Henderson boys ascend BMX ranks, gear up for Reno races

The two boys regularly race at the eight tracks around Nevada, and finished first and second, respectively, in their age groups at the BMX USA Nevada state final Aug. 26 at the Ed Fountain Park track, 1400 N. Decatur Blvd.

Twitter to test 280-character limit on tweets

The days of Twitter Inc limiting messages to 140 characters, a signature of the social network since its launch in 2006, may be numbered.

La Cabaña finds new life at West Sahara business center

After 25 years of serving up tacos and burritos on South Martin Luther King Boulevard, La Cabaña Mexican Restaurant shut its doors in November, another refugee of the Nevada Department of Transportation’s Project Neon .

5 San Jose State players to watch against UNLV

Five San Jose State football players to watch when UNLV plays the Spartans at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium.

Simpson parole leads to effort to change Nevada parole law

Spurred by the O.J. Simpson parole hearing, attorney Gloria Allred and Assemblywoman Lisa Krasner want to change Nevada law so the parole board can consider an inmate’s domestic violence history.

GOP leaders pull vote on latest health care bill

Facing assured defeat, Republican leaders decided Tuesday not to even hold a vote on the GOP’s latest attempt to repeal the Obama health care law, surrendering on their last-gasp effort to deliver on the party’s banner campaign promise.

Equifax CEO steps down in the wake of data breach

Equifax CEO Richard Smith stepped down Tuesday, less than three weeks after the credit reporting agency disclosed a damaging hack to its computer system that exposed highly sensitive information for about 143 million Americans.

 
HGTV’s ‘Fixer Upper’ to end after 5 seasons

The husband and wife team behind HGTV remodeling show “Fixer Upper” have announced that the popular series will end after its upcoming fifth season.

 
7 of the most memorable fashions from Life is Beautiful

Fashion was beautiful — or at the very least, unique, provocative or outrageous — at Life is Beautiful. Here are just a few of the fest’s sartorial flights of fashionista fancy:

 
Pat Tillman widow objects to politicizing of husband’s image

Marie Tillman, the widow of former NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, says that her husband’s service “should never be politicized in a way that divides us.”

Senate panel grills SEC chairman over cyber breach, Equifax

The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a congressional committee on Tuesday he did not believe his predecessor Mary Jo White knew of a 2016 cyber breach to the regulator’s corporate disclosure system, the exact timing of which could not be known “for sure.”

Uber rolls out new incentives for drivers

Uber on Tuesday will roll out some incentives for drivers who are hesitant to participate in the company’s carpooling option.

 
Trump will visit Puerto Rico next week

President Donald Trump says he’ll visit hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico next Tuesday.

 
Baby found near Oklahoma freeway with $5K, birth certificate

A 1-month-old baby found on the side of an Oklahoma interstate in a car seat stuffed with $5,500 in cash and a birth certificate was in state custody Monday as authorities continued to investigate why the boy was abandoned.

Artist’s wine-bottle etchings the toast of Tivoli Village

Artist Adu Jahmal’s installation at Tivoli Village has gotten attention for some of its over-sized paitings, but more notably for another medium: wine bottles.

 
4 college coaches, Adidas exec charged in bribery case

In one of the biggest crackdowns on the corrupting role of money in college basketball, 10 men were charged Tuesday with using hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to influence star athletes’ choice of schools, shoe sponsors, agents, financial advisers, even tailors.

UNR professor wants readers to gain appreciation for Great Basin

Michael P. Branch’s book, “Rants From the Hill: On Packrats, Bobcats, Wildfires, Curmudgeons, A Drunken Mary Kay Lady Other Encounters With the Wild in the High Desert” is a laugh-out-loud journey through his life in Nevada’s Great Basin Desert with his wife and two daughters.

 
Firefighters battle blaze in Southern California

Firefighters working in steep canyons Tuesday got help from retardant-dropping aircraft flying around-the-clock as they saved homes from a smoky blaze that surged through suburban canyons in Southern California.

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