5 players to watch in the 51s-Chihuahuas series

The Las Vegas 51s begin an eight-game road trip Monday with the first four games against the El Paso Chihuahuas, the Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres.

 
Justices hear proposed ballot measure to repeal state business tax

Nevada Supreme Court justices asked pointed questions Monday on whether an effort to repeal the state’s new business tax is legally sound to proceed in the signature gathering process.

WWII actions earn French Legion of Honor medal for North Las Vegas man

Ninety-eight-year-old Elmer J. Hess, of North Las Vegas, received France’s Legion of Honor medal Wednesday night during a ceremony in Las Vegas. Hess, a World War II Army tech sergeant from Monmouth, Illinois, was in the third wave to invade France’s Nazi-occupied Normandy coast at Utah Beach.

Atlantic City avoids default, makes $1.8M bond payment

Financially strapped Atlantic City scraped together enough money to make a $1.8 million bond payment Monday morning, narrowly avoiding becoming the first New Jersey municipality to default on its debt in 78 years. Mayor Don Guardian likened the city’s desperate state to rummaging around the sofa cushions in search of stray cash.

Make food the focus of your Kentucky Derby bash

Considering the Kentucky Derby is so brief, if you’re planning to throw a party to celebrate the Kentucky Derby on Saturday it might be a good idea to ensure the food and drink are worthy of your guests’ focus.

Meet entertainment challenges head-on with a tapas dinner

Entertaining can be a bit of a challenge these days. Our increased familiarity with foods Americans once thought strange or exotic leaves guests looking for something a little offbeat, and the more variety, the better.

Rebels add Mountain West tennis titles to golf crowns

UNLV’s men’s and women’s tennis teams swept the Mountain West Championships on Sunday, a week after the school’s men’s and women’s golf teams claimed conference crowns.

 
Ex-Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky’s lawyers argue for new trial

Jerry Sandusky will appear in court on Monday as his lawyers seek to persuade a judge to give the former Penn State assistant football coach an opportunity to argue for a new trial after his 2012 conviction on child sexual abuse charges.

Dolphins draftee Laremy Tunsil not expected to enter NFL drug program

Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil, who slipped to No. 13 after a video surfaced on social media right before the NFL Draft got underway, is not expected to begin his pro career under the league’s substance-abuse program.

 
Woman sues Starbucks over too much ice in its drinks

A federal lawsuit claims Starbucks regularly overfills its cold drinks with ice instead of using the advertised amount of coffee or other liquid in its plastic cups.

 
Australian man claims to be Bitcoin creator

An Australian man long rumored to be associated with the digital currency Bitcoin has publicly identified himself as its creator, a claim that would end one of the biggest mysteries in the tech world.

 
US cruise ship docks in Havana, first time in 40 years

The first U.S. cruise ship in nearly 40 years crossed the Florida Straits from Miami and docked in Havana on Monday, restarting commercial travel on waters that served as a stage for a half-century of Cold War hostility.

Arrests in Seattle as May Day marchers take to streets

Seattle police used pepper spray to disperse black-clad anti-capitalist protesters authorities say threw rocks, flares, bricks and Molotov cocktails at officers during a rowdy May Day gathering.

Clinton challenges Indiana abortion law at campaign stop

Just hours after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against a new Indiana abortion law, Hillary Clinton stumped miles away from the state Capitol and filed a sort of amicus brief.

Trump pounces on Heidi Cruz’s ‘immigrant’ flub

Donald Trump returned to one of his favorite subjects, the Canadian birth of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., at an afternoon rally inside the city’s largest sports arena.

Tiny Nebraska town says no to 1,100 jobs

Regional economic development officials thought Nickerson Neb. was the perfect spot for a chicken processing plant that would liven up the 400-person town with 1,100 jobs.

Above-average fire year ahead in Southwest, Hawaii, Alaska

The Southwest, Hawaii and Alaska face an above-average threat of wildfires this summer, but most of the country should see normal or below-normal problems, forecasters said Sunday.

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