Trump wins Electoral College vote, despite protests

There were many protesters but few faithless electors as Donald Trump won the Electoral College vote Monday — ensuring he will become America’s 45th president.

Rare plant named after legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix

California researchers have named a newly discovered rare plant after Jimi Hendrix. The plant, found in Baja California, Mexico, has been christened Dudleya hendrixii , or “Hendrix’s liveforever.”

Licensing of Cannery properties to Boyd Gaming approved

The Cannery and Eastside Cannery properties officially became part of Boyd Gaming Corp.’s network of locals casinos Monday following two votes by two regulatory bodies that took less than an hour.

Glutton restaurant closes in downtown Las Vegas

Glutton, which was one of the first players in the recent restaurant expansion in downtown Las Vegas, closed Sunday night.

 
Nevada electors cast presidential votes on day of protests

Nevada’s six Democratic presidential electors cast their ballots Monday for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, who won the state by 2 percentage points over Republican Donald Trump in the November election.

5 players to watch in UNLV Rebels games this week

Five players to watch in UNLV basketball games this week at the Thomas & Mack Center against Southern Illinois at 7 p.m. Monday and No. 3 Kansas at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Median new-home sales price in Las Vegas edges up to $329,596

Builders closed 762 new-home sales in Clark County last month, bringing the year’s tally through November to 7,035, up 14.5 percent from the same 11-month period in 2015, according to Las Vegas housing tracker Home Builders Research.

Obama pardons 78 federal prisoners, reduces sentences for 153

President Barack Obama has pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentence of 153 others convicted of federal crimes, the greatest number of individual clemencies in a single day by any president, the White House said Monday.

 
Fireworks greet opening of $2.7B Parisian resort in Macau

Las Vegas Sands Corp. said “bonjour” to Southeast Asia on Tuesday, opening the 3,000-room, $2.7 billion Parisian Macao with a flurry of fireworks and an electrifying lighting of its half-scale Eiffel Tower on the Cotai Strip.

Date set for session to repeal NC ‘bathroom bill’

North Carolina’s incoming governor says that legislators are planning to hold a special session to repeal a law limiting protections for LGBT people.

2 heart attacks spur former Air Force cop to mellow out

Jim Henry, a retired Air Force security policeman, has had two heart attacks and is doing all he can to prevent a third. He’s changed his diet, and taken up new hobbies, including model railroading.

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