Las Vegas middle school starts year with lockdown

Mack Middle School, on East Karen Avenue near Boulder Highway, started the 2018-19 year with a lockdown while police searched for a robbery suspect in the area. The lockdown was lifted by about 10:30 a.m., district officials said.

 
Sports Betting Spotlight: Arizona Cardinals season preview

Las Vegas handicapper Kelly Stewart and Wynn Las Vegas sports book director Johnny Avello join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview the Arizona Cardinals’ season in the eighth of a series of 32 NFL team videos.

 
Clark County students start new school year with big dreams

A total of 360 Clark County schools opened to students Monday as the nation’s fifth-largest school district reopened for another year of education aspirations and challenges.

FBI fires agent who sent anti-Trump text messages

Peter Strzok, a longtime FBI agent who was removed from the Russia investigation over anti-Trump text messages, has been fired by the agency, his lawyer said Monday.

Grieving mother orca lets go of her dead calf after 17 days

Researchers say an endangered killer whale that drew international attention as she carried her dead calf on her head for more than two weeks is finally back to feeding and frolicking with her pod.

 
California police find man dead inside grocery store pillar

Authorities say a body found wedged inside a pillar near the entrance to a Lancaster grocery store may be that of a man who vanished last week as sheriff’s deputies were chasing him.

White nationalists dwarfed by antiprotest crowds in Charlottesville and DC

Events held in both Charlottesville and Washington were largely peaceful though tense at times and were part of a day of speeches, vigils and marches marking a year since one of the largest gatherings of white nationalists and other far-right extremists in a decade.

Rival Korean leaders to meet for 3rd summit in September

The rival Koreas announced Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet in Pyongyang sometime in September.

72-year-old Vietnam vet hitchhikes 32-miles roundtrip for love

Even though Hank Ramak is no longer able to drive, that doesn’t stop the 72- year-old from finding a way to see the lady he loves. Two days a week, Ramak sets out from his home in Byron to catch a ride to Powell

 
Omarosa’s secret Situation Room recordings called security breach

Former presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman is drawing fire from President Donald Trump’s allies and national security experts for secret recordings she made at the White House, including her firing by chief of staff John Kelly in the high-security Situation Room.

Polish resort evacuated for removal of 3 World War II bombs

Officials in Poland say more 2,000 people have been evacuated to allow navy experts to remove three World War II bombs from the Baltic Sea bed at the vacation resort of Kolobrzeg.