Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps plays poker during a tag team event in the opening of the World Series of Poker at the Rio Convention Center on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Patrick Connolly Las Vegas Review-Journal @PConnPie
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1. A woman died Tuesday after she was run over by a semitrailer. A Walgreens-branded semi was turning into a Walgreens parking lot at about 11:45 last night when it ran over the woman, who was either in a chair or a bed roll on the sidewalk. The woman died at Sunrise Hospital shortly after.
2. Las Vegas home sales are continuing to surge. The median sales price of April closings jumped 3.4 percent last year to $336,000. New home closings in Clark County from January to April are up almost 40 percent from the same period last year.
3. And a 26-year-old Henderson woman was arrested on a murder charge in connection with her mother’s death. Police say Carly Kalbfleisch called 911 around 12:20 pm Tuesday to report a domestic violence incident involving her mother. When officers arrived, they found the mother dead inside with multiple unspecified injuries. Kalbfleisch is being held without bail at Henderson detention center.
Republican leaders left a closed-door negotiation session on Monday morning optimistic about a compromise on Education Savings Accounts. Just hours later, Democrats dropped a bombshell. (Victor Joecks/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police, Nevada Highway Patrol and Clark County school police joined to enforce right of way at the intersection Nellis and Cedar, near Richie Rundle Elementary, a school named for a child killed as a pedestrian. Patrick Connolly/Las Vegas Review-Journal
1. A bill amended in the Assembly late Friday could run Uber and Lyft out of business in Nevada. The amendment increases insurance requirements, and requires drivers to get business licenses before they begin working. Critics of the amendment say the it would end ride sharing in Nevada, and recreate the old taxicab monopoly.
2. An early morning stabbing has left one man dead in central Las Vegas. The man was chased by another man in a convenience store parking lot, before being stabbed multiple times in the chest. He died just before 1 a.m. at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
3. Police have located the 24-year-old man who was abducted Sunday night in central Las Vegas. Brandon Lujan was forced into a sedan Sunday evening, near Rainbow and Charleston boulevards. Police said there are four possible abductors, none of whom have been arrested. Lujan was found unharmed.
Pedro Lopez talks about the win over El Paso on May 29, 2017, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Pedro Lopez talks about the win over El Paso on May 28, 2017, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. Nevada’s top election official opened an investigation into alleged voter fraud in last year’s election. Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske said Friday her office uncovered evidence that non-citizens had cast ballots.
2. A man has died after an early morning shooting in North Las Vegas Saturday. Officers found a wounded man in the parking lot of a business complex, where he was taken to UMC before he died. Detectives believe the shooting was not a random act of violence.
3. Only two of seven Clark County School Board trustees have responded to the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s three-part series on sexual misconduct in Clark County Schools. The series found sexual misconduct to be systemic, and largely attributable to three problems. You can read the entire Broken Trust series online at reviewjournal.com.
If you have a superior product, you don’t need a government mandate. That’s why the claims made by “green” energy advocates ring hollow as they push to increase Nevada’s Renewable Portfolio Standard from 25 percent by 2025 to 50 percent by 2030. On Friday, Senate Commerce, Labor and Energy heard testimony on and voted out AB206, sponsored by Assemblyman Chris Brooks, D-Las Vegas.
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Amed Rosario hits a walk-off double on May 1, 2017, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)