UNLV group wants apology from, meeting with North Las Vegas police

Black Lives Matter UNLV and the university’s NAACP chapter are demanding a meeting with the North Las Vegas Police Department after seven officers disrupted a poetry event outside the student union on Tuesday night.

Imagine Dragons, Killers headline Vegas Strong concert tonight

They were away from home when home was forever changed. Two days after playing a near-capacity show at T-Mobile Arena, Imagine Dragons were in L.A. on Oct. 1, headlining theHollywood Bowl.

 
Monte Carlo conversion shows how to get 2 hotels for price of 1

The conversion of MGM Resorts International’s Monte Carlo into Park MGM makes perfect sense: Why invest more than $550 million to upgrade a hotel that first opened its doors in 1996 when you can get two hotels for the price of one.

Senate moves closer to vote on sweeping tax-reform bill

The Senate edged closer Thursday to a historic vote on a sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax code that includes cuts for corporations, businesses and individuals, but would heap $1.4 trillion onto the national debt over 10 years.

Betting trends for college football this weekend

The Gold Sheet handicapper Bruce Marshall provides the Review-Journal with college football tech notes and trends from Goldsheet.com.

 
Sports Betting Spotlight: College football Week 14

Review-Journal reporter Todd Dewey, handicapper Kelly Stewart and The Mirage sports book director Jeff Stoneback preview Week 14 of the college football season.

Naked City Pizza opening downtown in time for First Friday

Naked City Pizza has pushed forward the opening of its downtown location in order to feed the masses at this week’s First Friday. The popular local chain, which specializes in Buffalo style pizza, is taking over the space at El Cortez that was previously Pizza Lotto.

Reno gunman may have been hallucinating, police say

The gunman who took a woman hostage and opened fire from a high-rise condominium in downtown Reno before a SWAT team killed him didn’t appear to be aiming at anyone on the street below, police said Thursday.

 
Sports Betting Spotlight: NFL Week 13

Review-Journal reporter Todd Dewey, handicapper Kelly Stewart and The Mirage sports book director Jeff Stoneback preview NFL Week 13.

School Board selects firm to search for next Clark County superintendent

Iowa-based Ray and Associates, which touted itself as the most experienced education executive search firm in the nation, will head up the effort to find a qualified replacement for outgoing Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky.

Mexican man found not guilty in killing on San Francisco pier

An illegal immigrant from Mexico was acquitted of murder and manslaughter by a San Francisco jury on Thursday in the fatal shooting of a woman that Donald Trump used as a rallying cry against “sanctuary cities” during his presidential campaign.

Investment firm buys Las Vegas apartment complex for $57.75M

Kennedy Wilson announced Thursday that it acquired the 480-unit Entrata di Paradiso complex in the northwest valley for $57.75 million, and that it plans to spend another $4 million on upgrades.

New RJ database connects survivors of Las Vegas shooting

In an effort to help survivors reunite, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has launched the Route 91 Harvest festival Survivors Connection. The page offers a searchable database designed to serve as a conduit to facilitate contact between those looking for people they encountered during the shooting.

It’s not too early for 2019 Las Vegas City Council race to begin

There’s also been talk at City Hall about moving municipal races to November of even-numbered years, to sync up with Clark County’s cycle and state and federal elections, but the council hasn’t voted on an Election Day move.

 
Nevada prep football teams forced to travel across the state

The logistics make it impossible for the best team to host the state title game in Nevada. It’s set up on a rotating basis in part to minimize travel. If the NIAA seeded its bracket, it would mean more teams traveling.

Construction begins on new I-15 interchange at Starr Avenue

Construction started Thursday on a $33.7 million freeway interchange for Interstate 15 and Starr Avenue, aimed at reducing traffic congestion amid a renewed housing boom in southwest Las Vegas and Henderson.

‘Coming soon’ billboard for Luxor appears on Las Vegas Strip

The Luxor, Las Vegas’ pyramid-shaped casino, opened to tens of thousands of people in 1993. But now, there’s a curious site right across the street: a “coming soon” billboard for the resort.

Patriots’ Lawrence Guy honors Las Vegas shooting victims with cleats

On Sunday, Lawrence Guy, who played at Western High School, will honor the 58 killed and more than 500 injured in the attack on the Strip during the NFL’s My Cause, My Cleats initiative.

Bankruptcy trustee OK’d to operate Klondike Sunset Casino

The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a bankruptcy trustee to take over operation of the Klondike Sunset Casino in Henderson, preventing about 50 casino workers from joining the unemployment line.

Rick Pitino sues University of Louisville Athletic Association for $38.7M

Rick Pitino has sued the University of Louisville Athletic Association for $38.7 million, saying it breached his contract by placing him on unpaid administrative leave without notice and firing him last month with no legally justified “cause.”

 
4.4 magnitude earthquake hits East Coast states

An earthquake has jolted the Mid-Atlantic region of the East Coast, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Las Vegas police look for robbers in home invasion, assault

Police say the men entered a home on the 10000 block of Orkiney Drive Tuesday night through an unlocked back door and ransacked it after overpowering the woman as she lay in bed.