Facebook, Twitter vow to protect against foreign intrusion

Facebook and Twitter executives pledged on Wednesday to better protect their social media platforms in the 2018 elections and beyond, and told Congress of aggressive efforts to root out foreign intrusions aimed at sowing divisions in American democracy.

Britian charges 2 Russians with poisoning ex-spy, daughter

British officials announced Wednesday that they have charged two alleged Russian military intelligence agents with the nerve agent poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury.

Florida mom charged with murder in case of missing 2-year-old son

Authorities in Largo, Florida, say they have a prime suspect in the death of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in a wooded area — it’s the child’s own mother, 21-year-old mother Charisse Stinson.

Couple who raised money for homeless man ordered to testify

The couple responsible for raising $400,000 online for a homeless good Samaritan must give sworn testimony over what happened to the cash, an at-times irritated New Jersey judge ordered Wednesday.

 
Sports Betting Spotlight: Dallas Cowboys 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 Dallas Cowboys’ season in the 31st of a series of 32 NFL team videos.

William Hill, Eldorado Resorts make US sportsbetting deal

William Hill US will receive exclusive rights to manage Eldorado’s casino sports books for a period of 25 years, according to a joint statement issued Wednesday. Reno-based Eldorado operates 21 casinos in 11 states.

 
Reviewjournal.com launches digital subscriptions

Reviewjournal.com begins charging readers for access to online content starting Wednesday, a step taken to sustain the operation of Nevada’s top source for local news.

 
Pahrump racetrack expansion to make it world’s longest track

Situated 60 miles west of Las Vegas, Pahrump has legal brothels, widespread gun ownership and a lot of retirees. But along state Route 160, not far from the RV Superstore, those with a taste for sports cars have a place to burn rubber.

With cancer under control, UNLV grad has new bucket list

Janet King was diagnosed in 2015 and went about completing a 15-item list of experiences she wanted to have before she died. Now that surgery and medication have kept her cancer at bay, the 55-year-old east valley resident has renewed optimism — and a new bucket list.

Las Vegas pair mark a combined 201 years-years-old

Pacifica Senior Living San Martin, 8374 W. Capovilla Ave., hosted a birthday party Aug. 31 for Stan Conley, 101, and Louise Greco, 100, as well as 12 other residents with August birthdays.

Passengers on NY quarantined jet appear to have flu

A large commercial jet from Dubai caused a scare on Wednesday after a pilot radioed that it would be landing at New Yorks Kennedy Airport carrying several passengers and crew members who fell ill with flu-like symptoms.

 
Ranting man crashes pickup into TV station during broadcast

Police have detained a “ranting” man accused of crashing a pickup truck into a Fox affiliate television station building in downtown Dallas during a live newscast.

 
Blue-green algae assists in capturing Florida suspect

Police say a Florida man jumped into a canal while fleeing a traffic stop, was overcome by algae in the water and swam back to the officer who stopped him.

 
Japan starts cleaning up after typhoon, airport still closed

One of Japan’s busiest airports remained closed indefinitely after the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in at least 25 years flooded a runway and other facilities while damaging other infrastructure and causing at least 10 deaths as it swept across part of Japan’s main island.

 
Child killed as Gordon makes landfall, flooding threat rises

Tropical Storm Gordon never became a hurricane but it was deadly all the same, killing a child by blowing a tree onto a mobile home as it made landfall late Tuesday just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border.

2 dead in weekend glider crash that sparked wildfire near Reno

Authorities in Reno say two people died in the weekend crash of a glider aircraft that apparently sparked a wildfire that officials had feared might climb a steep and scenic slope toward the Mount Rose Ski Tahoe resort.

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