California hit with mudslides and flooding during Thursday’s storm

A powerful storm spread more rain across California on Thursday, swelling rivers, flooding streets and causing some mud and rock slides but, so far, sparing communities a repeat of the disastrous debris flows that hit during a downpour early this year.

This week’s 5 best bets for concerts in Las Vegas

Scan a few pages of Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen’s auto-barf-ography, “Ministry: The Lost Gospels,” and you’ll wonder how the debauched-to-the-bone industrial rock forebear is still among the living.

Bolton joins Trump team as national security adviser, McMaster out

President Donald Trump is replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster with the former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, injecting a hawkish foreign policy voice into his administration ahead of key decisions on Iran and North Korea.

Spending bill heads to Trump

A $1.3 trillion spending bill is headed to President Donald Trump after the House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve legislation that gives the armed services a pay hike but gives no relief to immigrant Dreamers seeking protection from deportation.

Henderson names new assistant city manager

Garcia-Vause will begin the new position on April 9. She takes over for Greg Blackburn, who left to “pursue new opportunities,” according to a citywide email sent this month by Interim City Manager Richard Derrick.

Raiders re-sign backup quarterback EJ Manuel

EJ Manuel joins Connor Cook and recent signee Josh Johnson as the team’s quarterback reserves entering the April 9 start of the Raiders’ voluntary workout program. Manuel won the No. 2 job last offseason.

Raiders sign likely starter in RT Breno Giacomini

The Raiders on Thursday announced the signing of right tackle Breno Giacomini. The 32-year-old started all 16 games for the Houston Texans last season. His arrival follows this month’s release of Marshall Newhouse.

 
Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus dies at 94

Charles P. Lazarus, the World War II veteran who founded Toys R Us six decades ago and transformed it into an iconic piece of Americana, died Thursday at age 94, a week after the chain announced it was going out of business.

 
Reno businessman plans $100M investment to revitalize SLS

Alex Meruelo will invest up to $100 million to revitalize the SLS Las Vegas after the Nevada Gaming Commission approved his acquisition Thursday of the struggling Strip property.

Best bets for Thursday’s NCAA Sweet 16 games

Handicapper Bruce Marshall likes Kentucky (Even) to win the South Regional, where it would face the winner of UNR-Loyola-Chicago in the final and set up a sizable middle.

 
Florida high school requiring clear backpacks after shooting

Already heightened security was being bolstered Thursday at the Florida high school that became the scene of a massacre last month, with Gov. Rick Scott ordering eight highway patrol troopers to help secure the grounds. The move came after the shooting suspect’s brother was arrested on campus, two students were caught carrying knives and another made online threats.

Sanctions on China send US stock market into dive

Stocks plunged Thursday after the Trump administration slapped sanctions on goods and investment from China. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped more than 700 points as investors feared that trade tensions between the world’s largest economies would escalate.

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