North Las Vegas Reading Rainbow event sets turnout record

More than 400 children left a North Las Vegas park with arms full of books after the sixth annual Reading Rainbow event hosted by North Las Vegas City Councilwoman Pamela Goynes-Brown.

After Las Vegas shooting, Macau casinos plan ‘mock attacks’

Authorities in the Chinese territory of Macau have ramped up security measures following the deadly Las Vegas shooting this month and unveiled plans for a series of mock attacks and crisis training to safeguard the world’s largest gambling hub.

5 Utah State players to watch against UNLV

Five Utah State players to watch when the UNLV football team plays the Aggies at 3 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd .Stadium

After Las Vegas shooting, beware fake relief funds

In the aftermath of the Las Vegas attack and recent natural disasters across the country, law enforcement officials are reminding the public to be vigilant of fraudulent disaster relief funds.

 
California to add gender-neutral option on state driver’s licenses

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a measure allowing Californians to identify their gender as “non-binary” on driver’s licenses if they don’t identify solely as male or female, the latest effort by California to ease barriers for LGBT people.

 
Couple found in California desert locked in embrace

Authorities say two adult bodies were locked in an embrace when they were discovered in Joshua Tree National Park, near the area where a missing Southern California couple vanished while hiking three months ago.

Girls Day unites 200 youths with mentors at Lied club

Zariah Russell, 9, sat on a brick retaining wall outside at the Lied Boys Girls Club. She scooped chocolate ice cream out of a foam cup with a wooden spoon as the sun glinted off the gold-colored crown on her head.

Cooler temps, wind expected in Las Vegas Valley

A cold front moving into the valley late Thursday will bring winds that could gust to 45 mph, National Weather Service says.

When is MRI screening better than mammography?

Breast cancer death rates have dropped 39 percent over the past 26 years, according to an Oct. 3 report from the American Cancer Society. Much of that is due to the measures taken for early detection and follow-up prevention to detect cancer and keep women cancer-free.

Ringing victory bell signals end of treatment

Breast cancer runs in Anne Marie Budd-Baldwin’s family. Several of her cousins have been diagnosed with the disease that also claimed the life of her beloved sister, Henderson resident Connie Budd-Gomeau, nearly two decades ago.

Cancer patients follow ‘bald is beautiful’ mantra

Everyone knows that hair loss is a potential side effect of cancer treatment. Some women take it as a time to express a completely different side of them. Some search for a wig that matches their “regular” hair, and some just opt to recite the “bald is beautiful” mantra. Each survivor has to decide what works best for her, and the choices abound.

Florida candidate for Congress said she was abducted by aliens

A Florida candidate for Congress said Monday she stands by her claims she was abducted to an alien spaceship at age 7 but that the incident shouldn’t detract from what she’s done here on Earth since then.

Marino out of drug czar consideration after bombshell report

President Donald Trump says the Pennsylvania congressman he chose to be the nation’s drug czar is withdrawing from consideration for the job.

 
Past presidents angry Trump said fallen soldiers ignored

For U.S. presidents, meeting the families of military personnel killed in war is about as wrenching as the presidency gets. President Donald Trump’s suggestion Monday that his predecessors fell short in that duty brought a visceral reaction from those who witnessed those grieving encounters.

 
Sadness, depression set in for survivors of California fires

A week after fleeing wildfires, tens of thousands of Californians are drifting back into their neighborhoods. Some will face the prospect of destroyed homes. All will face the possibility of lasting emotional damage.

 
The Ruth Bader Ginsburg workout — don’t knock it till you try it

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg started working out with Bryant Johnson in 1999 after being treated for colorectal cancer. As Ginsburg tells the story, her husband told her she looked “like a survivor of a concentration camp” and needed to do something to rebuild her strength.

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