• A California man arrested in Las Vegas has pleaded guilty to killing his 5-year-old son after a family trip to Disneyland. Investigators have refused to say how the boy was killed.
• A body found in Lake Tahoe is believed to be a missing UNR football player. Marc Ma went missing last year while paddle boarding with teammates.
• Officials say a 78-year-old homeless man admitted robbing a Reno bank with a steak knife so he could return to prison instead of spending his last years out in the cold. Tommy Ray McAdoo faces 25 years or more behind bars.
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Snapbot, the vending machine/kiosk for Snapchat Spectacles, arrived at The Linq Promenade Tuesday morning. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Courtesy video from The Mirage shows Huf N Puf and her newborn calf swimming around at the Seigfried and Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat. (The MIrage)
1. North Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal shooting in the Aliante master-planned community. Police say someone in a white pickup truck shot at the victim in the road after an altercation. The man shot was in critical condition and later died at University Medical Center. No arrests have been made.
2. Las Vegas City Council is considering a measure to let adult sex stores expand in downtown Las Vegas. The new measure would allow adult emporiums that draw at least 35 percent of revenue from books, magazines, sexual novelties, photos and videos to expand or alter stores. Councilman Bob Coffin says he believes the measure will help improve the area.
3. The Killers played a pop-up show on the Las Vegas Strip last night that aired on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Fans lined up early to catch the 10-song set outside of Caesars Palace, parts of which aired on Monday’s late night show.
A brush fire is seen burning near Galleria Drive and Westin Ridge Street in Henderson on Monday, July 31, 2017. (Laura Schwed/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Much is expected of UNLV basketball player Brandon McCoy. (Mark Anderson/ Las Vegas Review-Journal)