• Foothill High grad who lost a leg in Afghanistan given new home in Reno

  RENO -- A Marine who lost a leg and underwent over 20 surgeries after being critically wounded in a 2010 explosion in Afghanistan has moved a big step forward in rebuilding his life. A group of volunteers handed over the keys Saturday for a new Reno house to Sgt. Thomas "Trey" Humphrey and his wife, Lindsey, who are expecting their first child in July. The 1,739-square-foot home, ...

• San Antonio flooding kills one dozens rescued

  A man surveys floodwaters caused by heavy rains Saturday in San Antonio. The city has received torrential rains since Friday evening and officials say numerous roads have been closed because of flash ...

• Nevada legislators have plenty left to do in last week of session

  CARSON CITY -- Nevada lawmakers are rounding the final turn and heading down the backstretch of the final full week of the 2013 session. But there's still plenty of jockeying going on as legislators and lobbyists jostle and maneuver in a mad dash toward the June 3 finish line. Here are five things to know about the upcoming agenda when legislators begin the 17th week of the session Monday: ...

• Rescuers look for pilot in deadly New York Angel Flight

  First responders gather at a command post in Ephratah, N.Y., on Saturday, May 25, 2013, as the search for the pilot of a downed Angel Flight out of Massachusetts continues. The twin engine light plane plane carrying two passengers and the pilot crashed in a wooded area in upstate New York on ...

• Assembly panel passes driver authorization cards bill

  Utah's Driving Privilege Card serves as a driver's license for undocumented residents. The Nevada Assembly has advanced a bill that would allow similiar cards in the ...

• With night tours Neon Museum offers new perspective of Vegas past

  A tourist takes a photo at the Neon Museum in Las Vegas on Friday, May 24, 2013. For the past six months, visitors have had to squint up at the hulking metal forms through the desert sun. On Friday, the museum unveiled nighttime ...

• Dispute simmers over road to Grand Canyon Skywalk

  MEADVIEW, Ariz. (AP) -- On one of the busiest holiday weekends of the year, some travelers looking to get to the Grand Canyon's glass-bottom Skywalk will have to pay an extra fee to cross through a private ...

• Obama refocuses terror threat to pre-911 level

  Obama is not claiming final victory over extremists who still seek to kill Americans and other Westerners. Instead, he is refocusing the long struggle against terrorism that lies ahead, steering the United States away from what he calls an equally frightening threat - a country in a state of perpetual war. In doing so, Obama recasts the image of the terrorists themselves, from enemy warriors to ...

• Graduates in tornado-raked Oklahoma town vow to stay

  OKLAHOMA CITY-Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to their high schools Saturday, they vowed they wouldn't say goodbye to Moore. "I wouldn't want to be in any other place. It's our roots. Tornadoes are a part of life here," said 18-year-old Brooke Potter, whose current college ...

• Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668000

  German auction house Breker said Saturday an Asian client, who asked not to be named, bought the so-called Apple 1, which the tech company's founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built in a family ...

• Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse

  The collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Washington state brings new attention to the limits of the country’s infrastructure, especially older structures that were designed with little room for error and were never intended to carry the number of cars and trucks they see ...

• Wheelchair lift out of Wisconsin promises more access

  This April 2013 photo provided by Joe Kloptic shows a prototype called the Funicular in Madison, Wis. A University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering professor, students and others helped come up with it after getting in touch with a local elementary school that wasn't handicapped accessible. The platform uses rollers and a modified chain hoist that allows the wheelchair users to use their ...

• West Virginia town transfixed by teen girls murder plot

  STAR CITY, W.Va.-For nearly nine months, the people of this small West Virginia town saw the face of missing 16-year-old honors student Skylar Neese everywhere-beaming at them from fliers on utility poles, in gas stations, even at the local tattoo parlor. She had been missing since she slipped out of her bedroom window one night last summer, but some in this town of fewer than 2,000 people never ...

• As Lake Mead shrinks California uses more than its share of water

  As water managers in Nevada and elsewhere fight to keep Lake Mead as full as possible, an irrigation district in California has significantly overdrawn its Colorado River allotment over the past three years. The Imperial Valley Irrigation District is the single largest water user on the Colorado, but it is "isolating itself" with its actions, said Pat Mulroy, general manager of the ...

• Legislation tasks campus authority with defining designing new UNLV stadium

  Funding plan for new UNLV stadium still relies on tax infusion (3-1-2012) /inline-content --> The UNLV stadium bill was gutted of a key provision this week: creation of a special tax district around the university to help finance the proposed on-campus facility. Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, introduced an amended bill Thursday that has no language pertaining to a ...

• Las Vegas resort beaches offer oasis in middle of the desert

  Top 10 water attractions in Las Vegas -- From VEGAS.com /inline-content --> In the scorching heat of the Mojave, stumbling upon a tropical beach might seem like a mirage. But in Las Vegas, it seems anything is possible. A neon beacon of luxury and excess, this desert city features several manmade sand beaches, some decorated with tropical flowers and dotted with towering palms. As the city ...

• Its back New Wet n Wild wins over frolickers thirsty for Las Vegas water park

  Tennis legend Andre Agassi, Clark County Commissioner Susan Brager and Wet ‘n’ Wild Las Vegas investors Roger and Scott Bulloch of SPB Partners prepare to cut a ceremonial red ribbon made fittingly of swimwear during the park’s grand opening on Friday, May 24, 2013. Kids in candy-colored swimsuits squirmed anxiously during the ceremony as they waited for the green light to ride ...

• Las Vegas prison guard conspired with security guard to rob bank www.privateofficercom

  Benjamin Kyker is very familiar with the Nevada prisons system, but the veteran prison guard could soon be bunking with the kind of men he's been guarding. Kyker, a sergeant with the Southern Desert Correctional Center in Indian Springs, was arrested Thursday and faces charges in connection to conspiring with a security guard to rob a bank. According to his Las Vegas police arrest report, ...

• Former prisoners on road to workforce reentry

  Standing in a black pinstripe suit, 56-year-old Michael Bohan quoted the final lines of Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" to 27 men and women who graduated Friday from a week-long leadership workshop that helps newly released prisoners reenter the workforce. "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference," ...

• School Board to hold new vote on superintendent selection

  Current Clark County School District Interim Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky interviews for the permanent position in front of CCSD board members, from left, Chris Garvey, Dr. Linda Young, and Erin Cranor in Las Vegas on Tuesday ...

• Judge rules Arpaios office profiles Latinos

  This Jan. 9, 2013 file photo shows Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaking with the media in Phoenix. A federal judge ruled Friday Arpaio's office systematically singled out Hispanics in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles ...

• Arson suspect arrested on federal felony charges

  The man who was arrested in connection with arson at Sport-Social, an autism sports facility, will now face federal felony charges, according to U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada Daniel Bogden. Samuel Powers, 24, was picked up by Las Vegas police after witnesses saw him leaving the burning building on April 15. The fire damaged the front offices and classrooms of Sport-Social. Powers was ...

• Lawyering didnt sink him but taxes did

  U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro overrode the government's plea deal with Las Vegas bankruptcy attorney Randolph Goldberg and gave him the maximum possible under federal guidelines -- two years in prison instead of the agreed upon 18 months. She gave him the maximum fine of $40,000. He paid restitution of $720,719. He has already surrendered his law license for two years, but unless the ...

• Cathedral Rock area reopens with new picnic benches bigger parking lot

  Peter Reedijk, left, and Heather Julius work on installing location markers on maps on picnic tables at the freshly renovated Cathedral Rock Picnic Area on Mount Charleston on ...

• Las Vegas lawyer who stole from client is disbarred

  Friday, May 24, 2013 | 6:22 p.m. The Nevada Supreme Court Friday disbarred Las Vegas lawyer Ronald N. Serota for conduct "involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation." He admittedly stole $319,000 from a client in 2009 to invest in his businesses Beverage Plus and Clean Energy. An unidentified client gave him the money to satisfy a claim by the Securities and Exchange ...

• Hangover Part III Take a gamble on these Las Vegas films

  Over the decades, Sin City has been the backdrop for musicals such as 1941's "Las Vegas Nights," featuring a very young Frank Sinatra, Oscar-winning best films (1974's "The Godfather: Part II," 1988's "Rain Man"), dramas (1995's "Leaving Las Vegas") and countless comedies including 2009's blockbuster "The Hangover" and ...

• Gas cheaper than last Memorial Day but travel expected to drop

  Memorial Day weekend travel is expected to be slightly lower this year from 2012, according to a forecast this week from AAA. The auto club's Mountain West region -- which includes Nevada and neighboring states such as Arizona, Idaho and Utah -- should see about 2.6 million trips of 50 miles or more. Nationally, the number of treks is 34.8 million. Both come in less than 1 percent fewer ...

• Senate Democrats 11-10 majority makes big difference in three votes

  CARSON CITY -- The importance of Democrats holding a one-vote majority in the Senate was clearly demonstrated Thursday night when they passed three straight bills by 11-10 margins. Two of the bills are designed to increase voter turnout, a step that generally is thought to benefit Democrats. The bills also passed the Assembly on party-line votes and now go to Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval. ...

• Sex education bill for Nevada schools dies

  CARSON CITY -- Legislation to create a new medically-accurate, age-appropriate sex education program for Nevada schools died quietly on the state Senate secretary's desk Friday. Assembly Bill 230 needed Senate approval Friday to stay alive under the Legislature's requirement that bills pass a second house by midnight or automatically die. Critics had complained the bill might lead to ...

• Rock fantasy camp in Las Vegas

  LAS VEGAS -; He'd seen the hype: "You On Stage With Rock Stars!" n So, San Diego surfer and aspiring rocker Gary Young was feeling good vibrations. He'd come 300-plus miles in his 1951 surf sticker-plastered woodie station wagon with two boards on top for a "once in a lifetime opportunity to jam out" with Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson and guitar guru Jeff Beck ...

• Las Vegas police search for armed man involved in at least nine robberies

  Las Vegas police are asking for the public's assistance as they search for a "Quick Pinch" armed suspect in a series of robberies on the west side of town.At least nine robberies have occurred between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. in convenience stores in the areas between Hualapai Way and Buffalo Drive, and Flamingo Road and Charleston Boulevard. They all happened from March to May 18, ...

• Vintner Grill banquet facility at Fashion Show Mall shut down by health inspector

  Summerlin favorite Vintner Grill had its banquet location inside Neiman Marcus at Fashion Show Mall shut down as a health hazard by the Southern Nevada Health District. Environmental health supervisor Robert Urzi said the facility actually could have been closed May 22 for either of two reasons -- because the 45 demerits inspectors found was five more than allowable threshold and because backup ...

• Provo couple dies in St. George motorhome crash

  A Jeep that was being towed behind an RV crashed into several townhomes on Friday in St. George, Utah. A Provo couple on a family recreational vehicle trip was killed when their motorhome crashed into several St. George townhomes, authorities ...

• Amended More Cops bill clears state Senate returns to Assembly

  CARSON CITY -- The "More Cops" bill that would allow the sales tax to be boosted in Clark County to put more police officers on the street was approved 18-3 in the Nevada Senate on Friday. Sheriff Doug Gillespie said earlier the bill would lead to the hiring of 400 more cops for the Metropolitan Police Department, although the money could be used to cover decline in other revenue and ...

• Bill would fund college for spouses of service members killed in action

  WASHINGTON -- A bill revived in Congress would pay the college education of individuals whose spouses were service members killed in the line of duty. Current law limits education allowances to $936 per month for military widows and widowers. The legislation, introduced Thursday and estimated to cost $200 million over 10 years, would cover full in-state college tuition and fees, plus provide a ...

• UNLV to face Arizona at home after deal falls apart to move football game

  moving the game to Glendale, Ariz., the Rebels football team will open its home slate on Sept. 7 against Arizona in Las Vegas as originally scheduled, UNLV Athletic Director Jim Livengood announced in a statement Friday. "We were approached by a promoter to move our September 7 home football game against Arizona to Glendale's University of Phoenix Stadium but we've decided to ...

• ‘Michael Jackson One’ is Cirque du Soleil’s best — and includes snow at Mandalay Bay

  We posted a preview of the show Thursday with links to my interviews with "One's" creative team leading up to last night's performance. "One" is such a riveting and immersive experience, you'll want to return time and again to catch what you miss. The nonstop action is throughout the theater, up in the ceiling and in the aisles alongside the audience, as well ...

• Man indicted in January Las Vegas slaying

  A 25-year-old man was indicted Friday on a murder charge in connection with the January shooting death of another man. Michael Smith, also known as Michael Smith Jr., faces one count of murder with a deadly weapon in the Jan. 14 slaying of Las Vegas resident Carlos Randle, 40. A spokeswoman at the Clark County coroner's office said Randle died of multiple gunshot wounds. Smith also faces ...

• Budget chief replaces Finger as assistant county manager

  Yolanda King, Clark County's director of budget and financial planning, has been promoted to assistant county manager, county officials announced Friday. King, a longtime county employee, will replace Assistant County Manager Ed Finger, who is resigning for a job at a wastewater reclamation district in Colorado. The appointment will need a vote by the Clark County Commission at its June 4 ...

• Memorial Day weekend to be warm maybe smoky

  Sunny but possibly smoky skies and warm temperatures are on the horizon for the busy Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas. The high temperature is expected to be 88 degrees on Monday, with a low of 67, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Stachelski. The normal temperature for Memorial Day is 93 degrees, and the record high is 108, set in 1974. Saturday and Sunday both will see ...

• Passenger traffic at Las Vegas airport virtually unchanged in April

  Friday24 May 20132:57 p.m. Passenger traffic was flat again at McCarran International Airport in April with statistics showing a familiar pattern for the city: slight international growth nearly offsetting a dip in domestic traffic. There were 3.549 million passengers to and from McCarran in April compared with 3.554 million in April 2012, a 0.2 percent decline, according to the Clark County ...

• Firefly reopens today at new Paradise Road location

  The Firefly restaurant is reopening Friday at the former location of Z'Tejas, 3824 Paradise Road. The old location, shown here, closed after a salmonella outbreak in late April sickened nearly 300 ...

• Technician Dipak withdrew scopes so fast it was like cracking a whip

  Dr. Dipak Desai stands in court at the Clark County Regional Justice Center on May 7. A technician testified on Friday that Desai's colonoscopy procedures were conducted so quickly that when he withdrew a scope, it was like "cracking a ...

• Vegas police trying to ID 10-time armed robber

  LAS VEGAS -- The Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital will maintain its federal funding despite not meeting some of the government's requirements. The hospital came under scrutiny for its discharging ...

• Actress Amanda Bynes accused of bong toss out NYC window

  In an image made from video, actress Amanda Bynes, center, wearing sweats and a blonde wig, is escorted after a Manhattan criminal court appearance on Friday May 24, 2013, in New York. Bynes was arrested Thursday evening and charged with reckless endangerment after police say she heaved a marijuana bong out of out of her Manhattan apartment ...

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