Lucian Bute to rely on experience against WBC champ Badou Jack

Canadian Lucian Bute faces WBC super middleweight champion Badou Jack next Saturday in Washington, D.C., on a Showtime-televised card. Bute is coming off a loss to IBF champ James DeGale on Nov. 28.

Las Vegas pimps look for women of all ages for sex trafficking, prostitution

Sex trafficking in Nevada is defined as the inducing or forcing of a person to engage in prostitution. However, when it comes to adult sex trafficking, experts say victims are harder to spot because of their age and what seems to be consensual understanding.

Entertainment Diet: Tony Hsieh

The Zappos CEO tells us how he spends his free time.

Power restored for 1,366 NV Energy customers

NV Energy is reporting that as of 1:25 a.m. Friday May 22, service had been restored for 1,366 Clark County customers who were without power due to unexpected outages.

 
Conor McGregor posts on Facebook he’s not retiring, just wants to fight

Conor McGregor used less than half the allotted characters of a tweet to announce his retirement Tuesday. Two days later, he issued a manifesto explaining his frustration with the UFC’s promotional demands and its effects on his training.

Kevin Durant zig-zags as Thunder roll past Mavericks

Kevin Durant was as bad as he gets Monday in a loss to the Dallas Mavericks, so the expectation for a fallen superstar is to see him rise again. Durant delivered 34 points Thursday to lead Oklahoma City to an NBA playoff win.

51s blow late lead, lose on walk-off homer at Sacramento

The Las Vegas 51s’ inability to capitalize on a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the seventh inning came back to haunt them in a 3-1 PCL road loss to the Sacramento River Cats.

7 songs that prove George Strait is the King of Country

Carving out his career in the early ’80s, well after the legends of the classic era had set the standard for country music, George Strait is someone you can legitimately say is in a league of his own.

Aggressive Rancho pads Sunrise lead with shutout of Liberty

Rancho took advantage of seven errors in the first three innings to build a 9-0 lead and went on to a 10-0, six-inning win over the visiting Patriots in a Division I Sunrise League game Thursday.

Five Texas college students charged with stealing dinosaur bones in Utah

Prosecutors have filed theft charges against five people accused of stealing 60 pounds of dinosaur bones near a Utah quarry during an educational trip run by a college in Texas, authorities said Thursday.

SOFTBALL: Gorrell, Las Vegas shut down Silverado

Skylar Gorrell threw a four-hitter and struck out five Thursday to lead Las Vegas High’s softball team to a 6-1 home victory over Silverado.

BASEBALL: Rancho outslugs Liberty

Chayse Baker led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a triple and scored the winning run one out later on a single by Anthony Guzman as the Rancho baseball team outlasted visiting Liberty 13-12 on Thursday.

Uber settlement keeps drivers as contractors in California, Massachusetts

Uber has agreed to pay up to $100 million and make several policy concessions to settle a pair of major class-action lawsuits in two states that will keep its drivers independent contractors instead of employees, both sides announced Thursday night.

Pop-up kiosk with ‘Shark Tank’ items opens at Fashion Show mall

Daymond John, co-star of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” dropped by Fashion Show mall on Wednesday to sign copies of his book, “The Power of Broke,” and check out his first-ever pop-up kiosk, The Shark Daymond John Store, where his merchandise and various items from the show are for sale.

 
Las Vegas police officers, agents, detectives honored at ceremony

More than 140 officers, investigators, federal agents, detectives, corrections officers and civilian operatives honored for outstanding service Thursday at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s commendation ceremony.

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