Sports books offer prop bet buffet for Championship Sunday

The Westgate posted 20 prop bets Tuesday on both the NFC and AFC title games, and Station Casinos upped the ante Thursday with the release of more than 100 prop bet options on the games.

UNLV’s Dwayne Morgan to miss rest of basketball season

UNLV junior Dwayne Morgan will miss the rest of the basketball season because of shoulder and hip injuries. The Rebels will apply for a medical redshirt after the season.

Heller grills Treasury pick over Nevada foreclosures

Steve Mnuchin, tapped to be Treasury Secretary, was grilled Thursday over OneWest Bank’s involvement in Nevada’s housing market crash.

Nevada marijuana portal back online after cybersecurity vulnerability

It’s been a rough month for Nevada’s medical marijuana program. After taking the site down for cybersecurity risks for twice since Dec. 8, state officials on Thursday restored the medical marijuana portal.

‘20th Century Women’ has surprises, quirks and well-written characters

There’s something so exhilarating about hearing characters deliver the perfect words at the exact right moment — regardless of whether any human being would actually respond in such a way — that I couldn’t help but fall in love with “20th Century Women.”

Nevada legislative audit details problems with Las Vegas foster care agency

A review of a privately operated foster care agency in Las Vegas released to state lawmakers on Wednesday found that the business needs to make “substantial improvements” to ensure the safety of children in its care.

Curry, Durant, LeBron, named NBA All-Star Game starters

Stephen Curry won a tiebreaker to join Golden State teammate Kevin Durant in the lineup, while LeBron James and Kyrie Irving also gave Cleveland two starters in the NBA All-Star Game.

Was flap over briefings part of Trump’s dance with the press?

The White House press corps’ latest soap opera had a happy ending of sorts this week when Team Trump decided against moving the daily White House press briefing from the West Wing.

‘Crossing Jordan,’ ‘NCIS’ star Miguel Ferrer dies at 61

Miguel Ferrer, who brought stern authority to his featured role on CBS’ hit “NCIS: Los Angeles” and, before that, to NBC crime drama “Crossing Jordan,” has died.

Wikileaks’ Julian Assange says he still open to extradition to US

WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up at Ecuador’s London embassy since 2012, said on Thursday he stood by his offer to be extradited to the United States providing his rights were protected.

Amodei the latest Nevada Republican to say no to run for governor

Nevada Congressman Mark Amodei said he won’t run for governor in 2018, making him the third Republican to opt out of contention, opening the door wider for a possible bid by Attorney General Adam Laxalt.

Man to plead guilty in DUI crash that left 2 dead

In a Las Vegas courtroom Thursday, a man charged with driving drunk and causing a crash that killed two other men agreed to plead guilty.