Bone fragments found in Rio museum fire rubble may be famed skull

Firefighters found bone fragments from a collection in the still-smoldering National Museum, an official said Tuesday, raising hopes that a famed skull might somehow have survived a massive blaze that turned historic and scientific artifacts to ashes.

Wisconsin parents arrested after teen dies after religious fast

A father and mother have been arrested in southern Wisconsin after their teenage son died and another child was hospitalized following what the father described as a weekslong religious fast.

 
Sports Betting Spotlight: New York Giants season preview

Las Vegas handicapper Kelly Stewart and Sunset Station sports book director Chuck Esposito join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview the New York Giants’ season in the 30th of a series of 32 NFL team videos.

5 New Mexico compound residents in court on firearms charges

Five former residents of a ramshackle compound in northern New Mexico where a 3-year-old boy’s body was found last month are scheduled to appear in federal court on firearms-related charges.

 
Judy Garland’s ruby slippers found 13 years after being stolen

A pair of ruby slippers used in “The Wizard of Oz” and later stolen from a Minnesota museum were recovered in a sting operation after a man approached the shoes’ insurer and said he could help get them back, the FBI said Tuesday.

 
Life-threatening storm Gordon barreling toward US Gulf Coast

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Tropical Storm Gordon is strengthening and should hit the central U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane late Tuesday before moving over the lower Mississippi Valley on Wednesday.

 
Strongest typhoon in 25 years slams into western Japan

A powerful typhoon blew through western Japan on Tuesday, causing heavy rain to flood the region’s main offshore international airport and high winds to blow a tanker into a connecting bridge, disrupting land and air travel.

Clark County schools cast wide net to fill teaching vacancies

The school district has hired 2,156 licensed personnel — a category that includes teachers and other positions such as counselors — from beyond the Silver State over the past three years. Find out why they come and whether they stay.

Democrats gear up to grill Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh

Senate confirmation hearings begin this week for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, providing a glimpse into the jurist who upon confirmation would tip the ideological balance of the bench and reshape the court as a more conservative panel for decades to come.

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