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5 things to watch for in NFL Draft first round

Every NFL draft is filled with intrigue. When the crop of college players has 102 early entrants, including the likes of Jadeveon Clowney and Johnny Manziel, that simply ratchets up the excitement. Here are five things to watch for in the first round Thursday night.

 
Las Vegas police echo traffic crash scam warning

Las Vegas police, in the second warning from law enforcement in as many days, asked drivers Thursday to be wary of a scammers who might be illegally soliciting information after traffic crashes.

 
Journalists in Jordan smash table during on-air argument

Two journalists in Jordan having a televised debate about the civil war in neighboring Syria literally turned — and overturned — the table on each other during an on-air brawl.

 
Air Force says yes, it could handle a Godzilla attack

The new “Godzilla” movie is coming out next week, and it has a lot of people asking what would happen if Godzilla appeared out of the blue and started destroying things.

 
Facebook leads police to kidnap suspect in Northern Nevada

Police used social media to track a kidnapping suspect from the San Francisco Bay Area to a hotel-casino in Northern Nevada where he was arrested on kidnapping, assault and pornography charges.

 
Syrian rebels level historic Aleppo hotel

With a gigantic explosion, Syrian rebels on Thursday leveled a historic hotel being used as an army base in the northern city of Aleppo by detonating bomb-packed tunnels beneath it, activists and militants said.

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Security footage shows Calif. teen stowaway hopping from jet wheel well

The security footage looks unassuming at first: a Hawaiian Airlines jet parked at a gate at the Maui airport under overcast skies, and workers going through their regular routine. Then, the 15-year-old’s legs dangle briefly from the plane’s belly and he drops to the concrete.

 
California principal bans ‘objectifying’ prom draft

A longstanding student tradition at Corona del Mar High in Newport Beach, California involves pulling prom dates from a pool of names ranked by attractiveness, but principal Kathy Scott said it was “not acceptable to objectify students.”

 
Hesperia bridge fire caused by blowtorch and wind

A blowtorch used to cut metal ignited support timbers on the Hesperia bridge causing a fire and massive highway closures on the Nevada-California border.

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