Новости за 22.06.2015

Nevada Sen. Dean Heller says he plans to give a $500 campaign contribution made by the leader of a white supremacist group cited by Charleston church murder suspect ...

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Monday the Confederate flag should be removed from the grounds of the state capitol, reversing her position on the divisive symbol amid growing calls for it to be removed. The Republican's about-face comes after nine black church members were ...

A federal judge should throw out a defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby filed by three women accusing him of decades-old sex crimes because the remarks were personal opinions protected under the U.S. Constitution, his lawyers said Monday. Tamara Green, Therese Serignese and Linda Traitz say in their lawsuit that ...

Hockey player Jarret Stoll of the L.A. Kings has been charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance in connection with an April 17 incident at the Wet Republic Ultra Pool at MGM Grand, according to ...

Former Major League Baseball player Darryl Hamilton, a standout center fielder and a member of the New York Mets team that reached the 2000 World Series, was killed in a murder-suicide in a suburban Houston home, authorities said Monday. Hamilton was found Sunday after he was fatally shot in a house in Pearland. He was 50 and had worked for ...

A professional hockey player has admitted being part of an illegal sports betting business. U.S. Attorney William Hochul says Nathan Paetsch (paytch), of Spencerport, New York, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in ...

The Minnesota Timberwolves have made former No. 1 overall pick Anthony Bennett available via trade in advance of Thursday's NBA draft, according to ...

A power outage in the northwest valley affected more than 2,200 NV Energy customers this morning, a company spokesman said. The outage, reported at 9:54 a.m. near North Fort Apache and Elkhorn roads, impacted ...

The Nevada Transportation Authority has set a hearing for Thursday on emergency regulations to allow ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to submit applications to operate beginning July 1. The authority says ...

We now understand that Blue Man Group is to move out of Monte Carlo and into the theater currently occupied by Jabbawockeez at Luxor, likely in August ...

A Utah family of four was found shot to death in their home in what authorities believe is a murder-suicide, police said Monday. Officers discovered the bodies of Russell Smith, 29; his wife, Shawna Smith, 26; and their children, 6-year-old Tylee and 2-year-old Blake on Sunday night. It appeared Russell Smith ...

New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission has accepted new rules governing app-based ride-hailing services. The commission initially required companies like Uber and Lyft to submit ...

Republican presidential candidates, GOP lawmakers and the lone black Republican in the House are returning donations from the leader of a white supremacist group cited by Charleston church murder suspect Dylann Roof or giving the money to charity. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, an African-American Republican woman who ...

A rollover crash on the Strip near the Encore was tying up traffic this morning, Metro Police said. Two vehicles were involved ...

A Metro Police motorcycle officer has suffered minor injuries after being hit by a car and dragged for nearly 90 feet. The accident took place ...

One person died, more than 75 people were arrested on felony counts and some 1,400 attendees were treated by medical personnel during the three-day ...

Two people suffered minor injures when the pilot of a small plane reported losing engine power and made an emergency landing today at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, authorities said. The plane was ...

Federal law allows many synthetic drugs to be treated as controlled substances if they are chemically or pharmacologically similar to a controlled substance. But in Nevada, regulation has been slower to catch up ...

Perhaps we blacks should feel flattered that Rachel Dolezal wanted so desperately to be one of us.

In January, McDonald’s, leaning against the winds of fashion, said kale would never replace lettuce on its burgers. In May, however, it said it will test kale in a breakfast meal (breakfast is about 25 percent of McDonald’s sales). Kale might or might not cause construction workers to enter McDonald’s drive-thru lines, where approximately two-thirds of McDonald’s customers place their orders.

Don’t feel bad if you’re confused about what the United States is trying to accomplish in Iraq. President Barack Obama doesn’t seem to know, either — or else he won’t say.

Abby Roberts, a young mother who vanished from her eastside home nearly three years ago, is special to the detectives. Among hundreds of Las Vegas disappearances they’ve investigated over careers spanning more than a dozen years, Roberts’ haunts Wildemann and Jensen more than any other as they approach retirement in a year ...

As the valley gets hotter and drier, the prime season for wildfires is quickly approaching. A lightning bolt or flicked cigarette can start a fire within seconds, potentially causing millions of dollars in damage and risking lives. In the midst of summer vacations and weekend camping trips, here is what you need to know about how wildfires start, where they happen and how to prevent them ...

Want to know more about the AEG-MGM arena under construction? Here are some big numbers ...

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says he has no plans for what he’ll do after he retires from Congress in January 2017. “I don’t know what I’m doing to do,” Reid said. “I’m not really worried much about it.” With 30 years of experience as a U.S. senator, eight of them as Senate majority leader, Reid has options. If he follows in the footsteps of his former colleagues, these are some of the moves he might consider ...