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More than 70 children from local Boys & Girls Clubs took part in the Fifth Annual McCarran Paper Plane Palooza, a paper airplane folding and flying competition. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke at the Bob Ruud Community Center in Pahrump, Monday, June 26, 2017. (Elizabeth Brumley/’Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Melvyn Sprowson, a former teacher convicted of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl, was sentenced 12 1/2 years to life in prison Monday morning. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Professional poker player Dutch Boyd discusses backing/staking at the World Series of Poker on June 15. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
1. Two people are dead and another was shot in the head after an argument broke out over a game of dominoes at a northeast Las Vegas home Sunday night. After an argument began, a man went to his car to retrieve a gun and opened fire inside the home on the 4400 block of Wendy Street near East Craig and North Walnut roads. Two men in their 20s were killed and a third man in his 30s was shot in the head and is now stabilized. Police are still looking for the suspect.
2. A Las Vegas woman died from choking injuries Friday morning, according to the Clark County Coroner. On June 3, police were called to a break-in at a home on the 1900 block of Sirocco Court when an arriving officer said he found Stella Martinez on the ground being choked by her ex-boyfriend Christopher Wood. Police attempted to revive Martinez but she later died. Wood faces attempted murder, attempted burglary and domestic battery by strangulation charges.
3. A pedestrian has died after being struck by an SUV early Monday morning. Police responded to a call about the accident on Tropicana near Wilbur Street and Maryland Parkway around 2:30 a.m. Monday. The pedestrian later died at an area hospital.
If you have a superior product, you don’t need a government mandate. That’s why the claims made by “green” energy advocates ring hollow as they push to increase Nevada’s Renewable Portfolio Standard from 25 percent by 2025 to 50 percent by 2030. On Friday, Senate Commerce, Labor and Energy heard testimony on and voted out AB206, sponsored by Assemblyman Chris Brooks, D-Las Vegas.
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Amed Rosario hits a walk-off double on May 1, 2017, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• A man is dead after he was shot more than 10 times in an apartment in central Las Vegas. The man may have been in his 30s. Police say the incident was drug-related.
• The TSA quietly tested a new screening process in Las Vegas. The process calls for placing tablets, e-readers and other devices larger than a cell phone in separate bins. Food and paper products might also be removed. McCarran is one of ten airports conducting the test, which is aimed at providing a better look inside bags.
• Restarting the process to determine whether a nuclear waste repository could be built at Yucca Mountain would take five years and cost more than $330 million dollars. That’s according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
• And Zappos has stopped giving tours through the company’s downtown call center. The company says it’s better for customers to know tourists aren’t listening to the calls.
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1. A 17-year-old Laughlin High School student walked out of an exam Tuesday morning, and was later found dead near Harrah’s Laughlin hotel-casino that night. Senior Anthony Stearns arrived at school early Tuesday, before walking out on an exam and leaving school grounds. A missing persons report was filed at 4 p.m. when Stearns failed to return home. He was found by a hotel guest who alerted security around 7:30 p.m.
2. A man wearing body armor and a mask backed a tractor-trailer through the gate of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, and crashed into the front door. Brian Brandt was arrested and faces charges multiple charges including assualt with a deadly weapon. No one inside was hurt and the damage is estimated at $400,000.
3. The Nevada Assembly voted 26-14 on a resolution that asks Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to rein in independent political campaign spending. The vote makes Nevada the 19th state to ask Congress to overturn the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Citizens United case.
Sen. Mo Denis gives Sen. Don Gustavson a lesson on making music with Garage Band app. (Sandra Chereb/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
We spoke with Instacart’s Operation Manager David Holyoak at Smart and Final grocery store as they prepare to enter the Las Vegas market. The company offers a grocery delivery service.
Dave Arland, spokesman for ATSC 3.0, explains Next Gen TV at NAB in Las Vegas, 2017. Todd Prince. Las Vegas Review-Journal.
1982: Raiders relocate from Oakland to Los Angeles.
June 1995: With no new stadium, Raiders move back to Oakland for a renovated coliseum.
January 2013: Raiders begin signing lease on year-to-year basis.
July 2014: Owner Mark Davis says he considered moving the team to San Antonio, Texas.
Feb. 2015: Raiders and San Diego Chargers announce plans for a new stadium near LA.
Jan. 24, 2016: ESPN reports Raiders were open to moving to San Diego if LA option fell through.
Jan. 28, 2016: Davis visits Las Vegas regarding a stadium site.
April 2016: Davis pledges $500 million toward new domed stadium in Las Vegas.
June 2016: Four possible locations are chosen for new stadium in Las Vegas.
Aug. 20, 2016: Raiders filed trademark for name “Las Vegas Raiders,” Forbes says.
Aug. 25, 2016: Developers settle on a location west of Interstate 15 across from Mandalay Bay.
Sept. 2016: Stadium proposal requires $750 million of public money financed through increase in hotel room tax.
Nov. 2016: Clark County commissioners approve hotel room tax increases.
Dec. 2016: Oakland officials approve opening negotiations on a potential $1.3 billion stadium project.
Jan. 2017: Raiders file with the NFL to move to Las Vegas.
March 6, 2017: Bank of America backs Las Vegas stadium project with $650 million loan.
March 27, 2017: NFL owners vote in favor of the Raiders moving from Oakland to Las Vegas.
At the UFC 200 press conference, women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate says she never turned down a rematch with Holly Holm before agreeing to defend her title against Amanda Nunes.
World Series of Fighting president Ray Sefo is proud of the direction his MMA promotion is heading. Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow @heidifang
Middleweight Michael Bisping recently hurled accusations that former 185-pound champion, Anderson Silva, has used performance-enhancing drugs his entire career.
The behind-the-scenes dealing that allowed Las Vegas Sands Corp. to enter the lucrative Macau casino market was the subject of a Nevada Supreme Court hearing today — the second time in almost six years that justices have considered the matter.
IndyCar Champion, Daniel Clive Wheldon from Great Britain once said, “To be honest, why drivers don’t like talking about the danger of this sport is, it tempts fate.”
Ted Binion loved money, booze, hard-bodied women and black-tar heroin. The shadowy mystery that surrounds his death still lingers today.
The Mayweather Boxing Club was packed with reporters Wednesday as Floyd Mayweather Jr. promoted his Sept. 12 fight with Andre Berto at the MGM Grand Garden on Showtime Pay Per View and also showed off his cars.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks to airmen after observing the Red Flag air combat exercises at Nellis Air Force Base.
The second day of trial of George Tiaffay, a former Las Vegas firefighter accused of hiring a homeless man to kill his wife, Shauna Tiaffay, who was beaten to death with a hammer after returning home from work at the Palms in September 2012.
UFC Featherweight division mixed-martial artist, Conor McGregor has rented a home in Henderson, Nevada as he prepares for his July 11 fight in Las Vegas.
Three children were hospitalized Wednesday morning with minor injuries after they were hit by a car near Hewetson elementary school at about 7:15 a.m. near North Eastern Avenue and East Bonanza Road.
With budget cuts on the horizon, Nellis deactivates its 65th Aggressor Squadron.
Patrick Harper is seen on AM/PM surveillance footage on the night of Sept 5.
This video shows hail and heavy rains falling the west part of the Las Vegas Valley.