Americans without a bank account fell to a record low

The number of Americans who do not have a bank account fell to a record low last year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Tuesday, a sign that the economic fortunes of the country’s most vulnerable people continues to improve.

Hurricane Willa weakens to Category 3 heading to Mexican coast

Hurricane Willa roared into a cluster of Mexican islands holding a prison colony and headed for a Tuesday afternoon collision with a stretch of the country’s Pacific coast, its 125 mph (205 kph) winds and high waves threatening high-rise resorts, surfing beaches and fishing villages.

Dow Jones mostly recovers from early morning plunge

U.S. stocks slumped broadly on Wall Street Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 400 points and extending the market’s recent string of losses.

Sprouts to open new Las Vegas location next year

It’s one of about 30 stores the grocer plans to open next year. Sprouts has 10 grocery stores in the valley, according to the company’s website.

US health secretary says drug overdose deaths leveling off

U.S. health secretary Alex Azar says the number of drug overdose deaths has begun to level off after years of relentless increases driven by the opioid epidemic.

Belongings of Sandy Hook shooter ordered released to public

The Connecticut Supreme Court says state police must release disturbing writings and other belongings of the Newtown school shooter to the public because they are not exempt from state open record laws.

Las Vegas PR executive, mentor heads nonprofit

Raised in Long Island, just outside of Queens, Michelle St. Angelo says she was “sort of an adventurous kid.” That spirit of adventure inspired her to attend Indiana University in Bloomington while most of her friends attended schools closer to home.

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ pushed back to summer 2020

The world will have to wait a little longer for the “Wonder Woman” sequel, which will now arrive in theaters in summer 2020.

MoviePass to be spun off by parent company

MoviePass, the struggling discount movie ticket subscription service, is being spun off by the company that owns it.

Tampa high school teacher faces 353 charges including video voyeurism

A high school fashion teacher arrested last month on a single video voyeurism charge now faces 353 more charges after investigators said they found images of students in various stages of undress on his digital cameras, cell phones and thumb drives.

Ex-boyfriend killed University of Utah track athlete, police say

The man who shot and killed a University of Utah student on campus was a former boyfriend and he was found dead inside a church about three hours after the shooting that prompted officials to lock down the campus, police and university officials said Tuesday.

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85M in lawsuit

Porn actress Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85 million to an attorney who worked at his former law firm, a California judge ruled Monday in an order that holds the potential presidential candidate personally liable in a lawsuit over back pay.

 
UNLV hosts first Make-A-Thon

At UNLV’s first Las Vegas Make-A-Thon, 68 students worked in teams to shape business plans, develop programming and buid prototypes ranging from a kitchen thermometer that told jokes to a compressor bin that turns scraps of meat into dog food.

 
Mexico’s Pacific Coast braces for life-threatening Willa

Authorities rushed to evacuate low-lying areas and set up shelters as an “extremely dangerous” Hurricane Willa with winds of 130 mph (215 kph) headed toward a Tuesday afternoon landfall along a stretch of Mexico’s Pacific coast dotted with high-rise resorts, surfing beaches and fishing villages.

Turkey president says Saudis planned reporter’s death for days

Saudi officials murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate after plotting his death for days, Turkey’s president said Tuesday, contradicting Saudi Arabia’s explanation that the writer was accidentally killed. He demanded that the kingdom reveal the identities of all involved, regardless of rank.

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