Weight loss might allow Maia to gain

If Demian Maia can beat Jake Shields in his hometown of Sao Paulo on Wednesday, he will be on the verge of title contention in the UFC welterweight division.

USDA issues health alert on some Calif. chicken

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday issued a public health alert for raw chicken packaged at three Foster Farms facilities in California as an estimated 278 people have fallen ill in the past six months.

Lopez-Sosa returns to lend leadership on and off the court

Behind the scenes, a talented UNLV basketball team was torn apart. Carlos Lopez-Sosa was unhappy and unsure if he wanted to be a part of it anymore. He was falling apart, too.

Two injured in West Las Vegas shooting

Two people were hospitalized after a gang-related shooting in West Las Vegas Monday night, Las Vegas police said.

Interstate freeway link meetings scheduled

The Nevada and Arizona departments of transportation will host five public meetings this month to discuss alternatives for the development of an interstate freeway link between Las Vegas and Phoenix.

Tuberculosis deaths raise exposure concerns at Las Vegas Valley hospitals

More than 200 people have been tested for tuberculosis and that number could double as the Southern Nevada Health District widens its investigation into a case of the infectious disease that killed a mother and her child, who died at a Las Vegas hospital.

Bitten Calif. surfer says shark came from nowhere

Jay Scrivner, a 45-year-old college English teacher, was waiting for waves off the Northern California coast near his hometown of Eureka on Sunday morning after surfing for about two hours when a great white he estimated at about 8-to-9 feet long bit his thigh and board.

Second attempt underway to build new stadium at UNLV

UNLV officials on Monday launched their attempt at building Stadium 2.0 with their new strategy firmly in place — a partnership between the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the Las Vegas casino-hotel industry.

Therapy dogs help bring special needs kids out of their shells

Tuesdays are 13-year-old Monica Nunez-Gutierrez’s favorite day. It is the day she gets to see one of her special friends, Rosie, a furry medium-sized collie from the K9 Therapists of Las Vegas group.

Civilian workers back to work at Nellis, Creech Air Force bases

A weekend memo from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel cleared the way for civilian workers at Nellis and Creech Air Force bases to return to work Monday, along with more than 500 Nevada National Guard technicians who will be back on the job Tuesday. Both groups were benched by the ongoing federal shutdown.

7th-grader appeals suspension for gun keychain

The family of a Rhode Island seventh-grader who was suspended for three days for having a small toy gun keychain at school is appealing the suspension.

EDITORIAL: Shutdown overreach evicts Lake Mead residents

Remember that incendiary 2011 advertisement in which a Paul Ryan lookalike dumped a sweet elderly woman from her wheelchair off a cliff? Try to envision a similar hit piece in which President Barack Obama serves eviction notices to senior citizens and threatens them with arrest if they don’t pack their stuff and leave their homes.

 
EDITORIAL: School anti-gun policies defy common sense

The response to the unimaginable and senseless shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., has unfortunately gone off the rails. In the name of student safety, adults are teaching kids the wrong lessons.

Teen charged as adult in 71-year-old’s death

A 16-year-old who police believe was the getaway driver when a woman was robbed and fatally shot in West Las Vegas faces murder charges as an adult.

Lost newspaper reporter stable after rescue from Texas park

An Arkansas reporter is in stable condition at a Texas hospital after rescuers airlifted her from a state park where she’d been lost and stranded alone for two days.

Delta reviewing procedures after boy stows away

Airport and airline officials are reviewing video and gathering information as they try to figure out how a 9-year-old boy evaded security and stowed away on a flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas without a ticket.

 
Government shutdown or not, new $100 bill is coming

The new $100 bill, with an array of high-tech features designed to thwart counterfeiters, will get its coming out party on Tuesday — partial government shutdown or not.

 
Fox anchor apologizes after Obama gaffe

A Fox News Channel anchor apologized for falsely saying that President Barack Obama had offered to pay for the operation of a museum of Muslim culture “out of his own pocket” during the government shutdown.

Man dies in single-car wreck

One man died Monday morning following a single-car crash on Sandhill Road.

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