Late mistake keeps Vonn off the podium

Lindsey Vonn’s first Olympic race in eight years included one obvious, late mistake that she was sure cost her a medal — maybe even the gold.

UNLV roundup: Ban, men’s golf team maintain lead

UNLV senior Shintaro Ban shot 4-under-par 68 for an 11-under 133 total and a three-stroke lead, helping the Rebels pace the 20-team John Burns Intercollegiate at 21-under 555 after two rounds in Lihue, Hawaii.

Las Vegas remembers Florida school shooting victims — PHOTOS

Route 91 survivors and members of the Las Vegas community gathered Friday night for a candlelight vigil at the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden to honor victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting in Florida.

Ex-Playmate alleges affair with Donald Trump

President Donald Trump had a nine-month extramarital affair with the 1998 Playboy Playmate of the year beginning in 2006, showing the woman his wife’s bedroom in Trump Tower and bringing her to his private bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel, according to the woman’s eight-page, handwritten account of the relationship obtained by The New Yorker magazine.

2A Boys: Needles slides past Lake Mead in overtime

The Mustangs overcame a sluggish start, and their defense was too much for Lake Mead as Needles rallied to top the Eagles, 50-39 in overtime of the Class 2A Southern League semifinals at Del Sol on Friday.

2A Girls: Murch sisters power Needles to region title game

Paige Murch and Preslee Murch each scored 18 points to lift the Mustangs’ girls basketball team to a 58-42 win at Del Sol, and send Needles to Southern League championship game for the fourth time in five years.

1A Girls: Guards help Round Mountain advance to title game

McKayla Brown and Tia Sample combined to knock down five 3-pointers, and Round Mountain held on for a 39-35 win over the Muckers in the Class 1A Southern League semifinals at Basic.

EDITORIAL: SEIU trying to shakedown taxpayers

The Las Vegas Mob Museum needs to open a new exhibit. It’s government employee unions, not mobsters like Al Capone, who’ve mastered the art of the shakedown. That’s what the Service Employees International Union Local 1107 is trying to do right now to Clark County taxpayers.

Deal-maker Donald Trump pushes through budget bill

In a display of unusual bipartisan support, Minority Leader Charles Schumer sang its praises on the floor of the Senate.

Let’s turn Yucca Mountain into a nuclear reprocessing center

We would have Ph.D’s in nuclear science, physics and engineering, along with other well-paid experts in various fields with resumes reaching the skies, living right here in Nevada.

 
Danny Garcia ends silence, predicts KO over Brandon Rios

Coming off his first career loss, Danny Garcia will end an 11-month layoff Saturday when he faces Brandon Rios in the main event of a Showtime-televised boxing card at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.

Lady Rebels’ Katie Powell takes game to higher level

UNLV junior post player Katie Powell leads the team with 16.2 points and 9.1 rebounds per game, with 11 double-doubles. She is in the conversation for Mountain West Player of the Year.

Former Haggen store in Las Vegas faces uncertain future

Boca Park, a massive shopping center near Summerlin, gets plenty of customers. But a big, empty store is boarded and padlocked, and if you peak above the plywood covering an entrance, you still see a name: Haggen.

2 more flu deaths in Clark County push death toll to 24

The total death toll from flu cases as of Feb. 10 is almost triple last year’s total at that time, the Southern Nevada Health District reports.

2 Nevada charter schools face possible closure over student performance

Nevada Virtual Academy and Quest Preparatory Academy both received “notices of intent to terminate” Friday from a state oversight board, but they have an opportunity to continue operating by submitting a turnaround plan.

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