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Mom arrested after helping son film ‘fire challenge’

A Charlotte woman is facing charges after police say she helped her son set himself on fire in a videotaped stunt known as the “fire challenge” that’s gaining popularity on social media and has left at least two other children with severe burns.

Orthopedic surgeon to UNLV athletes dies

The orthopedic surgeon and doctor, who served UNLV’s entire athletics department for four decades, died on Sunday. Dr. Gerald Higgins, who would have been 80 years old in September, has been inducted into both the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame and the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.

Nevada pursues Route 160 widening project

Nevada highway officials hope the era of car crashes, injury accidents, road rage and misery on the road to Pahrump is nearing an end.

Police detail shooting of knife-wielding man

The man involved in Monday’s northwest valley officer-involved shooting was prepared for a fight: he wore a mask, carried two butcher knives and had placed a cutting board in his clothing as a shield, Las Vegas police said.

 
Steve Ballmer buys Clippers for $2 billion

The Clippers moved on from months of ugliness Tuesday, with Steve Ballmer officially becoming the team’s new owner in a record $2 billion sale that ousted Donald Sterling as the NBA’s longest-tenured owner.

Politics, not law, guide AG under Obama, authors say

The Department of Justice under U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has become beholden to politics, not federal law, under the Obama administration, the authors of a new book said Monday in Las Vegas.

 
Police withholding officer’s name after fatally shooting teen

Police said death threats prompted them to withhold the name of the officer, who was placed on administrative leave after fatally shooting 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, where the incident has stoked racial tension, rallies and a night of looting.

 
Actress Lauren Bacall dead at 89

Film actress Lauren Bacall has died at the age of 89, the estate of the Bogart family said on Tuesday.

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