Pro poker player talks about backing and staking
 
Pro poker player talks about backing and staking

Professional poker player Dutch Boyd discusses backing/staking at the World Series of Poker on June 15. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas morning update for Monday, June 26th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Monday, June 26th

1. Two people are dead and another was shot in the head after an argument broke out over a game of dominoes at a northeast Las Vegas home Sunday night. After an argument began, a man went to his car to retrieve a gun and opened fire inside the home on the 4400 block of Wendy Street near East Craig and North Walnut roads. Two men in their 20s were killed and a third man in his 30s was shot in the head and is now stabilized. Police are still looking for the suspect.

2. A Las Vegas woman died from choking injuries Friday morning, according to the Clark County Coroner. On June 3, police were called to a break-in at a home on the 1900 block of Sirocco Court when an arriving officer said he found Stella Martinez on the ground being choked by her ex-boyfriend Christopher Wood. Police attempted to revive Martinez but she later died. Wood faces attempted murder, attempted burglary and domestic battery by strangulation charges.

3. A pedestrian has died after being struck by an SUV early Monday morning. Police responded to a call about the accident on Tropicana near Wilbur Street and Maryland Parkway around 2:30 a.m. Monday. The pedestrian later died at an area hospital.

Press briefing on fatal dominoes shooting in Las Vegas
 
Press briefing on fatal dominoes shooting in Las Vegas

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Dan McGrath speaks to the media about a fatal shooting over a game of dominoes in northeast Las Vegas on Sunday. (Max Michor/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Physical therapist teaches disabled how to drive
 
Physical therapist teaches disabled how to drive

Debbie Hansen, right, a physical therapist who teaches disabled drivers how to drive with special instruments attached to the steering wheel, demonstrates to Touro University student, Caitlin Humenik, on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Henderson. Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye

Poetry By And From Clark County
 
Poetry By And From Clark County

“Clark: Poetry from Clark County, Nevada” features works by Southern Nevada poets. (John Przybys)

Recap of the Vegas Golden Knights 2017 NHL Entry Draft
 
Recap of the Vegas Golden Knights 2017 NHL Entry Draft

Ed Graney and Steve Carp from the Las Vegas Review-Journal review the Vegas Golden Knights selections from the 2017 NHL Entry Draft in Chicago at the United Center.

Las Vegas afternoon update – June 23, 2017
 
Las Vegas afternoon update – June 23, 2017

• A Nevada-based Thunderbird jet skid off the runway and flipped over during a practice in Ohio. The F-16 was part of a demonstration team at Nellis Air Force Base. No injuries were immediately reported. The accident apparently occurred in thunderstorm conditions.
• Dean Heller has become the fifth GOP senator to oppose the health care bill. He says he won’t support the bill in its current form.
• Stefano Ricci will open its second location on the Strip. The Italian clothing brand’s first store is at the Shops at Crystals. The new spot is expected to open in mid-November at Wynn Plaza.
• And a Nye County deputy was hospitalized after being bit by a pit bull mix in Pahrump. He was released from the hospital and the dog has been quarantined.

Prosecutors begin resting their case in Randolph trial
 
Prosecutors begin resting their case in Randolph trial

Prosecutors played Thomas Randolph’s 911 call after his wife was fatally shot and he shot the man who killed her, along with a video re-enactment Randolph made for homicide detectives. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas morning update for Wednesday, June 21st
 
Las Vegas morning update for Wednesday, June 21st

1. Metro’s abuse and neglect detectives are investigating the deadly drowning of a 14-year-old boy last night. Police say the unconscious teenager wasn’t breathing when he was pulled out of the water near Alta Drive and Valley View Boulevard. It isn’t clear if an adult was watching him when he went underwater.

2. The Golden Knights made headlines again with the unveiling of their uniform last night. The jerseys are a combination of steel gray, black, gold and red. But the team’s uniform comes with an accessory that no other NHL team wears: white gloves. Majority owner Bill Foley says the logo and uniform represent strength and power.

3. And Las Vegas hits 117 degrees. The National Weather Service says the desert tied the all-time record high yesterday. The city has only been this hot three other times in June 2013, July 2005 and July 1942. The weather service says the normal high for June 20th is 100 degrees.

Sparse county is sacred to residents that live there
 
Sparse county is sacred to residents that live there

About three hours northwest of Las Vegas lies the Fish Lake Valley in Esmeralda county, the least populous county in the state, and second least populous county in the nation. There is no grocery store, no high school, no hospital, but residents don’t want anything different.

Las Vegas morning update for Tuesday, June 20th
 
Las Vegas morning update for Tuesday, June 20th

1. A California man died at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on the first night of EDC. Michael Morse, 34, was pronounced dead just before 8 a.m. Saturday morning. Family members are now questioning the safety of EDC after saying they’ve seen comments online that lines for water were long on the first night of the festival. Insomniac Events did not respond to requests for comment Monday.

2. One man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in the west valley. Police responded to a domestic disturbance call at an apartment complex near South Cimarron Road and West Charleston Boulevard just after midnight Tuesday. After police got a woman and child out of the apartment, police entered to find a man with a knife. Police attempted to use a stun gun on the man when he lunged at police and he was shot by two officers. The man was pronounced dead at UMC.

3. A Pizza Hut receipt helped police arrest a woman suspected of murder. Kevin Thomas suffered a gunshot wound to the head in November and detectives found the receipt under his body. The receipt had store and order information and the name “Betty” written at the top. Betty Ann Pires had been dating Thomas for three months prior to his death. Pires said she left Thomas at a Pizza Hut the night he was killed but two people came forward, saying Pires admitted to killing Thomas.

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