Bundy mistrial highlights why right distrusts the feds — ANALYSIS

As Washington conservatives question whether partisan FBI officials working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller have stacked the deck against President Donald Trump, a criminal case in Las Vegas points to the sort of federal prosecutorial abuses that give the right cause for paranoia.

No. 2 Gorman claims Tarkanian Classic with victory over top-ranked Clark

Sophomore Noah Taitz hit five 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 26 points to lead Bishop Gorman to a 69-56 home victory over Clark in the Platinum Division championship of the Tarkanian Classic on Saturday.

Golden Knights again tame one of NHL’s best in Alex Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin has scored 627 career goals over the regular season and playoffs and is second in the league this year with 23, but was limited to just three shots Saturday in a 3-0 loss to Vegas.

 
Golden Edge: Knights shut out Capitals

Bryan Salmond, Steve Carp and David Schoen examine the Golden Knights’ shutout victory over the Washington Capitals at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.

Roundup: Cimarron dominates at Bonanza meet

Cimarron-Memorial’s wrestling team pitched a shutout Saturday against Canyon Springs, collecting pinfall victories from seven Spartans in the 78-0 victory at Bonanza.

Tarkanian Boys: Jaden Hardy, Coronado rally past Durango

Jaden Hardy scored a game-high 23 points to lead Coronado’s boys basketball team to a 75-61 victory over Durango in the Orleans Division at Desert Oasis on Saturday.

Dozens feared dead in Philippine mall fire

Philippine firefighters recovered one body from a burning shopping mall Sunday and there was “zero” chances of survival for 36 other trapped people inside the four-story building in southern Davao city, an official said.

Roundup: Findlay Prep takes down Prolific Prep

Bol Bol had 21 points on 10 of 11 shooting from the field to lead the Pilots past Prolific Prep in the third-place game of the Chick-Fil-A Classic.

COMMENTARY: Words that weren’t banned and some that should be

To put it bluntly, “awesome” isn’t anymore. “Snowflake” produces more ennui than insult. “Pivot,” “veritable,’ “in reality,” and “best practices” wear us down.

COMMENTARY: When we didn’t take the light for granted

Although light alone couldn’t make nighttime safe, city dwellers believed it did. That encouraged more people to venture out at night.

Harry Reid: Federal government’s UFO study nothing to denigrate

With an annual defense budget of $700 billion, shouldn’t America join in keeping America on the cutting edge of science?

Las Vegas boy gives Legos, brings smiles to kids at UMC

Dylan Prunty, who was diagnosed with mitochondrial disease when he was 6 and has spent Christmas in the hospital before, has made it his mission to put smiles on the faces of other children who can’t be home for the holidays.

Tarkanian Girls: Dre’una Edwards powers Liberty to tournament title

Dreuna Edwards scored 14 of her game-high 21 points in overtime to lead Libertys girls basketball team to a 62-54 victory over Valor Christian (Colorado) in the title game of the Tarkanian Classic at Durango on Saturday.

Trump team’s ban on refugees partially lifted

A federal judge in Seattle on Saturday partially lifted a Trump administration ban on certain refugees after two groups argued that the policy prevented people from some mostly Muslim countries from reuniting with family living legally in the United States.

Miss America CEO, others resign in wake of email scandal

The head of the organization that stages the Miss America beauty pageant and other leaders with the group resigned Saturday after a report this week alleging that emails he had sent were derogatory toward past winners.

FBI’s deputy director to retire in early 2018, Trump reacts

President Donald Trump reacted to reports Saturday about the coming retirement of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who has been buffeted by attacks from the president and his Republican allies over alleged anti-Trump bias in the agency, by repeating falsehoods about McCabe’s wife.

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