This week’s 5 best bets for what to watch

Our picks this week for movies, TV and streaming video include “Orange Is the New Black” and “Spotlight.”

Panel suggests Nevada Taxicab Authority be merged with larger agency

A legislative subcommittee on Thursday recommended that the agency regulating Southern Nevada’s taxicab industry be merged with the larger Nevada Transportation Authority to create a new statewide oversight department.

Las Vegas police arrest man in connection with 17 burglaries

Bernardino Santiago, 45, was arrested following at least 17 burglaries of local businesses, mostly restaurants and food joints between January and June, Metro Detective Brad Freiss said.

Here’s how casinos can get millennials to gamble

Millennials are eager to go to a casino for a nightclub, but a slot machine? Not so much. In fact, not at all, really. Roberto Coppola, director of consumer insights for YWS Design & Architecture, offers tips on how casinos can turn this generation into gamblers.

Devonte Boyd among UNLV players honored in preseason all-MW teams

If you ask Devonte Boyd who’s the best wide receiver in college football, he’ll tell you it’s him. The UNLV junior is projected to at least be one of the best wideouts in the Mountain West this season.

5 inexpensive music shows coming up in Las Vegas

This week’s options for budget-minded music fans include former “American Idol” contestant Jeneve Rose Mitchell, (hed) p.e. and Kiss & Friends.

New trauma centers could do more harm than good

When Southern Nevada Health District board members vote later this month on whether more Level III trauma centers should be opened in Clark County, what happened to Giulian Grasso should be taken into consideration.

 
Shanghai Disneyland opens with hopes cash will rain down

Walt Disney Co. opened Shanghai Disneyland, its first theme park in mainland China, with a lavish celebration Thursday featuring Communist Party leaders, a children’s choir, Sleeping Beauty and other Disney characters.

110-degree-plus days coming to Las Vegas next week

High temperatures in Las Vegas are expected rise past 110 degrees — possibly into record territory — on Monday and Tuesday as part of the first big blast of summer heat across the Southwest.

Philadelphia becomes first major US city to pass soda tax

Philadelphia became the first major American city with a soda tax Thursday despite a multimillion-dollar campaign by the beverage industry to block it.

 
Obama, Biden meet with families in deadly Orlando shooting

President Barack Obama met survivors of a gay nightclub massacre and relatives of the 49 people killed on Thursday and said the United States must act to control gun violence and fight what he called homegrown terrorism.

Las Vegas man accused of practicing medicine without license indicted

An alleged phony doctor accused of threatening lives by performing sham medical procedures without a license has been indicted on more than two dozen charges, including sexual assault and child abuse, prosecutors said Thursday.