Father of 13-year-old killed in smoke shop shooting says son was shot in back

The 13-year-old boy who was killed Friday at a west valley smoke shop was shot multiple times in the back and at least once in the head, the boy’s father said Wednesday. That information could help explain why investigators decided Monday to pursue a murder charge against the smoke shop clerk accused of firing the fatal shots.

UNLV, Duke basketball sell out T-Mobile Arena

Reserved seating tickets are sold out for the game on Saturday at 2:15 p.m. and a limited number of standing-room-only tickets are now on sale. The tickets, priced at $20 each, are along the rail behind the 100-level sections.

CCSD Trustee Kevin Child denies wrongdoing during school visits

Clark County School District D Trustee Kevin Child denied accusations against him about inappropriate conduct and disruptions at schools, two days after Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky issued guidelines that restricts Child’s interactions with schools and staff.

Stadium Authority Board debuts its website

The Stadium Authority Board has launched its website: LVStadiumAuthority.com, where future meeting and other board information will soon be posted.

Nevada Fishing Report

Trout stocking began last week at the Las Vegas urban pounds and will continue weekly barring difficulties with trucks or personnel to bring in fish.

Former US astronaut John Glenn hospitalized in Cleveland

John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth and a former U.S. senator and war hero, has been hospitalized for more than a week, officials said on Wednesday.

How one Charleston church shooting survivor remembers the attack

A survivor of last year’s massacre at a black South Carolina church testified Wednesday that her Bible study group had just closed their eyes and started praying when a loud sound shattered the stillness. The basement room went dark.

2 juveniles charged with arson in deadly Tennessee wildfire

Authorities on Wednesday charged two juveniles in an East Tennessee wildfire that killed 14 people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,700 buildings.

Strip hit ‘Absinthe’ takes the tent to Los Angeles

“Absinthe” is going Hollywood. Well, in a manner of speaking. A second version of the hit show at Caesars Palace is opening on March 22 at L.A. Live Event Deck, the show’s production company Speigelworld announced Wednesday morning.

Campus officer shoots, wounds student at Reno high school

A campus police officer shot a knife-wielding Nevada high school student who was fighting with a classmate Wednesday, according to authorities and a student.

Barack Obama, ‘Zootopia’ among top GIFs of 2016

Throughout his eight years in office, President Obama has achieved many things, but today he eclipsed all of them when his illustrated mic drop GIF was named the most popular of 2016 by Giphy.

 
LiLou makes traveling more fun at San Francisco airport as first therapy pig — VIDEO

Pigs still can’t fly, but you can fly after saying “hi” to a pig in San Francisco. The San Francisco International Airport has introduced Lilou, a therapy pig, as the newest member of the airports so-called “Wag Brigade,” a group of therapy animals that roam the terminals.