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Ever since I moved from Alabama to Nevada to work at Greenspun Media Group last year, my daily lunch plans have captivated the newsroom. My picky eating habits have amused colleagues, who constantly joke about my love for ...

President Donald Trump declared Wednesday he believes torture works as his administration readied a sweeping review of how America conducts the war on terror. It includes possible resumption of banned interrogation methods and reopening ...

Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV's beloved "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, has died. Moore ...

A homeless man was arrested early today on an arson count after police found him in a motel room with a burning mattress and a lighter in his hand, according to Las Vegas Fire & Rescue officials. Nobody was injured, officials said. Metro Police responding ...

President Donald Trump moved aggressively to tighten the nation's immigration policies Wednesday, signing executive actions to jumpstart construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall and block federal grants from ...

Drummer Butch Trucks, one of the founding members of the Southern rock legend The Allman Brothers, has died. He was 69. Page Stallings, Trucks' booking agent, said Trucks died Tuesday at his home in West Palm Beach, Florida. Stallings didn't know ...

An armed man robbed the sportsbook at the Silverton on Tuesday night and has not been apprehended, according to Metro Police. The man entered the casino about 8:50 p.m. armed with ...

The Boston Celtics will take to the parquet court next season wearing a General Electric Co. logo on their uniforms. The team said Wednesday it has a three-year deal that makes the company its exclusive data analytics partner. The agreement calls for a GE patch — in green and white, not the ...

The site of the last Howard Johnson's restaurant in the United States is up for sale. Property owner Joe DeSantis confirms Wednesday that the parcel that includes the HoJo's in the New York village of Lake George is for sale. He denies reports that say the ...

Metro Police say they are investigating reports of two people shooting at passersby with a BB gun this morning at Sunset Park. No injuries have been reported, police said. Initial reports ...

A Las Vegas-area school trustee said Wednesday she wants to declare the nation's fifth-largest public school district an immigration sanctuary for students and staff, regardless of their citizenship status. More than 148,000 of the Clark County School District's 322,000 students are ...

Brent Musburger is calling it a career at ESPN after being the play-by-play man in the booth at sporting events enjoyed by millions of Americans, most prominently when ...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she feels "very sad" and "sorry" for President Donald Trump for falsely claiming he'd have won the presidential popular vote but for votes cast against him by millions of ...

President Donald Trump is considering a major review of America's methods for interrogating terror suspects and the possible reopening of CIA-run "black site" prisons outside the United States, according to a draft executive order obtained by ...

A Trump administration freeze on new Environmental Protection Agency contracts and grant awards raised fears that states and other recipients could lose essential funding for drinking water protection, hazardous waste oversight and ...

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has been sworn in to be President Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Nations. Vice President Mike Pence swore in Haley on Wednesday. The Senate voted 96-4 Tuesday night in favor ...

The Dow Jones industrial average crossed the 20,000 mark for the first time in early trading Wednesday, the latest milestone in a record-setting drive for the stock market. The other major U.S. stock indexes were also moving higher, led by banks and other financial companies, as investors pored over the latest batch of company earnings and ...

Trump has been fixated on his loss of the popular vote in the election and a persistent frustration that the legitimacy of his presidency is being challenged by …

Poor outside shooting isn’t the most pressing issue facing the Rebels right now — playmaking, finishing at the rim, perimeter defense, recruiting and many other big-picture affairs take a front seat in Marvin Menzies’ rebuilding effort — but it’s time to recognize ...

You cannot blame our new president for the relatively small number of violent demonstrators who showed up in Washington. You can totally blame him for the crowd that shouted, “Lock her up!” when Hillary Clinton appeared at the swearing-in. In between, you had a ton of peaceful protesters and cheerful celebrators doing their best to move forward with their respective missions. ...

In his inaugural address, he offered no outreach to those who had opposed him. There was no acknowledgment of the achievements of any of his predecessors and he spoke as if he were taking over a country on the verge of ruin. He blamed an ill-defined “establishment” for all of the nation’s troubles and pretended that the progress of the past eight years, from the Great Recession to recovery, had never occurred. ...

f President Trump wants to use his trillion-dollar infrastructure plan as an economic engine, particularly for the middle class, he should also think about sourcing the materials needed to build these roads, airports, railroads and other projects. Relying on Chinese steel, iron ore or other metals to rebuild America would be like taking three steps forward but two steps back. ...

Admit it, you have no idea what a Trump administration will actually be like. Neither does Trump, I would wager. He is a 70-year-old business executive and self-promoter extraordinaire whose lifelong working habit is to go to his office, see what opportunities the day presents and then improvise. He is not going to change. ...

New solutions should begin with fundamental problems such as funding and teachers. Back in the day, when high school was an option and a privilege, the majority of taxpayers strove to get their children the best education possible. Somewhere along the way, subsequent generations seemed to feel that they shouldn’t have to contribute as much toward education; they already got theirs. So our education system morphed into an educational complex consisting of relatively low-paid, underutilized teachers with strong unions. Читать дальше...

After an American company, Liberty Media, recently acquired the Formula One series, Chase Carey — a longtime executive with Fox and DirecTV — was given the reins to overhaul the organization’s management, reach and ambition ...