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Las Vegas afternoon update for Tuesday, May 16th — VIDEO

• The Cosmopolitan is now charging for parking. Today it became the 23rd property on the Strip to do so. The first hour of self-parking will be free. After that, it’s $7 to $10 a day. Nevada residents won’t get a break from the fees.

• An employee at a go-cart business shot a would-be robber last night. Police say two men attempted an armed robbery at Las Vegas Mini Gran Prix. The man who was shot was taken into custody and hospitalized. The other suspect was not in custody.

• Former Nevada Lt. Gov. Dr. Lonnie Hammargren is losing one of his homes. The house contains an odd collection including a 200-year-old gondola, a planetarium, and a solar observatory. A bank foreclosed on the home.

• And a Nevada tribe member has been sentenced for fatally stabbing his wife on New Year’s Eve 2014. Nelson Ray McKee, 45, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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No rain expected Thursday in Southern Nevada

According to the National Weather Service forecast, Thursday will differ from Wednesday morning’s thunderstorms, and will instead have clear skies and a high of 82 degrees.

NFL player arrested on DUI charge in Las Vegas

Tracy Walker, 30, was pulled over at about 2 a.m. in the area of Tropicana Avenue and Decatur Boulevard, and was booked into the Clark County Detention Center after failing a set of field sobriety tests, police said.

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