Doctors hone craft in Las Vegas hospital’s new simulation center

MountainView Hospital’s new simulation center, which includes a breathing, blinking, sweating dummy named Harold, will help medical residents learn basic operations and procedures before they begin working on the living.

 
NFR’s 10-day run begins Thursday in Las Vegas

The LVCVA officially forecasts 170,750 attendees for the 2018 NFR, but that just covers the full house at the Thomas Mack for 10 performances. The conservative economic impact estimate is $113 million.

Crash that killed Troy Gentry caused by pilot error, investigators say

Pilot error following engine maintenance problems caused the helicopter crash that killed Montgomery Gentry singer Troy Gentry and the pilot at a small airport where he was to perform that night, federal investigators said.

Dignitaries, public pay respects to Bush at US Capitol

Soldiers, citizens in wheelchairs and long lines of others on foot wound through the hushed Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday to view George H.W. Bush’s casket.

Kurt Busch signs NASCAR deal with Chip Ganassi Racing

After signing a one-year deal Tuesday to drive the 2019 NASCAR season for Chip Gansssi Racing, Las Vegas native Kurt Busch suggested that might be it for him as a full-time stock car racer. With one caveat.

40 Nevada schools receive funding to keep gardens growing

The schools in Churchill, Clark, Douglas and Lyon counties will each receive up to $5,000 for this school year, the state Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday.

Woman pleads guilty to crushing boyfriend

A woman has pleaded guilty to killing her boyfriend by stabbing him, hitting him with a table leg and crushing him under the weight of her roughly 300 pounds.

‘Walking Dead’ actor to adopt bonded donkey, emu

A North Carolina animal rescue group says that thanks to “The Walking Dead” actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan, a donkey and an emu who’ve bonded with each other can stay together.

GOP committee reports ‘cyber intrusion’ during 2018 campaigns

The National Republican Congressional Committee said Tuesday that it was hit with a “cyber intrusion” during the 2018 midterm campaigns and has reported the breach to the FBI.

Medical marijuana gets Utah governor’s signature after compromise

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed into law a compromise agreement that guaranteed legalization of medical marijuana but has sparked concern that it creates too many hurdles for patients trying to access the drug.

Settlement reached before Florida sex offender’s trial

A last-minute settlement was reached Tuesday in a long-running Florida lawsuit involving a politically connected financier accused of sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls, clearing the way for the victims’ lawyers to try to unravel a once-secret agreement that prevented federal criminal prosecution of the financier.

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