BLM director in Nevada leaving for firefighting post

John Ruhs, the head of the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada, is leaving to become the bureau’s new director at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.

Israeli pot agronomist working in Nevada ordered out of US

Shimon Abta is waiting for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to decide whether to grant him re-entry to the U.S. after the government deemed him a drug trafficker for his work in the medical marijuana industry.

Northern Nevada youth basketball leader accused of sexual misconduct

The founder of a youth basketball program in Nevada has placed himself on administrative leave from a national youth sports organization pending an investigation into allegations he had a sex with a former player nearly two decades ago.

 
1 officer kiled, 2 injured after shooting near Atlanta

A police officer was fatally wounded and two deputies were seriously injured in a shooting that also left a suspect dead south of Atlanta, authorities said Friday.

Unlimited movies with MoviePass a challenge for theaters

MoviePass is trying to bring to movie theaters what Netflix did for DVDs and online streaming: Let subscribers watch as many movies as they want for $10 a month.

Uber, Waymo settle self-driving car lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has settled a lawsuit alleging that it ripped off self-driving car technology from Google’s autonomous vehicle division.

Chapman Chrysler Jeep unleashes the beast

The perfect off-roading vehicle has arrived at Chapman Chrysler Jeep. American Expedition Vehicles are entirely customizable and designed to highlight personal experiences both on- and off-road. The 2018 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited AEV Rubicon offered at Chapman Chrysler Jeep embodies aggressively functional engineering and impeccable product design. Every customizable feature enhances the driving experience and will take the driver anywhere they want to venture off to.

Findlay Automotive donates $7,000 to Stop DUI Nevada

Stop DUI Nevada was founded by Sandy Heverly after several members of her family were the victims of a drunken driver. The victims of the horrific crash included Heverly’s mother, husband and four children who were all very seriously injured in the collision in Las Vegas in the early 1980s. The crash ultimately led to the untimely death of her mother.

L.L. Bean ending its longstanding unlimited returns policy

L.L. Bean’s generous return policy is going to be a little less forgiving: The company, which has touted its 100 percent satisfaction guarantee for more than a century, is imposing a one-year limit on most returns to reduce growing abuse and fraud.

Majority of Nevada delegation votes for budget, spending bill

A new budget deal that authorizes federal money for domestic programs that could benefit Nevada swayed the majority of the state’s congressional lawmakers to vote Friday for the bipartisan agreement that lifts caps on spending by $300 billion over two years.

Historic handshake shared by Koreas at opening ceremony

As South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife greeted VIPs in their dignitary box to watch the opening ceremony, they turned to shake hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister, who arrived earlier in the day on an unprecedented visit to the South by a member of the North’s ruling Kim family.

$20M in box spring lands Boston man 3 years in federal prison

A Brazilian man arrested in connection with the discovery of about $20 million cash hidden inside a box spring in a Massachusetts apartment has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison.

 
Pageantry, politics mark beginning of Winter Olympics

In an extraordinary show of unexpected unity, North and South Korea sat side by side Friday night under exploding fireworks that represented peace, not destruction, as the 2018 Winter Olympics opened.

Global stocks follow Dow’s lead, tumble Friday

Global stock markets sank Friday after the Dow Jones industrials on Wall Street plummeted more than 1,000 points, deepening a week-long sell-off.

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