MLB restricts visits to mound, holds off on pitch clocks

Major League Baseball imposed stricter limits on mound visits by players in an effort to speed games but decided against 20-second pitch clocks for 2018.

Florida lawamkers urged to consider gun-control laws

The deadly shooting at a Florida high school has put pressure on the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature to consider a sweeping package of gun-control laws in a state that has resisted restrictions on firearms for decades, lawmakers said Monday.

 
Chicken shortage forces KFC to close many UK stores

Fast-food fans were in a flutter Monday after most of the 900 KFC outlets in the U.K. and Ireland were forced to close because of a shortage of chicken.

Want to help children? Try Make-A-Wish walk

If you had the opportunity to easily help some young child suffering from a menacing health issue, would you step forward? Of course you would.

Westin Las Vegas replaces casino floor with restaurant

Unlike other hotels near the Las Vegas Strip, this one has recently replaced the pings and beeps of slot machines with the soft clinking of forks on plates.

Inmate at center of US Supreme Court ruling denied parole

A 71-year-old Louisiana inmate whose case led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on juvenile-offender sentences was denied parole on Monday, more than a half-century after he killed a sheriff’s deputy at age 17.

 
Fergie bashed for NBA All-Star rendition of national anthem

Fergie, the Black Eyed Peas singer’s slow, bluesy rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” on Sunday night wasn’t particularly well received at Staples Center or on social media before the 67th NBA All-Star Game.

Cool temps, chance of snow in store for Las Vegas Valley

After weeks of unseasonably warm weather, the Las Vegas Valley will slip into below-average temperatures this week. A weather system passing through could drop trace amounts of snow pellets late Monday or Thursday night.

Heller collected donations from company that championed his bill

Contributions from a Fortune 500 health care company flowed into the campaign coffers of Republican Sen. Dean Heller late last year after the Nevada lawmaker co-sponsored a bill championed by the firm, an analysis of public records show.

UK film awards honors ‘Three Billboards,’ solidarity with women

Ferocious female-led tragicomedy “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” was the big winner Sunday at the British Academy Film Awards in London, where women demanding an end to harassment, abuse and inequality dominated the ceremony.

Wardrobe malfunction leaves French skater exposed at Olympics

The first notes of Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” had just played when Gabriella Papadakis suddenly became aware that people were about to see a whole lot more of her shape than she had planned.

 
3 days of fights turn Carnival cruise into ‘holiday from hell’

A South Pacific cruise was interrupted by brawls apparently caused by a 23-member family who threw punches at other passengers, some of whom said they locked themselves in cabins to escape three days of violence.

Doping charge hits Russian curling star, a bronze medalist

Russia could lose its chance to be reinstated before the end of the Winter Olympics because of a doping charge against curling bronze medalist Alexander Krushelnitsky.

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