House Democrats fail to override Trump veto on wall

President Donald Trump secured a victory Tuesday over House Democrats who failed to garner the bipartisan votes needed to override a veto that leaves the president’s national emergency declaration intact.

Las Vegas home prices outpacing average US rate

Southern Nevada prices were up 10.5 percent year-over-year in January, more than double the national rate of 4.3 percent, according to the SP CoreLogic Case-Shiller index released Tuesday by SP Dow Jones Indices.

Mets, deGrom agree to $137.5M, multi-year contract

NL Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom and the New York Mets have agreed to a $137.5 million, five-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The deal guarantees an additional $120.5 million over four seasons.

Lake Mead National Recreation Area gets new superintendent

Margaret Goodro, a 26-year National Park Service, veteran will take the helm at Lake Mead in mid-May. She replaces Lizette Richardson, who retired in 2018 after three years as the first woman to lead the recreation area.

OxyContin maker reaches $270M settlement in Oklahoma

The maker of OxyContin and the family that owns the company have reached a $270 million settlement with the state of Oklahoma over the prescription painkiller’s role in the nation’s deadly opioid crisis, a person familiar with the agreement said Tuesday.

MLB suspends Giants CEO after altercation with wife

Major League Baseball suspended San Francisco Giants President and CEO Larry Baer without pay through July 1 after a video showed him in a physical altercation with his wife.

‘El Chapo’ asks for new trial, says media coverage tainted jury

Defense attorneys asked a federal judge Tuesday to grant a new trial to the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, saying jurors improperly followed media coverage of the sensational drug conspiracy case.

 
Jussie Smollett decision angers Chicago mayor, police chief

Prosecutors on Tuesday abruptly dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett, the “Empire” actor who was accused of lying to police about being the target of a racist, anti-gay attack in downtown Chicago, his attorneys said.

Avenatti confident he’ll be exonerated, ‘justice will be done’

Prosecutors in New York said their investigation began only last week while California investigators had been building a tax case against Avenatti for more than a year.

Supreme Court so far won’t stop bump stock ban

The Supreme Court is so far declining to stop the Trump administration from enforcing its ban on bump stock devices, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns.

Trump looks again to kill Obamacare

Unshackled from the shadow once cast by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, President Trump on Tuesday returned to a familiar theme: killing off the Affordable Care Act once and for all.

Netanyahu back in Israel as military masses on Gaza border

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned home from Washington on Tuesday, heading straight into military consultations after a night of heavy fire as Israeli aircraft bombed Gaza targets and the strip’s militants fired rockets into Israel.

Soapy crash shuts down Pennsylvania Turnpike

A crash involving a tractor-trailer has sent jugs of dish soap spilling out onto the Pennsylvania Turnpike, shutting down a portion of the highway.

Dutch art detective recovers stolen Picasso worth $28M

A Dutch art detective says he has recovered a valuable painting by Pablo Picasso 20 years after it was stolen from a wealthy Saudi’s yacht in France.