UNLV roundup: Mack paces women’s golf team in Texas

UNLV sophomore Polly Mack shot 2-under-par 70 over the final 18 holes of the Jim West Invitational on Monday in San Marcos, Texas, to tie for 12th at 2-under 214, the best finish for a Rebel this season.

Matthew McConaughey celebrates first responders with turkey lunch

Firefighters, police officers and 911 operators in Texas got a surprise lunch from a famous son as Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey showed up with roasted turkey to give thanks on National First Responders Day.

High tide inundates Venice as floods kill 6 across Italy

Venice was inundated by an exceptional high tide Monday, putting three-quarters of the famed Italian lagoon city under water as large swathes of the rest of Italy experienced flooding and heavy winds that toppled trees and other objects, killing six people.

Stocks fall again on report US plans more tariffs against China

Fear that the Trump administration will announce tariffs on all remaining imports from China helped knock U.S. stocks from a strong early gain to another sharp loss Monday.

Ceremony offers look at Summerlin’s fast-rising ballpark

You had to see it, and you didn’t even have to hear what they were saying in order to believe it. You already knew that once construction is completed, Las Vegas Ballpark will be “the envy of the country,” as Don Logan, president and chief operating officer of the Las Vegas 51s, told those who gathered for the topping-out ceremony.

Trump orders over 5K troops to border ahead of midterm elections

The Pentagon said Monday it is sending 5,200 troops to the Southwest border in an extraordinary military operation ordered up just a week before midterm elections in which President Donald Trump has put a sharp focus on Central American migrants moving north in slow-moving caravans that are still hundreds of miles from the U.S.

 
Las Vegas architecture instructor is Nevada Teacher of the Year

Richard Knoeppel, an architectural design instructor at Advanced Technologies Academy in Las Vegas, received the 2019 Nevada Teacher of the Year award from Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday.

MGM Resorts, NHL sign sports betting partnership deal

MGM Resorts International has become the first gaming company to sign a sports betting deal with the National Hockey League as it seeks a new source of growth and greater customer exposure.

Trump attacks news media again as ‘true Enemy of the People’

President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on the news media Monday following a week of election-season violence, arguing that “fraudulent” reporting was contributing to anger in the country and declaring that the press was the “true Enemy of the People.”

Cold front headed into Las Vegas Valley

An incoming cold front on Tuesday morning will usher in a temperature drop and gusty winds in the Las Vegas Valley, the National Weather Service said.

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