killed by police who entered the residence as it was on fire, law enforcement officials said.

EDITORIAL: New Jersey’s lousy gun laws strike again

One of the great freedoms we enjoy in this country is the freedom of movement. We are free to travel across state lines without having to show papers or explain ourselves. We also enjoy the freedom to bear arms, which allows us to hunt or to protect ourselves and our families. And while millions of Americans enjoy both of these freedoms, attempting to exercise both of them at the same can prove to be less than enjoyable.

EDITORIAL: Southern Nevada’s great lake

Most of what you read and hear about Lake Mead involves the lengthy drought in the West and how that has contributed to declining lake levels. Yes, there is reason for concern, and Southern Nevada needs to continue to take steps to secure the region’s long-term water future. But there is good news to report from Lake Mead, or at least the national recreation area that encompasses it.

LETTERS: State should stop subsidizing billionaires

The article on SolarCity’s grant from the state of Nevada’s Catalyst Fund illustrates how taxpayer money funds corporations that should have to make a profit on their own or go bankrupt (“SolarCity receives $400,000 grant,” Saturday Review-Journal).

Tribute artists gather to sparkle and shine in Vegas

The topless, bunny ear-wearing dancers on Fremont Street had to shake it a little harder Monday night, when a conversation between Donald Trump and Bryan Cranston in front of the Golden Nugget directed all attention, usually belonging to them, to the opposite side of the street.

Entertainment Diet: Lon Bronson

All those roads that lead to Vegas run in the opposite direction as well. But nobody ever seems to follow them away from Vegas.

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