Las Vegas restaurants, chefs rally for UNLVino event

As the first UNLVino guests were streaming into the courtyard of the Keep Memory Event Center in Symphony Park, blue, white and red balloons were released to honor legendary French chef Paul Bocuse.

New NASA mission explores planets, stars beyond solar system

Jason Steffen, a member of the Kepler Science Team and an associate professor of physics and astronomy at UNLV, will participate in a new NASA mission to study planets and stars beyond Earth’s solar system.

Raiders can afford to relax in quarterback-rich draft

Raiders coach Jon Gruden dealt with a QB carousel in his previous five seasons of coaching with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is not riding one now.

 
Former first lady Barbara Bush dies at the age of 92

Barbara Bush, the snowy-haired first lady whose plainspoken manner and utter lack of pretense made her more popular at times than her husband, President George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday. She was 92.

UNLV golfer Shintaro Ban enjoys banner senior season

Shintaro Ban is putting together one of the best senior years in the history of the UNLV men’s golf program, and it’s coming as somewhat of a surprise even to him.

Cortez Masto, Senate Democrats ask Facebook to strengthen policies

Senate Democrats asked Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday to strengthen the social media platform policies to combat discrimination in online advertisements for housing and employment opportunities.

 
Olympic medalist sues USA Gymnastics, Michigan State

Olympic gold medalist Jordyn Wieber is the latest gymnast to sue Michigan State University, USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic Committee over former sports doctor Larry Nasssar’s sexual abuse.

 
Oklahoma, Texas on high alert for rampaging wildfires

Forecasters warned of dangerous, life-threatening wildfire conditions in parts of the Southwest and Southern Plains on Tuesday, as a forestry official warned firefighters battling a terrifying deadly blaze in Oklahoma that it would be a “historically critical day.”

New BLM manager named for Northern Nevada district

A U.S. Bureau of Land Management official from Utah who previously worked as an environmental protection specialist at Naval Air Station Fallon has been named a BLM district manager in Northern Nevada.

Windows at Sierra Vista High vandalized

Clark County School District police are searching for a suspect after Sierra Vista High School was vandalized Monday after school.

John Oliver supports Alaska Blockbuster with Crowe memorabilia

John Oliver of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” is trying to give one of the last Blockbuster Video locations in the world a little help in drawing customers instead of streaming movies online.

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