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Nevada kids again trail their peers

Self-driving taxis hit the streets of Singapore

The world’s first self-driving taxis will be picking up passengers in Singapore starting Thursday.

Two prep games set for TV

The high school football season kicks off this week, and there will be two televised games involving local teams. But not all football broadcasts are created equal.

Thunderstorms roll out of Las Vegas Valley

The Las Vegas Valley saw rain, wind, hail and a lot of lightning Tuesday night, but near-normal temperatures have returned and the valley dries out.

New highway trims old-school Las Vegas barber shop

Oakey Center once was a happenin’ place where movers and shakers mixed with blue-collar types. It soon will be bulldozed to make way for Interstate 15 upgrades. New Image barber shop, a Las Vegas institution for 50 years, is preparing to move.

Turkey takes fight to IS in Syria

Turkey on Wednesday launched its first major ground assault into Syria since the country’s civil war began, sending in tanks and special forces backed by U.S. airstrikes.

US Soccer suspends Hope Solo from national team for 6 months

U.S. women’s goalkeeper Hope Solo was suspended Wednesday for six months by U.S. Soccer for disparaging comments about Sweden following the Americans’ early departure from the Rio Olympics.

2016 Girls Volleyball Capsules

Preseason capsule information for the area’s girls volleyball teams, as submitted.

Psycho Las Vegas’ sprawling lineup charts the lineage of hard rock

With close to 100 bands performing at three venues at the Hard Rock Hotel, this weekend’s Psycho Las Vegas festival pairs seminal, influential acts like Blue Oyster Cult, Candlemass and Alice Cooper with a multitude of their musical descendants — and the descendants of those descendants, and so on — spanning dozens of strains of hard rock.

North Las Vegas judge barred from re-election run, suspended without pay

North Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge Catherine Ramsey is barred from seeking re-election next year and will be suspended without pay for the final three months of her term as part of a settlement in which she admitted to seven charges of professional misconduct.

2016 Girls Soccer Capsules

Preseason capsule information for the area’s girls soccer teams, as submitted by coaches.

Jurors hear how teen was killed over cherished iPad

Fifteen-year-old Marcos Vicente Arenas cherished his iPad, and carried it just about everywhere he went, listening to his favorite music through tethered earbuds. The Nevada Supreme Court will not stop cameras with a television show about the Clark County district attorney’s office from filming a murder trial this week.

Nevada Assembly candidate to withdraw amid extortion claim

A Reno Republican running for the state Assembly said Wednesday he will end his campaign after alleging his online accounts were hacked and nude photos of him were sent to GOP leaders as part of an extortion plot.

Northern Nevada congressional candidate Evans airs radio spot

Democratic candidate Chip Evans, who faces an uphill climb in Northern Nevada’s heavily Republican 2nd Congressional District, is airing new radio ads introducing himself to voters.

Tips for surviving Psycho Las Vegas

Forget the Rio Olympics. A far, far more grueling and telling measure of one’s physical prowess is his or her ability to power through the three-day hard rock endurance test that will be Psycho Las Vegas.

2016 Boys Soccer Capsules

Preseason capsule information for the area’s boys soccer teams, as submitted by coaches.

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