It’s a Boy! Duchess of Cambridge Gives Birth to Third Child
 
It’s a Boy! Duchess of Cambridge Gives Birth to Third Child

It’s a Boy! Duchess of Cambridge Gives Birth to Third Child Kensington Palace announced that Prince William and Princess Kate traveled by car to the private Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital in central London Monday. The child was born at 11:01 a.m. local time, weighing 8lbs 7oz. Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well. Kensington Palace The new addition will be fifth in line to the throne, Queen Elizabeth II’s sixth great-grandchild and third grandchild of Charles, Prince of Wales. Catherine and Harry married in 2011 and have two other children, Prince George, 4, and Princess Charlotte, who turns 3 next month.

CDC Warns People to Steer Clear of Romaine After E. Coli Outbreak
 
CDC Warns People to Steer Clear of Romaine After E. Coli Outbreak

CDC Warns People to Steer Clear of Romaine After E. Coli Outbreak The Center for Disease Control and Prevention told people on Friday to stay away from the lettuce after a multi-state E. coli outbreak. 53 people have been infected across 16 states, with 31 people hospitalized. No deaths have occurred yet. Symptoms of E. coli poisoning include stomach cramps, diarrhea and vomiting. The CDC says the outbreak came from lettuce near Yuma, Arizona, warning consumers to avoid any lettuce grown in the area. Product labels often do not identify growing regions; so, throw out any romaine lettuce if you’re uncertain about where it was grown. This includes whole heads and hearts of romaine, chopped romaine, and salads and salad mixes containing romaine lettuce.

10 of the Most Beautiful Places in the World, in Honor of Earth Day
 
10 of the Most Beautiful Places in the World, in Honor of Earth Day

10 of the Most Beautiful Places in the World, in Honor of Earth Day 1. Denali National Park 2. Bora Bora 3. Antarctica 4. Grand Canyon 5. Bali 6. Maldives 7. Hawaii 8. Great Barrier Reef 9. Galapagos Island 10. Atacama Desert

Layton Walls twirls complete game as Rancho downs Coronado
 
Layton Walls twirls complete game as Rancho downs Coronado

Layton Walls went the distance to lead Rancho to a 5-1 home win over Coronado. The Rams righty struck out six, and started two double plays to escape jams. His lone blemish was a solo homer by Cristian Herrera in the fourth. Rancho’s bats chipped away at Coronado, scoring in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Edarian Williams scored twice for the Rams, and scored the first run after leading off the third with a double. The win moved Rancho to 22-4, and 14-2 in the Sunrise League. Coronado fell to 16-8, 11-4.

Green Valley comes back to beat Liberty
 
Green Valley comes back to beat Liberty

Green Valley overcame a three-inning deficit to score a 7-6 win over Liberty on Friday afternoon. Gators senior Garrett Nelson pitched four scoreless innings of relief and scored the game-tying run. Green Valley trailed for most of the game after surrendering five runs in the second inning. Nelson loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh inning, but escaped the jam by inducing a groundout.

Las Vegas’ housing market: Bubble vs. today
 
Las Vegas’ housing market: Bubble vs. today

Las Vegas home prices are rising at one of the fastest rates nationally, and builders are selling the most homes in years. But by almost any measure, the market remains a long way from the peaks of the bubble years last decade. The median sales price of previously owned single-family homes was $280,000 last month. That’s more than doubled since hitting bottom, but still below the peak of $315,000 in mid-2006. Builders sold 9,400 homes last year, the highest tally in almost a decade but far below the record of almost 39,000 in 2005. “Las Vegas has been climbing out of the hole for the better part of the last decade.” Brian Gordon, co-owner, Las Vegas-based Applied Analysis

Las Vegas’ Deadliest Air Disaster
 
Las Vegas’ Deadliest Air Disaster

A cross near Cactus Aveue and Decatur Boulevard marks the site of Las Vegas’ deadliest air disaster. On April 21, 1958, an Air Force fighter jet collided with United Airlines Flight 736 at 21,000 feet. Both aircraft plummeted to the ground and burned. All 47 people on the airliner and both men in the fighter jet were killed. The crash led to new air safety regulations, including the creation of what is now the Federal Aviation Administration. The crash site is now a parking lot. The cross on the hill behind it is the only sign of what happened there.

Avicii Dead at 28
 
Avicii Dead at 28

Avicii Dead at 28 The Swedish DJ, whose real name is Tim Bergling, died on Friday afternoon in Muscat, Oman, according to his publicist. Diana Baron, Avicii’s publicist Diana Baron, Avicii’s publicist Avicii had retired from performing live music in 2016 for health reasons. Last year, he posted a statement on his website saying that just because he wasn’t doing live performances didn’t mean he would stop making music. Avicii

Terrible Herbst to open large travel center in Southern Nevada
 
Terrible Herbst to open large travel center in Southern Nevada

Terrible Herbst will open a large travel center in Southern Nevada this May. The 50,000-square-foot commercial travel center will include 96 fuel pumps and the third White Castle restaurant in Southern Nevada. The travel center is located near the intersection of Interstate 15 and Goodsprings Road. The center is across from the Gold Strike casino, and signs outside the travel center advertise the site as Terrible’s Road House. Terrible Herbst is calling the center the world’s largest Chevron.

Clutch 2-out hit powers Palo Verde to series sweep of Centennial
 
Clutch 2-out hit powers Palo Verde to series sweep of Centennial

Palo Verde beat Centennial on Thursday, 5-3, completing a three-game sweep. Palo Verde jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first, and held on until the sixth. It was there the Bulldogs battled for three runs to tie the game. In the bottom of the sixth, Samantha Wade singled home a pair in what turned out to be the game-winning hit. Taylor Askland took care of business with a complete game, and struck out 10. It was the 15th straight win by Palo Verde dating back to 2014, including five playoff meetings. Palo Verde improved to 21-7, 12-0 in Northwest League play. Centennial fell to 20-11, 11-4.

Spencer Gallagher on a roll
 
Spencer Gallagher on a roll

Spencer Gallagher posted his career best finish in last weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Bristol, Tennessee. The second-year driver from Las Vegas started ninth and finished fifth. He called the impressive run a “watershed moment.” Gallagher, who struggled as rookie in 2017, has four Top 10 finishes after seven races and has yet to run outside the Top 15. Spencer Gallagher

Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof accused of sexual assault, won’t face charges
 
Nevada brothel owner Dennis Hof accused of sexual assault, won’t face charges

Two former prostitutes allege that brothel owner Dennis Hof sexually assaulted them several years ago. A newly released police report details the accusations through interviews with the women. Former prostitute Jennifer O’Kane claims she was “raped and battered daily” by Hof. Hof, a Republican running for Assembly District 36 in Pahrump, denies the claims. The police report was released after the Nye County district attorney’s office last month declined to prosecute Hof, 71, because the statute of limitations had expired. Dennis Hof

Two Black Men Arrested at Starbucks Share Their Story
 
Two Black Men Arrested at Starbucks Share Their Story

Two Black Men Arrested at Starbucks Share Their Story Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson sat down with ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ on Thursday and said the Starbucks manager called the police two minutes after they arrived. Donte Robinson, to ‘Good Morning America’ Donte Robinson, to ‘Good Morning America’ The men were meeting with a friend for a business meeting at the store’s location at around 3:45 pm on April 12 and declined to make any purchases. Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson issued a public apology and vowed to fix the issue by closing 8,000 stores nationwide next month for training on unconscious bias. Both Nelson and Robinson were released without charges after spending hours in jail, and the manager is no longer with the company.

Suspect in Las Vegas shooting of Venetian execs arrested in Texas
 
Suspect in Las Vegas shooting of Venetian execs arrested in Texas

The man suspected of killing one Strip casino executive and injuring another has been arrested. According to police, Anthony J. Wrobel was taken into custody by Texas law enforcement officers without incident near the town of Vega. The FBI filed a federal arrest warrant for Wrobel on Wednesday after discovering he had fled Nevada. A criminal complaint charged Wrobel with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution after the shooting. Wrobel is suspected of going to a picnic at Sunset Park for employees of The Venetian and opening fire on two executives.

MGM Resorts will use solar array to power Las Vegas casinos
 
MGM Resorts will use solar array to power Las Vegas casinos

MGM Resorts International is planning to power Las Vegas Strip casinos using solar arrays. MGM Resorts is partnering with a Chicago-based renewable developer on a new 100-megawatt photovoltaic array set to go online in 2020, about 25 miles northeast of Las Vegas. The dedicated solar array will be capable of supplying up to 90 percent of daytime demand at the company’s 13 Las Vegas casinos. The array will consist of 336,000 solar panels capable of producing enough power for about 27,000 homes. Construction is slated to start next year, and is expected to employ about 350 people during construction . All of the electricity generated by the array will go to MGM Resorts under a 20-year agreement.

Mob Museum to open hidden Prohibition-era speakeasy
 
Mob Museum to open hidden Prohibition-era speakeasy

The Mob Museum is opening a hidden Prohibition-era speakeasy. The Underground will be a permanent exhibition on the history of Prohibition that will double as a working speakeasy and distillery. It promises to be an only-in-Vegas spot for enjoying beer and cocktails while learning a thing or two about gangsters and flappers. The Underground is in the basement of the former Stewart Avenue post office and courthouse that houses the museum and will be open — and pouring cocktails and mocktails — during museum hours.

Station Casinos offers free wagers on Golden Knights to win Cup
 
Station Casinos offers free wagers on Golden Knights to win Cup

Station Casinos will offer free bets on the Vegas Golden Knights to win the Stanley Cup. The locals casino company announced a promotion offering free wagers ranging from $5 to $250 on the team who wins hockey’s most coveted trophy. Thousands of invited holders of Station’s Boarding Pass loyalty card will receive an offer by mail to swipe their cards Monday at kiosks at seven properties. A winning ticket could cash for up to $1,000. The Golden Knights are now the 4-1 co-favorites with the Nashville Predators to claim the NHL championship.

Hero Southwest Pilot Was One of the Navy’s First Female Fighter Pilots
 
Hero Southwest Pilot Was One of the Navy’s First Female Fighter Pilots

Hero Southwest Pilot Was One of the Navy’s First Female Fighter Pilots Tammie Jo Shults is being called a hero after safely landing the crippled Southwest Flight 1380 in Philadelphia. According to a spokesperson, Shults began her Navy career in 1985 and was one of the first female pilots to “transition to tactical aircraft.” She served for another eight years before moving to the Naval Reserve, retiring completely in 2001 with the rank of Lt. Commander. The Southwest flight, which was headed for Dallas from New York, was forced to make an emergency landing after one of its
engines blew. One passenger was killed in the explosion when shrapnel flew through a window. Seven others suffered minor injuries aboard the flight, which carried 149 people. Passenger Peggy Phillips, to NBC News Passenger Peggy Phillips, to NBC News

Austin and Carson Wells bring brotherly bond to Bishop Gorman baseball
 
Austin and Carson Wells bring brotherly bond to Bishop Gorman baseball

The Wells brothers: Austin, left, and Carson, right, are two reasons why Bishop Gorman baseball is off to a 17-4 start this season. Austin is a slugging catcher who is batting .500 this season with a team-high 21 walks and 14 doubles. Carson is a speedy center fielder who leads the team in runs (29), hits (28) and stolen bases (10). Together, they hope to deliver Gorman its first baseball state championship since 2015.

Lights FC needs to be better in final third
 
Lights FC needs to be better in final third

The Lights are trying to turn on their quality this week. The team is struggling in the final third despite a 2-0-2 record. Only one Lights’ goal so far has come in the run of play. The team is using its second bye week to correct this. You look at the training and they’re making a lot of passes and a lot of good plays. But in the games, no. In the (final third), the quality is very, very short.

Raul Castro to Step Down as Cuban President
 
Raul Castro to Step Down as Cuban President

Raul Castro to Step Down as Cuban President The 86-year-old Castro has held the office since his brother Fidel’s resignation in 2008. For the first time in nearly six decades, a Castro may not be the leader of Cuba. Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, whom Castro has reportedly been grooming as a replacement, If elected, Diaz-Canal will immediately be forced to deal with the country’s economic struggles and make key decisions on social reforms. Yassel Padron Kunakbaeva, a Marxist blogger, to The Associated Press A successor will be named following a two-day session by member of Cuba’s National Assembly.

Prince death investigation coming to an end
 
Prince death investigation coming to an end

Prosecutors in Minnesota plan an announcement Thursday on the two-year investigation into Prince’s death from a drug overdose
Prince was 57 when he was found alone and unresponsive in an elevator at his Paisley Park estate on April 21, 2016. An autopsy found he died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl.
Search warrants unsealed about a year after Prince died showed that authorities searched his home, cellphone records of associates and his email accounts to try to determine how he got the drug. The county attorney has scheduled a morning announcement at which time charges could be filed.

Suspended Las Vegas lawyer Jacob Hafter dies at age 42
 
Suspended Las Vegas lawyer Jacob Hafter dies at age 42

Las Vegas lawyer Jacob Hafter died Tuesday at the age of 42. Las Vegas police dispatch logs show that officers went to Hafter’s office at about 1:15 p.m. after receiving a report of a suicide attempt. According to the Clark County coroner’s office, Hafter was taken to UMC, where he was pronounced dead .
His cause of death has not been determined. The controversial lawyer was suspended by the Nevada Supreme Court in Novemeber for lying under oath and making derogatory public comments about a district judge.

Letter to Clark County School Board alleging discrimination triggers inquiry
 
Letter to Clark County School Board alleging discrimination triggers inquiry

CCSD will hire an investigator after allegations that the Employee Management Relations department engages in favoritism and discrimination. The allegations were made by former employee, Donald Harris, in a letter sent to Clark County School Board trustees. The letter laid out a range of accusations against Associate Superintendent Edward Goldman painting a picture of a leader who has gained power by collecting and leveraging information about his colleagues. Donald Harris Harris was a director in the department who retired last week. The accusations come as CCSD is deciding whether to hire an internal or external candidate to replace retiring Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky.

2 rescued after car crashes into lake
 
2 rescued after car crashes into lake

Two people were rescued safely after a car crashed into a lake in the Desert Shores community in northwest Las Vegas. The crash was called in five minutes before midnight at a lake near Breakwater and Port of Call drives, according to Las Vegas Fire Department spokesman Tim Szymanski. A man and woman managed to get out of the car and onto the roof, Szymanski said. One of them couldn’t swim, so they waited for help to arrive. Firefighters pushed a raft over to the couple and used a fire hose to pull them back to shore, Szymanski said. No one was injured. No one was injured. Las Vegas Police took over the investigation to determine how the car got into the lake.

Shortstop Edarian Williams does it all for Rancho
 
Shortstop Edarian Williams does it all for Rancho

Rancho senior shortstop Edarian Williams is one of the best baseball players in the Las Vegas Valley. Through last week, he’s batting .515 with four home runs, six doubles, 12 stolen bases and 19 RBIs. He signed a national letter of intent to play baseball for UNLV in the fall. The Rams are 19-4 and, with Williams, have legitimate state championship aspirations.

Police investigate Henderson constable
 
Police investigate Henderson constable

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson says police are … investigating Henderson Constable Earl Mitchell… after a Las Vegas Review-Journal story about Mitchell’s spending. Clark County Commissioners also debated eliminating the office. But decided to wait for a county audit. Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson

1 Dead, 7 Injured After Southwest Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing
 
1 Dead, 7 Injured After Southwest Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing

1 Dead, 7 Injured After Southwest Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 out of New York, which had 143 passengers and a crew of five onboard, landed in Philadelphia on Tuesday. According to NBC10, a female passenger was partially sucked out of a broken window, which was a result of the plane’s engine ripping apart. It’s not known if the female passenger was the one who died. Emergency personnel met the battered plane upon its landing. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the blown engine resulted in a smashed window and a damaged fuselage. Southwest Airlines The FAA said that the NTSB will lead the investigation into what happened.

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