A guide to the NCAA Final Four

To get you ready, we’ve got a rundown of the teams, the top players, the coaches and other tidbits about this year’s Final Four.

Tracking the Clark County school sexual misconduct cases

A year after the initial peak of arrests of Clark County School District employees, the Review-Journal revisits the cases to see how many have led to convictions and what punishment the offenders have received.

 
Doctor says Stephon Clark shot 7 times from behind by police

Sacramento police shot Stephon Clark seven times from behind, according to autopsy results released Friday by a pathologist hired by Clark’s family, findings that call into question the department’s assertion that the 22-year-old black man was facing officers and walking toward them when he was killed.

DraftKings seeking casino partners for sports betting

DraftKings spokesman James Chisholm said the leading daily fantasy company “is perfectly positioned to succeed in a legal sports betting market.”

36-year-old accountant Scott Foster helps Blackhawks beat Jets

Scott Foster thought it was going to be just another night. Then the 36-year-old accountant signed a contract, put on his goaltender gear and waited in Chicago’s locker room.

Nevada’s minimum wage to remain unchanged at $7.25 per hour

The minimum wage for Nevada employees who are offered qualified health benefits from their employers will remain at $7.25 per hour and the minimum wage for employees who are not offered qualified health benefits will remain $8.25 per hour, Nevada’s Office of Labor Commissioner announced Friday.

5 steps to turn your tax refund into an investment

As the April 17 federal income tax filing deadline approaches, you might already be dreaming of ways to spend that refund check. What you should do with your tax refund depends on your financial goals and situation.

Walmart reportedly discussing deal with insurer Humana

Walmart may be looking to dive deeper into the rapidly evolving health care market by acquiring the insurer Humana, according to The Wall Street Journal.

American service member killed in Syrian roadside bombing

A roadside bomb in northern Syria killed two coalition personnel, including an American, and wounded five others in a rare attack since the U.S.-led coalition sent troops into the war-torn country, the U.S. military and a U.S. defense official said Friday.

Tumbling Chinese space lab poses little risk to people on ground

Debris from space enters the atmosphere every few months, but only one person is known to have been hit by any of it: American woman Lottie Williams, who was struck but not injured by a falling piece of a U.S. Delta II rocket while exercising in an Oklahoma park in 1997.

Widow of Pulse nightclub gunman acquitted of all charges

The widow of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay Orlando nightclub was acquitted Friday on charges of lying to the FBI and helping her husband in the 2016 attack.

 
How NDOT mistakes forced taxpayers to pay twice for tortoise fence

The flawed installation of fences intended to protect the Mojave Desert Tortoise from highway traffic cost taxpayers more than $700,000 to correct, and faulty culvert drainage killed one of the protected animals, a Las Vegas Review-Journal investigation found.

Palestinian-Israeli clashes along Gaza border turn deadly

Large crowds of flag-waving Palestinian protesters marched toward the Gaza border fence with Israel on Friday, some of them throwing stones and drawing Israeli fire that officials said killed at least three people.

 
Hundreds attend vigil for Las Vegas teens killed in California

Hundreds gathered Friday night at Knickerbocker Park in northwest Las Vegas to remember Dylan Mack, A.J. Rossi and Brooke Hawley, the three Centennial High School students killed when a suspected drunken driver rear-ended Dylan’s red Toyota.

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