RTC hands out prizes to mark 25th anniversary

Bus riders braved the blast of winter wind early Tuesday to collect gift cards, some food and transit-related trinkets to mark the 25th anniversary of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.

Bengals’ Iloka, Steelers’ Smith-Schuster banned 1 game each

Pittsburgh Steelers rookie wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and Cincinnati Bengals cornerback George Iloka have been suspended one game each by the NFL for violating league safety rules.

LGBT-friendly residence floor at UNLV helps students adjust

The floor, which opened this semester, was the idea of junior resident assistant Sawyer Spackman, 21, who said there was a need for more diverse and inclusive spaces on campus. Stonewall Suites are named after the 1969 Stonewall riots that took place in response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City.

Las Vegas shooting survivor Tina Frost moves to rehab center

Las Vegas Strip shooting victim Tina Frost, who suffered a severe head wound, has been transferred from a Baltimore hospital to a rehabilitation center following surgeries, according to an update on a social media site.

Sci-fi author Drake’s free workshops popular among writers

Maxwell Alexander Drake, 49, covers topics such as character development, the anatomy of a fight scene and the business of publishing and maintaining a writing career. He posts about upcoming classes through his Meetup.com group, Las Vegas Creative Writing Class, which has more than 2,000 members. The group usually meets on Sundays or Mondays.

Some Russian athletes could compete in 2018 Winter Olympics

Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea as neutrals despite orchestrated doping at the 2014 Sochi Games, the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday.

Supreme Court hears arguments in Colorado wedding cake case

His vote likely to decide the outcome, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy voiced competing concerns Tuesday about respecting the religious beliefs of a Colorado baker who wouldn’t make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, and the gay couple’s dignity.

Cinemark announces monthly subscription club

Cinemark has unveiled a monthly subscription program, dubbed Movie Club, that lets customers buy a movie ticket a month for a discount price of $8.99, in addition to 20% off on concessions.

$6.7M in expenses related to special counsel investigation

The special counsel investigation into possible coordination between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia during the 2016 presidential election has cost more than $6.7 million so far, according to a financial report released Tuesday.

Michigan Rep. John Conyers resigns from Congress

Besieged by allegations of sexual harassment, Democratic Rep. John Conyers resigned from Congress on Tuesday, bringing an abrupt end to the civil rights leader’s nearly 53-year career on Capitol Hill.

Anger with Trump boils as victims of Harvey struggle to recover

More than three months after Hurricane Harvey walloped Texas, many affected residents say they’re still not getting help they need and President Donald Trump is getting low marks for his handling of the disaster.

Starting at $200K, Lamborghini joining high-end SUV market

Lamborghini unveiled the once-improbable Urus SUV on Monday at its headquarters in Sant’Agata, Italy, where the supercar maker owned by the Volkswagen group is expanding the factory to meet utility vehicle demand.

 
Met told in 2016 of famed director’s alleged sexual misconduct

A big question remains after renowned conductor James Levine was suspended from the Metropolitan Opera amid accusations of sexual abuse: Why did it take so long for the company to act after it was informed by police that he had been accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy?

DUI suspect dances on car top, then tries to flee on scooter

Police say a Nevada woman was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after she drove down a highway the wrong way, danced atop her SUV and attempted to flee from officers on a kid’s scooter.

Raccoons may have leg up on dogs, cats when it comes to brains

Cat people and dog people have long sparred over which species possesses the best brains. According to a new study published in Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, the best way to measure cognitive ability is to tally each animal’s neurons.

John Oliver grills Dustin Hoffman over sex harassment allegation

HBO host John Oliver hammered Dustin Hoffman on an allegation of sexual harassment and the actor fired back with a ferocious defense as a seemingly benign screening became an explosive conversation about Hollywood sexual misconduct on Monday night.

 
California fire grows to more than 70 square miles

Raked by ferocious Santa Ana winds, explosive wildfires northwest of Los Angeles and in the city’s foothills burned a psychiatric hospital and scores of other structures Tuesday and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people.

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