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Las Vegas police officer Melissa Lardomita and activist Michael Flores paint the “homework room” at a new resource center for kids in the Sherman Gardens Annex public housing complex. Flores wants to give kids an alternative to gangs and drugs at the apartment complex known for being home to the Playboy Bloods, a violent street gang.
TOYS R US, North Las Vegas — Laugh at them if you want. It’s pretty easy. They are huddled outside this place like caribou, fending off a cold so awful that it must have come from some place evil. Later, when they get inside, their fingers will tingle with the burn of 75 degrees.
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For four days, the valley will be under an extreme heat warning, starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday. It expires at 11 p.m. Saturday.
Summerlin South defeated Irmo, South Carolina, in extra innings for its third win of the Little League World Series.
Las Vegas was rated as the third most dangerous city in the U.S. for pedestrians in a study released last week by shoe company Kuru.
Sales figures point to a pullback in spending at restaurants, clothing stores and other businesses as Las Vegas’ main economic engine pumps the brakes.
