IN BRIEF

RETURNING FROM WORK

Police find man dead from gunshot wounds

A 24-year-old man was shot to death on a sidewalk outside the gate to Souvenir Homes on Westwind Road near Ali Baba Lane early Sunday.

Police were called to the gate, near Tropicana Avenue and Jones Boulevard, about 1 a.m. and found the man dead from apparent gunshot wounds.

The man, whose name was withheld, was returning home from his job at McCarran International Airport when he was shot, police said.

Anyone with information about the shooting can call police at 828-3521 or Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.

UNIVERSITY STUDY

Report links pollution, bronchitis in infants

Researchers at the University of California, Davis say infants' lungs are more vulnerable to certain air pollution particles than was previously believed.

The study released last week shows a link between bronchitis in infants and little-studied components in air pollution called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Researchers based their report on data from pollution studies and health records of pregnant women, infants and children in the Czech Republic.

Air quality advocates are hoping to use the data to push for more controls on emissions from vehicles and wood-burning stoves.