‘Walking Dead’ attraction opens in downtown Las Vegas

A year-round attraction based on the “Fear the Walking Dead” TV show opened earlier this month at 425 Fremont St., the building that houses Hennessey’s Tavern and Walgreens.

 
Earthquake kills 2, injures dozens on Italian island

An earthquake struck the tourist-packed Italian holiday island of Ischia on Monday night, killing two people, injuring dozens and trapping three young brothers who survived for up to 16 hours before being rescued.

 
Angry protest overwhelms Charlottesville city council meeting

Anger boiled over at the first Charlottesville City Council meeting since a white nationalist rally in the city descended into violent chaos, with some residents screaming and cursing at councilors Monday night and calling for their resignations.Memorial held for Va. woman killed at white nationalist rally

Commercial development heats up around 215 ‘curve’ in southwest Las Vegas

Developers and retailers are again flocking to the section of the 215 Beltway near South Durango Road that was stunted by the recession, and other developers in the area are following suit. “What’s happening in the southwest now is what was happing in 2005 or 2006,” said David J. Tina, president of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors. “Not in a bad way, in a positive way.”

Kiton Kitchen in southwest Las Vegas serves Mediterranean classics

The restaurant is a joint venture between Isaac Shoham, 82, and his daughter, Sharon Littman. Along with their chef, Fawzi Qaz Qaz, the father-daughter duo created a menu of Mediterranean classics including shawarma, hummus, baba ghannouj and tabbouleh.

Photographer, hairstylist fuse passions with Bazaar Studio & Parlor

The brash vocals of the Beastie Boys’ “Brass Monkey” pumped through the speakers of Bazaar Studio & Parlor as Jon Rouse strode through the halls, past wall-sized art prints of grenades and guns, velvet sofas and stylist chairs. The fine-art photographer seemed at home in his 3,200-square-foot complex shared with hairstylist Cory Martin, which offers portraits and fashion shoots along with hair cuts, trims, color and styling.

Las Vegas hiking group outgrows its ‘overweight’ moniker

“The concept is for people who are too embarrassed to get out because they don’t think they can keep up with other (hiking groups),” founder Richard Cumelis of Summerlin said. “It’s for them to still have a life. (But) it’s really not just overweight hikers anymore. We tend to attract a crowd who wants to go at a slower pace, socialize and take lots of pictures. There’s a lot of talking and fellowship.”

Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial postponed to March

Comedian Bill Cosby’s retrial on charges of sexually assaulting a former administrator at his alma mater in 2004 at his Philadelphia-area home will be postponed from November to March of next year, a judge said on Tuesday.

German police seize thousands of Trump-shaped ecstasy tablets

German police say they have seized thousands of tablets of the party drug ecstasy in the shape of Donald Trump’s head, a haul with an estimated street value of 39,000 euros ($45,900.)

Slight chance of rain in Las Vegas Valley on Tuesday

Temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley are expected to be “hotter than normal” heading into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

Teen has minor injuries after being hit by truck near school

A teenage boy suffered minor injuries after a truck “bumped” into him near Desert Oasis High School in the southwest valley Tuesday morning, according to Las Vegas police.

 
Remains found in search for 10 missing sailors after collision

The focus of the search for 10 U.S. sailors missing after a collision between the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker in Southeast Asian waters shifted Tuesday to the damaged destroyer’s flooded compartments.

 
Book, retrospective put photojournalist Barry Sweet in focus

Starting Aug. 31, you can see some of the nearly 100,000 that longtime Associated Press photographer Barry Sweet has shot during “The Creative Vision of Photojournalist Barry Sweet,” a monthlong retrospective at the Corner Gallery.

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