Harry Reid, former governor recall battling mob in Las Vegas
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019 | 2 a.m. Steve Marcus Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid responds to a question during an interview at hi office in the Bellagio Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Steve Marcus Former Nevada Governor Bob List attends a criminal justice reform roundtable at the Hope For Prisoners […]
Pedestrian dies after being struck by car in Las Vegas
A 67-year-old woman was struck and killed Friday evening in southwest Las Vegas in what was the Las Vegas Valley’s third fatal crash in less than 24 hours, police said. Officers were called about 6:10 p.m. to the crash at Robindale Road and Jones Boulevard, according to a Friday night statement from the Metropolitan Police […]
Travel: Las Vegas, the Sin City, is everything you think it is and, well, more
Having had come precariously close to it in April 2007, I finally ventured past the San Francisco International Airport late last month for my first foray to the United States. It was a two-week trip of spontaneity — the best kind, I’m told — on finding out at work I had 50-something days to use […]
Harry Reid, former governor recall battling mob in Las Vegas
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019 | 2 a.m. Steve Marcus Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid responds to a question during an interview at hi office in the Bellagio Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Steve Marcus Former Nevada Governor Bob List attends a criminal justice reform roundtable at the Hope For Prisoners […]
Pedestrian dies after being struck by car in Las Vegas
A 67-year-old woman was struck and killed Friday evening in southwest Las Vegas in what was the Las Vegas Valley’s third fatal crash in less than 24 hours, police said. Officers were called about 6:10 p.m. to the crash at Robindale Road and Jones Boulevard, according to a Friday night statement from the Metropolitan Police […]
Travel: Las Vegas, the Sin City, is everything you think it is and, well, more
Having had come precariously close to it in April 2007, I finally ventured past the San Francisco International Airport late last month for my first foray to the United States. It was a two-week trip of spontaneity — the best kind, I’m told — on finding out at work I had 50-something days to use […]
In surprise decision, US approves muscular dystrophy drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a second drug to treat muscular dystrophy, the debilitating disease that causes loss of movement and early death By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer December 13, 2019, 9:20 PM 3 min read WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators approved a second drug for a debilitating form of muscular […]
US approves fish oil-based drug for cutting heart risks
U By LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer December 13, 2019, 10:57 PM 3 min read TRENTON, N.J. — U.S. regulators on Friday approved expanded use of a fish oil-based drug for preventing serious heart complications in high-risk patients already taking cholesterol-lowering pills. Vascepa was approved years ago for people with sky-high triglycerides, a type […]
Large hospital system says it was hit by ransomware attack
New Jersey’s largest hospital system says a ransomware attack that struck last week disrupted its computer network and that it paid a ransom to stop it By The Associated Press December 13, 2019, 11:10 PM 1 min read EDISON, N.J. — New Jersey’s largest hospital system said Friday that a ransomware attack last week disrupted […]
