Floodwaters give way to festering garbage on Houston streets

Harvey’s record-setting rains created heaps of ruined possessions that now line entire neighborhoods. All that trash adds up to an estimated 8 million cubic yards in Houston alone, enough to fill the Texans’ football stadium two times over.

Nevada board to consider $1M to fight Yucca Mountain plan

Nevada is ramping up its fight against the proposed Yucca Mountain waste dump, with a contract for nearly $1 million for legal services up for a vote on Tuesday.

Grandparents not part of Trump’s travel ban, court rules

A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s limited view of who is allowed into the United States under the president’s travel ban, saying grandparents, cousins and similarly close relations of people in the U.S. should not be prevented from coming to the country.

Las Vegan Freudis Rojas takes bronze medal at AIBA world championships

Freudis Rojas wasn’t eligible to compete for a spot on the United States men’s Olympic boxing team for the Rio de Janeiro games last summer. It wasn’t because of a lack of talent, he simply wasn’t old enough.

Las Vegas Fire & Rescue team honored for saving Summerlin girl

Paul and Brittany Meesawat of the Summerlin area watched their home, their car and all of their belongings go up in flames July 21. Everyone was accounted for — Paul, Brittany, their 6-year-old son Nathan and their Boston terrier, Daisy — except their 4-year-old daughter Natalie.

 
Police shoot, wound man at Miami airport

Police shot a man who wielded a knife and tried to get into a Miami airport terminal from a runway, prompting the closure of a busy concourse as travelers tried to leave Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma, authorities said.

 
UNLV to turn QB Armani Rogers loose at Idaho

UNLV put together a conservative gameplan last Saturday against Howard. The Rebels won’t be so careful in a must-win football game this Saturday at Idaho.

Las Vegas parents charged after 4-year-old shoots, kills self

Clark County district attorney charges Ronald and Kimberly Whitis with child abuse and neglect for August incident in which their son, Bradley, found a gun in bedroom of their home.

 
Sports Betting Spotlight: College football Week 2 preview

The Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey, handicapper Kelly Stewart and CG Technology sports book vice-president Matt Holt preview the college football weekend.

Position-by-position breakdown of UNLV at Idaho

A look at who has the advantage at each position when the Rebels travel to take on the Vandals at 4 p.m. on Saturday in Moscow, Idaho.

Flash-flood watch for Las Vegas Valley

The National Weather Service has issued a flash-flood warning for the Las Vegas Valley because of extensive thunderstorms in the forecast for the next few days.

Floridians fleeing Irma find refuge in Las Vegas

As Hurricane Irma barreled toward Florida early Friday, exhausted Floridians shuffled into the McCarran International Airport baggage claim area, dragging their suitcases, children and pets along with them.

Effects of Irma could blow Andrew out of the water

Bigger and with a 90-degree different path of potential destruction, Irma is forecast to hit lots more people and buildings than 1992’s Andrew, said experts, including veterans of Andrew.

 
Irma takes aim at Miami after blasting Caribbean

With Irma and its 155 mph winds taking aim at the Miami metropolitan area of 6 million people, the death toll in the storm’s wake across the Caribbean climbed to 22.

Branson rides Irma out in wine cellar bunker on private island

Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin Group who said he would ride out Hurricane Irma from his 74-acre private island in the Caribbean, has emerged from his fortified wine cellar unscathed.

William Shatner continues to go where no actor has gone before

LOS ANGELES — As “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” marks its 35th anniversary with a return to theaters for special screenings next week, star William Shatner is celebrating more than his long history as Captain Kirk.

Former presidents raising money for hurricane relief

The five living former U.S. presidents said Thursday they would team up to create the “One America Appeal” to raise money for storm recovery as Texas and Louisiana seek to regroup from Harvey and Florida and the Atlantic coast brace for Hurricane Irma.

Rookie Hunt runs wild as Chiefs rout Pats, 42-27

Winning at New England when the Patriots are coming off an historic Super Bowl victory is worth getting a little wild over. That’s not the Kansas City Chiefs’ style. Not even when a rookie is setting records.

Death toll rises after massive earthquake in southern Mexico

One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico struck off the country’s southern coast, toppling hundreds of buildings, triggering tsunami evacuations and sending panicked people fleeing into the streets in the middle of the night.

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