Titus on bill to regulate ‘bump stocks’ like machine guns

A bipartisan bill that would provide a framework to restrict and regulate “bump stocks” was filed Tuesday — a day before the one month anniversary of the Las Vegas Strip shooting massacre.

New drug shows promise in cancer treatment

A relatively new drug treatment for breast cancer has created exciting prospects from the future of breast cancer treatments.

Trials give hope to patients

To a cancer patient, the best medicine often can be hope. Hope for a better course of action, hope for better medicine, hope for great doctors or hope for what the Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada often can deliver: acceptance into a study for an effective new drug.

Titus urges full funding of grants after Las Vegas shooting

Nevada Democrat urges Homeland Security Secretary-nominee Kirstjen Nielsen to erase proposed budget cuts to the Urban Area Security Initiative grants in light of the Las Vegas mass shooting.

Oncology nurse finds joy in her work

Oncology nursing is not an easy career choice by any means. Nurses in this field specialize in caring for people with cancer, often serving as the first line of communication and coordinating the many aspects of patients’ treatment plans.

High-end bicycle concept wins Henderson’s first Start Tank

Winner Brett Marshall’s Code 4 Bikes is a concept for high-end, nearly maintenance-free bicycles geared toward police departments or security forces. Marshall, who said he spent 30 years performing in circuses and bike shows, began building his own bicycles at 13 and recently saw the potential for the business.

Texas parents forced child to brush teeth with cat feces, police say

Investigators say a San Antonio-area couple punished their three young children by forcing one to brush her teeth with cat feces, using a shock collar as punishment and beating them with a thorny switch.

 
Facebook says Russian ads seen by as many as 126M users

Major tech companies plan to tell Congress Tuesday that they have found additional evidence of Russian activity on their services surrounding the 2016 U.S. election.

Code Central in Henderson teaches tech skills to children

After learning how to wire and program robots, as well as write basic code, 11-year-old Melody Weaver said she wants to become a robotics engineer. Weaver said it was her dad’s idea for her to learn coding.

Civil War experts say John Kelly’s view ‘dangerous, depressing’

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly was the guest for the premiere of Laura Ingraham’s new show on Fox News Monday night. During the interview, he outlined a view of the history of the Civil War that historians described as “strange,” “highly provocative,” “dangerous” and “kind of depressing.”

UNLV grad Tomi Lahren under fire for Halloween flag costume

Some have accused the UNLV graduate and Fox News contributor of being disrespectful of the flag, including Trump administration critic Keith Olbermann, who claimed her costume was in violation of U.S. flag code.

Exhibit at Nevada Museum of Art tells ‘Greater West’ stories

Romantic images of cowboys and covered wagons, railroad barons and Gold Rush-era prospectors that typically depict the settling of the American West play only supporting roles at best in a Nevada art exhibit with a broader perspective on Earth’s “final frontier.”

Woman charged in hammer attack in northeast Las Vegas

Las Vegas police arrested a 41-year-old woman on Friday and charged her with battery with a deadly weapon resulting in substantial bodily harm.

Battle of Beersheba helped shape modern Middle East

A century to the day after Australian horsemen broke through Ottoman defenses in a daring First World War victory, nearly two hundred re-enactors, including descendants of the soldiers who fought that day, were participating on Tuesday in a memorial to those killed in a battle that helped turn the tide of the war and shape the modern Middle East.

Chiefs beat Broncos 29-19 in AFC West showdown

The Kansas City Chiefs proved Monday night they can play a little defense, too. The same group that struggled to contain the Steelers and Raiders in back-to-back losses shut down Denver, picking off Trevor Siemian three times, picking up two fumbles and taking one of them back for a touchdown in a 29-19 victory over their AFC West rivals.

UNLV roundup: League honors three women’s soccer players

Sophie Cortes and Chidera Akubuilo were named to the Mountain West all-conference first and second women’s soccer teams, and Amanda Galbraith was named to the all-newcomer team.

PGA Tour Champions trio takes on Vegas putting challenge

John Cook won 11 times on the PGA Tour, including the PGA Tour’s 1992 Las Vegas Invitational at TPC Summerlin, but he may have never seen anything like the Major Series of Putting.

Golden Knights lose game and another goalie

On a day when the biggest news regarding the NHL expansion team was supposed to be working toward a conclusion that is the obvious swing and miss in signing forward Vadim Shipachyov, the Knights saw a dire situation in net become even more grim.

Student from China dead in shooting near University of Utah

The University of Utah says an international student was killed in a fatal carjacking near the school late Monday, causing a campus-wide lockdown as police continue to search for the suspected gunman.

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