Jets look to defy odds against Golden Knights

The Jets know the odds are against them as they leave Las Vegas and head to Winnipeg for Game 5 against the Golden Knights trailing 3-1 in the best-of-seven Western Conference Final.

Starbucks says no purchase needed to sit in cafes

Starbucks announced a new policy Saturday that allows anyone to sit in its cafes or use its restrooms, even if they dont buy anything.

Pahranagat Valley wins sixth consecutive state softball title

Pahranagat Valley rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Wells 10-9 in the Class 1A softball championship game Saturday at North Valleys High School.

Class 2A: Lynx claim third straight baseball title

Kobe Walker’s two-run home run keyed a six-run third inning and helped the Lynx to a 13-5 win over Yerington in a winner-take-all game for the 2A crown. It’s the third straight state title for Lincoln County.

Mormons, NAACP pursue racial harmony and civility

Top leaders from the NAACP and Mormon church on Thursday called for greater racial harmony and mutual respect following the first official meeting between national leaders from the civil rights organization and Utah-based religion.

Nevada researchers trace rise, fall of Roman Empire through ice

Scientists from the Desert Research Institute in Nevada have pioneered a way to pinpoint pivotal moments in Western civilization using ancient lead pollution trapped deep inside the Greenland ice sheet.

 
110 killed in plane crash in Cuba, 3 survivors ‘critical’

The only three survivors of Cuba’s worst aviation disaster in three decades were clinging to life Saturday, a day after their passenger jet crashed in a fireball in Havana’s rural outskirts with 113 people on board.

 
Suspect in Texas shooting planned attack in journals, police say

The Texas student charged in the shooting at Santa Fe High School described planning the attack in private journals, including a plan to kill himself, posted an image on Facebook of a “Born to Kill” shirt and used his father’s shotgun and pistol in the rampage that left 10 dead and 10 wounded, authorities said Friday.

Melania Trump returns to White House after kidney treatment

Melania Trump returned to the White House on Saturday from a weeklong hospitalization after kidney treatment, a lengthy stay that raised questions about whether the first lady’s condition may have been more complicated than initially revealed.

Las Vegas police arrest 33 during first day of EDC

That includes 29 narcotics-related felony arrests, three misdemeanor arrests and one alcohol-related DUI arrest made between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday, according from the Metropolitan Police Department. Last year on the Friday of EDC, Metro made 29 narcotics-related felony arrests and four misdemeanor arrests, including two arrests for battery on a police officer.

Sea otters rebound but struggles remain in California

While threatened southern sea otters bob and sun in the gentle waves of this central California estuary, wildlife experts up and down the West Coast are struggling to figure out how to restore the crucial coastal predator to an undersea world that’s falling apart in their absence.

White rhino pregnant in San Diego, may help save subspecies

A southern white rhino has become pregnant through artificial insemination at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park — giving hope for efforts to save a subspecies of one of the world’s most recognizable animals, researchers announced Thursday.