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.
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.
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.
Amed Rosario hits a walk-off double on May 1, 2017, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. A 17-year-old Laughlin High School student walked out of an exam Tuesday morning, and was later found dead near Harrah’s Laughlin hotel-casino that night. Senior Anthony Stearns arrived at school early Tuesday, before walking out on an exam and leaving school grounds. A missing persons report was filed at 4 p.m. when Stearns failed to return home. He was found by a hotel guest who alerted security around 7:30 p.m.
2. A man wearing body armor and a mask backed a tractor-trailer through the gate of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, and crashed into the front door. Brian Brandt was arrested and faces charges multiple charges including assualt with a deadly weapon. No one inside was hurt and the damage is estimated at $400,000.
3. The Nevada Assembly voted 26-14 on a resolution that asks Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to rein in independent political campaign spending. The vote makes Nevada the 19th state to ask Congress to overturn the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case.
The rooms at Planet Hollywood are undergoing the last finishing touches of the hotel-casino’s major upgrade project. The rooms feature new bathroom fixtures and lighter colors to make the rooms feel more welcoming. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Mike Rozier, former Heisman Trophy winner from Nebraska, talks at Bear’s Best golf course in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 13, 2017, about playing golf to benefit Las Vegas youth. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review Journal)
1. A propaganda video posted on social media by an Islamic State group features brief footage of the Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas police are treating it as a credible threat, even though the short clip was determined to be from 2015. In wake of the Manchester bombings, and the upcoming holiday weekend, police are stepping up patrols and surveillance on the Strip, downtown and at local community events.
2. A notorious pimp who kidnapped and forced a teenager into prostitution died this weekend in prison. Robert Sharpe III was found unresponsive in his cell Thursday evening and was later pronounced dead Saturday night. Sharpe, was sentenced a year ago to life without parole, and the cause of death has yet to be determined.
3. The SLS Las Vegas has sold to Alex Meruelo and Meruelo Group for an undisclosed amount from Stockbridge Capital Partners. The companies said Tuesday, the transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2017. The SLS Las Vegas was formerly known as the Sahara before reopening in 2014 after a $415 million upgrade.