Clark County teachers to vote on contract Thursday

The three-year deal with the Clark County School District would offer a pay increase and improved health contributions in the first year but rely on the state Legislature for any additional hikes.

In Las Vegas address, #MeToo founder says important work remains

Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo movement, is used to speaking up for women and girls who are victims of sexual assault and harassment. It’s been her life’s work, long before the hashtag went viral last year.

Astronauts patch air leak at International Space Station

Astronauts scrambled Thursday to patch a tiny hole that was allowing air to leak from the Russian side of the International Space Station.

 
General Mills expands paid-time off policy for employees

Food giant General Mills is giving its employees more paid time off to care for an aging parent or ill family members and to bond with their newborns and adoptive children.

Hurricane Norman growing in strength in Pacific Ocean

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Norman has grown into a Category 4 storm in the eastern Pacific Ocean and could become even stronger, though it poses no threat to land.

John McCain’s 106-year-old mom to attend funeral in Washington

Though slowed by a stroke, Roberta McCain will attend memorial and burial services in Washington and Maryland later this week for the middle son she called “Johnny.”

PETA wants roadside memorial for lobsters killed in crash

BRUNSWICK, Maine — An animal rights group wants to build a “roadside memorial” in Maine near the site of a truck crash that spilled 7,000 pounds of live lobster.

 
John McCain remembered as ‘true American hero’ in Arizona

Sen. John McCain was eulogized as a “true American hero” — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good fight — at a crowded church service for the maverick politician Thursday that ended with the playing of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way.”

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