Sunday at Life is Beautiful — PHOTOS

Some might say they saved the best for last, as Arcade Fire, DJ Snake, Odesza and Tyler, the Creator topped Sunday’s lineup for the third and final day of Life is Beautiful 2018.

 
Michelle Obama, in Las Vegas, stresses importance of voting

People packed the Chaparral High School gymnasium Sunday evening to hear Michelle Obama, celebrities and local leaders speak on the importance of registering to vote. They called on the crowd to ensure they were registered — and to ensure their friends, family and colleagues were registered — with Election Day around the corner.

UNLV roundup: Boise State blanks women’s soccer team

Junior forward Raimee Sherle became Boise State’s leading scorer in women’s soccer, netting three second-half goals to power the Broncos to a 3-0 win over host UNLV in a Mountain West match Sunday.

Q5 would make voter registration easier

There is nothing more American than voting. It’s the fundamental right I signed up to defend when I joined the United States Army. But to ensure every eligible citizen has the opportunity to exercise that right, we need to make our voting system more secure and accessible.

CARTOON: Red ink

Review-Journal editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a three-time winner of the Sigma Delta Chi Award. Contact him at mramirez@reviewjournal.com.

Ralenkotter, Las Vegas tourism board accountable to no one

Retired Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Rossi Ralenkotter is the gift that keeps on taking. It appears to taxpayers that the LVCVA is a good ol’ boys club, using public tax dollars as a personal slush fund.

Not a fan: Ramirez cartoons show conservative bias

I was dismayed to read where the Review-Journal has agreed to carry Michael Ramirez cartoons regularly (“Taking his talents, pen to Las Vegas,” Sept. 16 Review-Journal). I became familiar with his work when I read the L.A. Times. In spite of his pronouncement that he is an “equal-opportunity offender,” nothing could be further from the truth. Ramirez touts that “his work won’t show allegiance to any political party,” yet a year into Trump’s presidency Ramirez continued to draw cartoons blaming Barack Obama for perceived injustices. Ramirez is strongly biased toward the Republican party. His cartoons reflect that bias.

Zion National Park reopens flood-damaged trail

Zion National Park has reopened the trail to one its most popular hiking destinations for the first time since flood waters ravaged the southwestern Utah canyon in July.

Raiders WR Jordy Nelson finally breaks free in Game 3 loss

Jordy Nelson caught six of eight passes Sunday for 173 yards and a touchdown, a performance that easily outproduced his rest-of-season stats of five passes and 53 yards.

49ers fear QB Jimmy Garoppolo sustained season-ending ACL injury

Garoppolo will have an MRI to confirm the severity of the injury, but 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said “we fear an ACL.” That would mean C.J. Beathard is in line to start at quarterback.

 
1 week after Florence, thousands brace for more flooding

Thousands of coastal residents remained on edge Sunday, told they may need to leave their homes because rivers are still rising more than a week after Hurricane Florence slammed into the Carolinas.

‘House With Clock in Walls’ smokes competition at box office

The gothic family fantasy “The House With a Clock in Its Walls” exceeded expectations to debut with an estimated $26.9 million in ticket sales at the weekend box office, while audiences showed considerably less interest in Michael Moore’s Donald Trump-themed documentary, “Fahrenheit 11/9.”

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