2nd UNR football player joins basketball team

UNR basketball coach Eric Musselman has added a second Wolf Pack football player to his depleted roster.

 
NCAA vacates Louisville basketball title after sex scandal case

Louisville must vacate its 2013 men’s basketball title following an NCAA appeals panel’s decision to uphold sanctions against the men’s program in the sex scandal case.

Las Vegas shooting victim Tina Frost to have surgeries for eye

Tina Frost, one of the most seriously injured victims of the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, is preparing for surgeries in Maryland necessary for the fitting of a prosthetic eye, according to her family.

 
Raising backyard chickens becoming more popular

The history of chickens can be traced as far back as 500 B.C. Early on, the fowl were primarily used as entertainment in the form of cock-fighting, according to some historians. Once people realized the bird produced eggs that could be consumed and that the hen itself could also be eaten for protein, chickens became an important part of human life.

Nutrition approach to weight loss fails in study

A precision nutrition approach to weight loss didn’t hold up in a study testing low fat versus low carb depending on dieters’ genetic or metabolic makeup.

MGM south Strip properties saw revenues drop after Oct. 1 shooting

MGM properties on the south Strip endured sharp revenue declines after the Oct. 1 shooting, including a 6.7 percent drop at Mandalay Bay, the Las Vegas-based casino company reported Tuesday.

Grocery giant Albertsons to scoop up remnants of Rite Aid

The privately held owner of Safeway, Vons and other grocery brands is plunging deeper into the pharmacy business with a deal to buy Rite Aid, the nation’s third-largest drugstore chain.

New exhibit looks at Native Americans’ impact on US culture

“Americans” runs through 2022 has opened to good reviews and pushes the national debate over American Indian imagery — including men in headdresses with bows, arrows and tomahawks — and sports teams named the Chiefs, Braves and Blackhawks.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada Properties celebrates 2018

One of Nevada’s largest real estate firms announced its 2017 sales numbers. Americana Holdings, based in Henderson, operates the largest Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices franchises in Nevada, Arizona and Southern California.

Students head to Florida capital to push for gun law changes

A hundred Stoneman Douglas High School students are busing 400 miles to Florida’s capital Tuesday to urge lawmakers to act to prevent a repeat of the massacre that killed 17 students and faculty last week.

It’s a beautiful day to celebrate Mr. Rogers’ impact on kids, TV

It’s been 50 years since Fred Rogers first appeared on TV screens, a gentle and avuncular man who warbled “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” as he changed into a cardigan and sneakers.

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