Voter drive by Latino food truck owners struggles on final day to register

Ernesto Saavedra, a Hillary Clinton supporter and taco truck owner, was involved Tuesday — Nevada’s voter registration deadline — in an effort organized by the Latino Victory Fund and other groups, to register voters by giving away free tacos and other dishes at several locations around the Las Vegas Valley.

Blue Jays take Game 4 over Indians, avoid sweep in ALCS

Josh Donaldson homered to give Toronto a long-awaited lead, and the Blue Jays finally broke through with the bats, beating the Cleveland Indians 5-1 on Tuesday to avert a sweep in the AL Championship Series.

Hillary and the media: A love story

Anger and outrage follow anything done or said by Donald Trump. But there are no headlines and no nonstop media attention paid to the outrageous statements and actions of Hillary Clinton and other Democrats.

Pumpkinman triathlon event returns to Lake Mead

College athletes from Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Wyoming will descend on the Las Vegas Valley this weekend to compete in the Pumpkinman Triathlon.

William Hill, Amaya drop short-lived gambling merger talks

William Hill and Canadian online gambling company Amaya Inc. have abandoned merger talks, leaving the British bookmaker struggling to find a partner in a fast-consolidating industry.

China casino detentions cast pall over Macau’s recovery

China’s detention of 18 Crown Resorts Ltd. employees may have been intended as a warning to foreign casinos, but it’s also unsettling gambling businesses in Macau, the nation’s own betting enclave.

 
European space lander due to touch down on Mars Wednesday

The search for life on Mars may take a giant leap on Wednesday when a space lander is due to touch down on the red planet in Europe’s first attempt to land a craft there since the Beagle 2’s “heroic failure” more than a decade ago.

First-time filings for jobless benefits tumble

First-time filings for unemployment benefits totaled 9,358 in September, a more than 7 percent decrease year-over-year, Nevada’s Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported Tuesday.

Social Security recipients receive 0.3 percent raise in 2017

Millions of Social Security recipients and federal retirees will get a 0.3 percent increase in monthly benefits next year, the fifth year in a row that older Americans will have to settle for historically low raises.

New coach a familiar face at Wyoming

Allen Edwards replaced Larry Shyatt as Wyoming’s basketball coach. But Edwards, an assistant under Shyatt for the past five seasons, is someone the Cowboys already know well.

 
Samsung putting booths in some airports to exchange Note 7

The Department of Transportation’s ban on the Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 could be leaving some users in a lurch if they try to bring the phone on any flight going to or from any part of the United States.

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