Новости за 13.03.2016

Sunday letters to the editor.

It would be a tragedy for American Jews to make the Holocaust the principal legacy bequeathed to their children.

Can the Donald Trump Effect trump gerrymandering?

Sunshine Week seeks government transparency.

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders display their dogmatic ignorance in a recent debate, because they can’t run on facts.

Younger students need the social and emotional break from being told what to do.

Bowdoin College is the latest campus to go overboard with political correctness.

Two drivers were injured Saturday night during the Mint 400 race on an off-road course near Primm.

Las Vegan Kurt Busch always has been steady at Phoenix International Raceway with a 13.6 average finish in 26 starts. He put on a show Saturday with single lap and average speeds during practices that suggest he’s the driver to beat.

Motor sports handicapper Micah Roberts gives his top-10 picks for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Good Sam 500 at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona.

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida narrowly won the District of Columbia’s Republican convention on Saturday, seizing his third primary-season victory as a critical contest looms in his home state.

Five people were injured after a 10-passenger van crashed Saturday night on Interstate 15, fire officials said.

The federal government does not have to explain to a Nevada man why his wife — a grandmother and farmer in Mexico — has been denied entry to the U.S. for more than 20 years under “alien smuggling” rules, a federal judge has ruled.

The New Mexico State Aggies face the Cal. State-Bakersfield roadrunners in the WAC tournament final tonight at the Orleans Arena. We’ll be live-blogging the game.

Rain and wind returned with a vengeance Saturday afternoon, sending people scurrying through downtown San Francisco just hours after a dry spell that spared the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade.

Now, San Diego State will be relegated to watching on TV when the NCAA Tournament brackets are announced Sunday. Steve Fisher, the venerable Aztecs coach, didn’t sound too optimistic the Selection Show would end well for his guys.

The Pac-12 conference tournament continues tonight with the Oregon Ducks and Utah Utes facing off for the title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. We’ll be live-blogging all the action.

No. 1-seeded New Mexico State crushed No. 2 Rio Grande Valley 80-53 on Saturday at Orleans Arena to win its second consecutive Western Athletic Conference women’s championship.

A manufactured house caught fire Friday night in the Henderson area, according to a Henderson Fire Department press release.

Zab Judah’s manager fired back at the Nevada Athletic Commission after it suspended Judah for allegedly providing false information on his license application. Judah was scheduled to headline a boxing card Saturday at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center.

Two teens were hospitalized Saturday afternoon after being hit by an SUV in the northeast part of the valley, according to Las Vegas police.

For the past 20-plus years, local high school students eager to follow that star have had exactly one place to go: the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts. This school year, however, the options have expanded.

There are times it seems Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy has spent as many years on the stump as in the saddle, pouring forth his views on federal lands and the Constitution from the dusty middle of nowhere.

The second night of the Neon Reverb music festival kicked into full gear as attendees crowded Fremont Street at the several venues shows took place, with performers ranging from Neon Indian to Sage Francis.

As the Leaf River rose north of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 26-year-old Rebecca Bruce and her fiancé grabbed what they could and left the shed where they live. The water was more than 2 feet deep indoors when they left, she said.