Expert says US should send envoy to North Korea to mitigate nuclear threat

The specter of North Korea armed with nuclear-bomb-tipped missiles is such “a serious threat for the world” that a top U.S. scientist says President Donald Trump should send an envoy to Pyongyang to persuade Kim Jong Un’s regime to end its doomsday posturing.

Amari Cooper shrugs off new NFL rule change

Amari Cooper isn’t much of a showman after scoring touchdowns. He doesn’t dance. He doesn’t spike the football. Celebratory antics are of little interest to him. So, neither was a recent rule change.

51s drop 5th straight game

Reliever Beck Wheeler lasted just 1 1/3 innings in a spot start Friday as the 51s’ Pacific Coast League losing streak reached a season-high five games in a 7-3 loss to the Round Rock Express at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas.

EDITORIAL: The Trump budget and compassion

How responsible is it for politicians running a nation $20 trillion in debt to ignore the country’s long-term fiscal health?

Time for Americans to come together

We should show support for the president and the job while still challenging those policies with which we strongly disagree. It is the American way and maybe it will make us all more deserving citizens and a stronger nation.

 
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter’s national security adviser, dies

Zbigniew Brzezinski, who helped topple economic barriers between the Soviet Union, China and the West as President Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser, died Friday. He was 89.

Gov. Sandoval signs 32 bills into law

Gov. Brian Sandoval signed 32 bills into law on Friday that include measures to quicken background checks for private businesses and provide consumer protections at truck rental companies.

Reflecting on Sherrice Iverson’s death, 20 years later

Las Vegas Review-Journal crime reporter Rachel Crosby never knew Sherrice Iverson, but after spending months researching her 1997 murder, she’ll never forget her.

Defenders hopeful board OKs plan to keep middle-schoolers at Fremont

A group of parents and community members has successfully lobbied the Clark County School District to develop a plan that would allow middle-school students to stay at the Fremont Professional Development Middle School, and are hopeful the board will approve it.

Senate Republicans offer new version of ERA

Senate Republicans introduced a proposed state constitutional amendment Friday to ensure equal rights for women and prohibit discrimination.

Life sentences for DC sniper Malvo ruled unconstitutional

A federal judge on Friday tossed out two life sentences for one of Virginia’s most notorious criminals, DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo, and ordered Virginia courts to hold new sentencing hearings.

New corridor linking gates to inspections area opening soon at McCarran

Historic photos line a modern, brightly lit 995-foot-long corridor set to open June 5, linking seven new airline gates in the D-Gate Concourse to the airport’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection station in Terminal 3.

Allegiant COO, executive vice president Jude Bricker resigns

Jude Bricker resigned Friday as executive vice president and chief operating officer at Allegiant Air after working 11 years with the Las Vegas-based budget carrier, company officials said.

Trump a ‘complete disaster’ so far, John Boehner says

Former House Speaker John Boehner says that aside from international affairs and foreign policy, President Donald Trump’s time in office has so far been a “complete disaster.”

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