Minor League Baseball announces rule changes

Starting this year, mound visits for Triple-A teams will be limited to six, there will be a 15-second pitch timer and most importantly, once a game reaches extra innings, each inning will begin with a runner on second base.

 
Veteran executive Lee brings hands-on approach to Full House Resorts

When Full House Resorts President Dan Lee got off the phone with a tree broker in Houston last summer, he ordered Chief Financial Officer Lewis Fanger to join him in a single-engine turbo plane for a short flight to Palm Desert.

Heller introduces bill to reauthorize Colorado River program

Legislation has been introduced in the Senate to reauthorize the Colorado River System Conservation Program critical to water supplies for Southern Nevada.

Full House Resorts president sees rich potential in Colorado

While changes at Silver Slipper and Rising Star can swing company earnings, Full House President Dan Lee’s pet project in Colorado has the potential to double the company’s cash flows and stock price in a few years. Lee owns about 8.8 percent of the company’s shares, including vested options.

Library gallery spaces a showcase for Las Vegas artists

Suzanne Singar lives in Summerlin and often visits the Sahara West Library to borrow books. But along with checking out volumes of verbal art, Singar makes it a point to check out the pieces of visual art found in the library branch’s galleries.

 
Ford recalls almost 1.4M cars over faulty steering wheels

Under pressure from U.S. regulators, Ford is recalling nearly 1.4 million midsize cars in North America because the steering wheels can detach from the steering column and drivers could lose control.

 
Las Vegas Valley students join walkouts over gun violence

Students in Clark County joined young Americans around the country Wednesday by walking out of class to honor victims of last month’s mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

Former Equifax executive charged with insider trading

A former Equifax executive who sold stock for nearly $1 million before the company’s massive data breach was publicly announced faces insider trading charges.

US students take part in walkouts to protest gun violence

Young people in the U.S. walked out of school to demand action on gun violence Wednesday in what activists hoped would be the biggest demonstration of student activism yet in response to last month’s massacre in Florida.

 
Britain expels 23 Russian diplomats over poisoning of ex-spy

Britain announced Wednesday it will expel 23 Russian diplomats and break off high-level contacts with the Kremlin over the nerve-agent attack on a former spy and his daughter in an English town.

Walmart to offer online same-day grocery in more than 100 cities

Walmart is expanding its same-day online grocery delivery service to more than 40 percent of U.S. households, or 100 metro areas, by year-end as it tries to keep pace with online leader Amazon.com.

Norwegian musher wins Iditarod sled dog race in Alaska

Joar Ulsom of Norway won the world’s most famous sled dog race Wednesday after a grueling dash across Alaska’s rough terrain, but he earned tens of thousands of dollars less than last year’s top musher at the struggling Iditarod.

Dem claims victory in Pennsyvania while GOP foe fights on

A razor’s edge separated Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone early Wednesday in their closely watched special election in Pennsylvania, where a surprisingly strong bid by first-time candidate Lamb severely tested Donald Trump’s sway in a GOP stronghold.

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