Faith Lutheran to offer electronic music sessions, classes

When Steve Buuck stepped into the auditorium of over 200 students at Faith Lutheran Middle and High School in November to pitch a new after-school offering, he had 90 seconds to win them over.

UNLV launching new drone certification program

UNLV will offera new unmanned aerial systems certification program in the upcoming spring semester, broadening the local workforce’s skillset as the demand for drone pilots increases across industries.

Royce Feour, former RJ boxing writer, dies at 79

Royce Feour, the boxing writer who covered the sport’s most iconic fights for the Review-Journal over nearly four decades and whose career led to enshrinement in at least four halls of fame, died this month after a long illness.

Dow up 1,000 in biggest point gain ever; US stocks up 5 percent

U.S. stocks surged Wednesday, recovering all their losses from a Christmas Eve plunge and placing the market on track for its best day in nine months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up than 1,000 points in best day for Wall Street in 10 years.

 
Las Vegas homebuilders set to close most sales since 2008

Barring some “major surprise,” builders this year will close more than 10,000 sales for the first time since 2008, Home Builders Research President Andrew Smith and founder Dennis Smith wrote in Monday’s report.

SERVPRO Bowl between Boise, Boston College canceled due to weather

The SERVPRO First Responder Bowl between No. 23 Boise State and Boston College has been canceled because of the threat of severe weather after a delay of nearly an hour and a half.

 
4 killed when car rear-ends oil tanker on New Jersey highway

New Jersey state police say a crash involving a car and a tanker truck on the Garden State Parkway has left four people dead. The accident was reported around 2:50 a.m. Wednesday in the southbound lanes near mile marker 81.5 in Toms River.

Chef Jose Andres on his worldwide mission to feed, educate people

Mention his reported Nobel Peace Prize nomination to Jose Andres, and the most you’re likely to get in reply is a shrug, perhaps a smile. The chef is a bit more willing to talk about World Central Kitchen, the organization he founded in the wake of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

Tribal casinos not so quick to embrace sports betting

The book at Pearl River Resort is packed every college football Saturday, but remains an outlier months after the high court opened the door for expanded sports gambling across the United States by striking down a federal ban.

Limited park services means it’s best to be prepared in outdoors

While members of Congress and President Donald Trump continue to battle over the federal budget, visitors to the country’s national parks and recreation areas can expect to find limited services and maybe some closures.

Chef Michael Symon on Mabel’s BBQ, discoveries and food favorites

Michael Symon isn’t exactly a Las Vegas newbie; now 49, he’s been coming here since he was 21. But Symon, whose collection of restaurants is nearing two dozen, only recently opened his first Las Vegas spot, Mabel’s BBQ, at the Palms (with Sara’s to follow early next year).

Boxing Day has nothing to do with knockouts or big box stores

In Britain and other countries like Australia and Canada, the day after Christmas is a secular national holiday known as Boxing Day. Here’s a brief look at some theories about how the holiday got its name and how people celebrate it.

What does Santa do after Christmas? Vegas, baby! — PHOTO ARCHIVE

The packages are delivered, the reindeer have been fed and next years naughty-or-nice list can wait til the new year. Santa has a few days to unwind. What to do … what to do? Our photo archives hold the proof: Vegas baby!

North Korea ordered to pay parents of Otto Warmbier $500M

A federal judge ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died shortly after being released from that country.

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