New Burger King ad triggers viewers Google Home devices

Burger King successfully ran an alternate version of its advertisement designed to trigger Google Home devices late Wednesday, the company said in an emailed statement Thursday.

Sam Schmidt’s team makes huge splash at Long Beach

Car owner Sam Schmidt of Henderson and his driver, James Hinchcliffe of Canada, won the Long Beach Grand Prix, one of IndyCar’s premier events.

Elected judges cannot be recalled, Nevada high court rules

The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline should decide whether judges are removed from office — not a recall effort, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

 
US drops ‘mother of all bombs’ on Islamic State tunnel in Afghanistan

U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with “the mother of all bombs,” the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military, Pentagon officials said.

Family of boy killed on Kansas waterslide reaches settlements

The family of a 10-year-old boy who died while riding a waterslide at a Kansas water park has reached settlements with a general contractor and a consulting company involved in the project.

 
Dragged United passenger lost 2 teeth and broke nose, says lawyer

The passenger dragged from a United Airlines plane in Chicago in an incident that sparked international outrage and turned into a public relations nightmare for the carrier, will likely sue the company, his attorney said on Thursday.

Nevada asks to intervene in Texas lawsuit over Yucca Mountain

Nevada sought to intervene late Wednesday in a Texas lawsuit that seeks to force the federal government to restart the licensing process for the Department of Energy’s dormant Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project.

 
Misdirected US airstrike kills allied fighters in Syria

A misdirected airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition earlier this week killed 18 allied fighters battling the Islamic State group in northern Syria, the U.S. military said Thursday.

Wind advisory for Las Vegas Valley Thursday

A wind advisory will be in effect most of Thursday and temperatures will be above normal, according to the National Weather Service.

Bill Cosby will not question accuser before trial

Bill Cosby has lost his bid to question his accuser in court before his sexual-assault case goes to trial near Philadelphia.

 
US marshals nab last ‘Cocaine Cowboy’ while riding a bike

The last of South Florida’s “Cocaine Cowboys” has been arrested — some 26 years after he went on the lam — while on a 40-mile bike ride with his wife near the Orlando suburb where they apparently lived under assumed names.

House fire near McCarran displaces resident

A man was displaced from his home near McCarran International Airport after a fire just before midnight Thursday.

Trump admits US-Russia relations may be at ‘all-time low’

Laying bare deep and dangerous divisions on Syria and other issues, President Donald Trump declared that U.S. relations with Russia “may be at an all-time low.” His top diplomat offered a similarly grim assessment from the other side of the globe after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

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