Zingerman’s at the D Las Vegas vanishes when business hours are over

If you wander into the D Las Vegas in the afternoon looking for a cup of Zingerman’s coffee, you might be inclined tobelieve it was a rumor or a mirage, but if you come by between 6 a.m. and noon, it’s hard to miss the sight and aroma.

Eight new police officers for North Las Vegas sworn in

They came as recruits and left as peace officers. And Alexander Cuevas said achieving the badge was a wild, rewarding ride. “(It’s) the best, hardest thing I’ve ever done,” he said.

Obama bans drilling in parts of Atlantic, Arctic oceans

President Barack Obama is expected to order wide swaths of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans placed permanently off-limits for oil drilling, people briefed on the administration’s plan said, in an 11th-hour push for environmental protection before he leaves office.

EPA estimates new Volkswagen emissions settlement at $1B

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday the cost of a settlement with Volkswagen AG covering 80,000 polluting 3.0-liter vehicles is about $1 billion, but does not include expected additional compensation for owners.

 
Islamic State claims responsibility for Berlin Christmas market attack

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a truck attack on a crowded Berlin Christmas market that German authorities said came right out of the extremist group’s playbook.

Gaming group will help lobby against Yucca Mountain project

Nevada will have an advocate in the American Gaming Association against any effort to revive the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository northwest of Las Vegas.

Woodstock festival site in New York nominated as historic landmark

The site of the Woodstock music festival, a defining moment for rock ‘n’ roll and hippie culture in the late 1960s, was among more than two dozen locations in New York nominated on Tuesday for historic landmark status.

 
Government investigates Fiat Chrysler rollaway issue like one blamed in Yelchin death

The U.S. auto safety agency has opened an investigation into complaints that another 1 million Fiat Chrysler vehicles can roll away after the owners shift transmissions into park, a problem similar to the one being blamed in the death of Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin.

Still-new Le Pho in downtown Las Vegas nails both style and substance

For a place whose name invokes pleasant images of steaming soup, Le Pho Vietnamese Kitchen can be awfully chilly. It was so cold in the downtown Las Vegas eatery on a mid-December afternoon that a reviewer and four dining partners marveled that it felt warmer outside on a cloudy day with temperatures in the low 60s.