As inaugural In-Season Tournament draws to a close, Adam Silver looks ahead to possible tweaks

LAS VEGAS (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver seemed more than satisfied by the way the inaugural In-Season Tournament went this season, though noted that it’s only natural to expect some tweaks to the format before next year. Silver, speaking Saturday before the Indiana Pacers and Los Angeles Lakers met in the event’s first championship […]

UNLV shooting suspect had list of targets at that campus and another university, police say

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The suspect in the deadly shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, had a list of targets at the school and at East Carolina University in North Carolina, police said Thursday. Three faculty members were killed and a fourth was wounded by the gunman who opened fire on the campus […]

No UNLV students killed in shooting; victims were faculty members, university says

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A gunman who killed three faculty members at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, before dying in a shootout with police, did not appear to be targeting students, according to two law enforcement officials with direct knowledge of the investigation. Terrified students and professors cowered in classrooms and dorms as the […]

Gunman who killed 3 at UNLV did not appear to be targeting students, AP sources say

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A gunman who killed three people and critically wounded a fourth at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, before dying in a shootout with police, did not appear to be targeting students, according to two law enforcement officials with direct knowledge of the investigation. Terrified students and professors cowered in classrooms […]

J Balvin returns to his reggaeton roots on the romantic ‘Amigos’ — and no, it is not about Bad Bunny

LAS VEGAS (AP) — At a Frank Sinatra-themed restaurant in the lobby of Encore, a luxury hotel and casino on the Vegas strip, Colombian musician J Balvin sat down to discuss his interest in Formula One. Balvin was the only artist at last month’s Las Vegas Grand Prix to perform twice doing their motorsport weekend […]

Takeaways from Friday’s events at UN climate conference known as COP28

Friday was a day for speechmaking at the United Nations annual climate conference, known as COP28, as heads of state each gave short speeches to deliver their views on the planet’s climate crisis, what their nation is doing and what they think others should do. It was also a day of sadness, as not far […]