NBA Summer League rewind — Day 10

A wrapup of Day 10 of the NBA Summer League on Sunday at the Thomas & Mack Center.

UNLV’s first doctors-to-be begin classes Monday

The first class of 60 students at the UNLV School of Medicine embark on a long road Monday that state officials hope will eventually alleviate Southern Nevada’s physician shortage and boost the local economy.

Newly discovered toad species in Nevada already under threat

The first new species of toad found anywhere in the U.S. in 50 years, which lives in a remote marsh area in Northern Nevada, is prompting new opposition to a planned geothermal energy plant in its habitat.

Logan Taylor inches toward return to 51s

The pitcher suffered a concussion earlier this month when he was hit over the back of his head with a tire iron by a homeless man who tried to rob him.

The Second Amendment and criminals

Do not confuse law-abiding Americans who purchase firearms legally with those who obtain firearms illegally and use them in crimes.

EDITORIAL: Nevada in good fiscal condition — for now

Nevada currently sits in fairly good position. But members of the 2019 Legislature, along with our next governor, would do well to stop ignoring the state’s growing long-term pension responsibilities.

Firefighters battle mobile home fire in northeast Las Vegas

Clark County firefighters responded just before 6 p.m. to the 3400 block of Cactus Springs Drive and found a mobile home “fully involved in smoke and flames,” according to Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Buchanan.

Piccioli bounces back from WSOP Main Event blowup in 2016

A year after he “brainfarted” himself out of the World Series of Poker Main Event, Bryan Piccioli was near the top of the leaderboard most of Day 6 at the Rio Convention Center.

Artist uses paintbrush to tell valley writers’ stories

The goal of the Painted Stories series created by Eric Miller, president of the Writers of Southern Nevada, is for artists to use the words of local writers to turn a blank canvas into a work of art.

 
TV and film star Martin Landau, an Oscar winner, dies at 89

Martin Landau, the chameleon-like actor who gained fame as the crafty master of disguise in the 1960s TV show “Mission: Impossible,” then capped a long and versatile career with an Oscar for his poignant portrayal of aging horror movie star Bela Lugosi in 1994’s “Ed Wood,” has died. He was 89.

Park captures US Women’s Open as Trump watches

Sung Hyun Park gave away the U.S. Women’s Open a year ago with a couple of bad rounds on the weekend. The South Korean didn’t make the same mistake this year.

Speed thrills: BMX racers zip through course at South Point

As the gates dropped and bicyclists leaned forward at the South Point Arena and Equestrian Center, contestants at Sunday’s USA BMX Las Vegas Nationals focused on the need for speed.

 
9 dead, boy missing in Arizona flash flood

Nine people died and a 13-year-old boy was still missing Sunday after a furious flash flood tore through a group of family and friends cooling off in a creek in the Tonto National Forest in Arizona.

BBC names Jodie Whittaker new ‘Doctor Who’ lead

Jodie Whittaker will be the 13th Doctor in “Doctor Who” and the first woman in the role after the BBC named her Sunday as the new time lord, one of the world’s most iconic sci-fi characters on television.

California wildfire grows as hot, dry conditions persist

A damaging wildfire burning on California’s scenic central coast was expected to expand Sunday afternoon, with higher temperatures, lower humidity and high winds working against efforts to contain it, officials said.

Honolulu fire victim remembered as talented, caring

As smoke filled his 26th-floor apartment in Honolulu, a Hawaiian Airlines manager made one final telephone call to his brother, the brother says, before both the man and his mother were killed in the blaze.