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Analysis: Golden Knights have Stars shook with 2-0 series lead

Apr 25, 2024 (2 a.m.)

By Case Keefer

A lot went wrong for the Golden Knights Wednesday night at American Airlines Center. That’s hard to remember after Vegas pulled off a 3-1 victory over the Dallas Stars in a game where it trailed for a total of 82 ...

• Long flu season winds down in U.S.

  By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

  The U.S. flu season appears to be over. It was long, but it wasn't unusually severe. Last week, for the third straight week, medical visits for flu-like illnesses dipped below the threshold for what's counted as an active ...

• Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback

  By Matthew Perrone and Zeke Miller, Associated Press

  President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. In a statement Friday, Biden’s top ...

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  They say don't leave valuables in parked cars in San Francisco. Rep. Adam Schiff didn't listen

  By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press

  San Francisco has earned an unwelcome national reputation for car burglaries that U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff was reminded of the hard way: The Democratic congressman had his luggage swiped from his car while it was parked in a downtown garage. With his formal clothing gone, Schiff ended up at a fundraising dinner Thursday for ...

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  Group recruiting military veterans as poll workers

  By Ayden Runnels

  National voting advocacy group Vet the Vote held an event today alongside state and Clark County officials to encourage veterans to become poll workers. Joined by Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar and ...

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  WNBA training camps open with Caitlin Clark, the rookie class and free agency moves in the spotlight

  By Doug Feinberg, Associated Press

  There is a buzz around the opening of WNBA training camps with the arrival of Caitlin Clark, the rest of her heralded ...

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  John Oates' new album is called 'Reunion.' But don't think Hall & Oates are getting back together

  By Maria Sherman, Associated Press

  For many music fans, John Oates is most recognizable as one-half of the Grammy-nominated Hall & Oates, the multiplatinum soul-pop duo behind hits like “Rich Girl” and “Maneater" now riven by litigation. But he's also had a full career as a soloist. His sixth solo album, “Reunion,” is out May 17. Just don't consider the title a thinly veiled attempt at ...

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  Nevada National Guard breaks ground on shooting range in Las Vegas

  By Ayden Runnels

  The Nevada National Guard broke ground Thursday on its first in-state shooting range in partnership with Metro Police. Nevada Guard troops, as well as ...

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  Las Vegas operation targets credit card skimming fraud

  By Ayden Runnels

  The U.S. Secret Service and local law enforcement agencies recently spent two days inspecting thousands of payment terminals at businesses as part of an operation to ...

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  United Methodists endorse change that could give regions more say on LGBTQ and other issues

  By Peter Smith, Associated Press

  United Methodist delegates have overwhelmingly endorsed a constitutional amendment seen by advocates as a way of defusing debates over the role of LGBTQ people in the church by giving rule-making autonomy to each region of the international church. Delegates voted 586-164 on Thursday for the “regionalization” proposal on the ...

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  Jerry Seinfeld's commitment to the bit

  By Jake Coyle, Associated Press

  Jerry Seinfeld has been responsible for more movies than you think. Yes, he co-wrote and lent his voice to 2007's “Bee Movie." But before that, “Seinfeld” — where going to the movies, with or without the aid of Moviefone, was nearly as regular a destination as the coffee shop — gave birth to dozens of (fake) films. “Rochelle, Rochelle." “Prognosis ...

• U.S. announces new Patriot missiles for Ukraine as part of new $6 billion aid package

  By Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp, Associated Press

  The U.S. will provide Ukraine additional Patriot missiles for its air defense systems as part of a massive $6 billion additional aid package, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Friday. The missiles will be used to replenish previously supplied ...

• Rooting for Trump to fail has made his stock shorters millions

  By Bernard Condon, Associated Press

  Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable. Just ask a hardy band of mostly amateur Wall Street investors who have collectively made tens of millions of dollars over the past month by betting that the stock price of his social media business — Truth Social — will keep dropping despite ...

• Egypt sends delegation to Israel, its latest effort to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

  By Samy Magdy, Bassem Mroue and David Rising, Associated Press

  Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel on Friday with the hope of brokering a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, two officials said. At the same time, it warned that a possible Israeli offensive focused on Gaza's city of Rafah — on the border with Egypt — could have ...

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  Trump's lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution's first witness in hush money trial

  By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

  Donald Trump's defense team attacked the credibility Friday of the prosecution's first witness in his hush money case, seeking to discredit testimony detailing a scheme between Trump and a tabloid to bury negative stories to protect ...

• Antony Blinken meets with China's President Xi as US, China spar over bilateral and global issues

  By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, stressing the importance of “responsibly managing” the differences between the United States and China as the two sides ...

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