Новости за 25.06.2017

Taking your meal outdoors isn’t just about escaping fluorescent lights. Sure, the sun’s rays make us happier, but also, picnics give us a chance to build memories with friends, loved ones and fellow Right Swipers.

>When voters cast ballots for state representatives last fall, millions of Americans essentially had no choice: In 42 percent of all such elections, candidates faced no major party opponents. ...

The "B'' in BET Awards could stand for Beyonce or Bruno Mars ...

Today’s Las Vegas neighborhood isn’t limited to the stucco sea of contemporary suburbia. The landscape includes some spectacular pockets of preserved specimens, from a 1935 Tudor Eclectic on Clark Avenue to a 1951 Contemporary Ranch on Sixth Street. With this map, you can get your bearings for a tour of local streets with patina.

In a Legislature in which the ratio of women to men was among the country’s highest, gender equality issues from tampon taxes to equal pay were advanced. ...

One way to avoid bringing on the heat is for President Trump to acknowledge that the Russians are not on our side ...

Feeling lucky? Gaming establishments throughout Southern Nevada offer deals and promotions for gamers ...

Wayne Brooks never forgot where he came from. For the past eight years, he estimates he has delivered more than 300 pairs of soccer cleats to needy children in Jamaica.

The 113 degrees reached at McCarran International Airport tied the record high for a June 24 set in 1961, National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Boothe said. ...

The Philippine military on Sunday began observing an eight-hour halt in its air and ground offensive against Islamic militants in southern Marawi city to allow residents, most of them displaced by the monthlong fighting, to celebrate the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. ...

Yemen's internationally-recognized government on Saturday ordered the creation of a committee to investigate allegations of human rights violations, following reports that U.S. military interrogators worked with forces from the United Arab Emirates who are accused of torturing detainees in Yemen. ...

Authorities in California are investigating two possible hate crimes against Islamic centers in Sacramento and Davis. ...

CIA Director Mike Pompeo says he thinks disclosure of America's secret intelligence is on the rise, fueled partly by the "worship" of leakers like Edward Snowden. ...

Crews searching through the night in the rubble left by a landslide that buried a mountain village under tons of soil and rocks in southwestern China found 15 bodies, but more than 100 more people remained missing. ...

Chief lieutenants in the Koch brothers' political network lashed out at the Senate Republican health care bill on Saturday as not conservative enough, becoming a powerful outside critic as GOP leaders try to rally support for their plan among rank-and-file Republicans. ...

An off-duty black St. Louis police officer's race factored into him being mistakenly shot by a white officer who didn't recognize him after a shootout with black suspects this week, the wounded officer's lawyer contends. ...

Two weeks into her new life as a full-time Washingtonian, Melania Trump is staying true to her reputation as more homebody than social butterfly. ...

Artifacts connected to some of the nation's most notorious gangsters sold for more than $100,000 at auction Saturday. ...

Young protesters broke down a metal fence guarding an air base in Caracas on Saturday before being repelled by security forces firing tear gas in another day of anti-government protests in Venezuela's capital. ...

A driver who smashed head-on into another car in San Diego, killing himself and the other motorist, had ranted online about killing a "stupid human." ....

Nevada Republican Dean Heller became the fifth GOP senator to declare his opposition to the party's banner legislation to scuttle much of Barack Obama's health care overhaul on Friday, more than enough to sink the measure and deliver a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump unless some of them can be brought aboard. ...

Three people were wounded this morning in a shooting that stemmed from a domestic dispute in the far east valley, according to Metro Police. ...

An 18-year-old motorcyclist believed to have been speeding died in a Friday night crash with a car pulling into a west valley driveway, according to Metro Police.