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Alonso Perez (North Las Vegas Police Department) Authorities in Nevada searched Sunday for a murder suspect who escaped police custody after being placed in an interview room. The Las Vegas Review-Joual reported that Alonso Perez, 25, was arrested by North Las Vegas police Friday at around 10 a.m. in coection with an Aug. 27 murder. He was then transferred to the department’s detective bureau and was placed in an interview room still handcuffed. North Las Vegas police spokesman Aaron Patty said that a detective left the room and Perez was able to tu the handcuffs “until he broke free and escaped the building.” According to the paper, Perez stole a white 2016 Ford F-250 pickup truck from ...

The G20 summit got off to a contentious start Saturday with Chinese officials reportedly confronting National Security Advisor Susan Rice and other U.S. officials in at least three incidents, as President Obama arrived in China for the two-day inteational economic talks. Within minutes of Obama arriving on Air Force One, a member of the Chinese delegation started screaming at White House staff, according to reporters on the tarmac. One reporter described the scene as “a bit of chaos,” as the Chinese official appeared furious about joualists being so near Obama’s arrival, though they purportedly were standing in the area Chinese officials had designated for them. White House officials...

(REUTERS/Brian Snyder) A public school district near Louisville, Kentucky has come down with a bad case of what I call “Participation Trophy Syndrome” – or PTS. The Greater Clark County School Board in Jeffersonville, Indiana, is considering a plan to eliminate the valedictorian system because it creates “unhealthy competition,” according to Supt. Andrew Melin. Click here to join Todd’s American Dispatch: a must-read for Conservatives! Unhealthy competition? Is he serious? Did a kid suffer a concussion while trying to parse a participle? “When students are competing for the Val and the Sal, they’re trying to find ways to maneuver through the system to try and get the best grades they can...

President Obama may be struggling to tilt the balance of the Supreme Court – but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t already made his mark on the bench. The president, over the course of his two terms, has appointed hundreds of justices to the lower federal courts, leading to a majority of appeals courts now dominated by Democratic picks. While those nomination battles aren’t nearly as high-profile as they are for the high court, the impact of the appointments is just as pronounced. “It's often overlooked, but nominees to the lower courts ... are often one of the most important legacies a president leaves behind,” said Elizabeth Wydra, president of the Constitutional Accountability Center. ...

Aug. 28, 2016: Beyonce accepts the award for Video of the Year for x93Lemonadex94 at the MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) NEW YORK – Beyonce proved once again she is the contemporary rock star, and she used the MTV Video Music Awards stage to showcase her skills and outshine her peers, from Rihaa to Britney Spears. Beyonce won eight awards, including video of the year, and performed five songs from her visual album "Lemonade" in an epic 16-minute concert Sunday that had the audience at Madison Square Garden in awe. She sang live, danced heavily and worked the crowd as she ran through "Pray You Catch Me," "Holy Up," "Sorry," "Don't Hurt Yourself...

Hillary Clinton is set to launch a full-fledged attack Thursday on a newly evolving group that's embracing the Trump candidacy: the so-called "alt right." Her campaign describes the alt right as "embracing extremism and presenting a divisive and dystopian view of America which should conce all Americans, regardless of party." What is the alt right? In the words of National Review's Washington Editor Eliana Johnson, like so many other creations of the digital age, its, "an amorphous inteet movement." Its members are indistinguishable from other Trump supporters - mostly white, male, blue collar, rural or red state, and enthused about Trump’s immigration reformand his promise to bring ...

AMATRICE, Italy – A powerful earthquake killed at least 38 and destroyed a cluster of small mountain villages in Central Italy early Wednesday, and the death toll was expected to rise as rescue workers were frantically digging through rubble. Among the hardest hit towns was Amatrice, a village of 2,700 in the province of Rieti. Survivors painted a grim picture of devastation following the magnitude 6.2 temblor, which struck at 3:36 a.m. and was felt as far away as Rome. "The town isn't here anymore," said Sergio Pirozzi, the mayor of Amatrice. Related Image Expand / Contract Map showing where Italy quake struck. (USGS) The quake was felt across a broad swath of central Italy, sh...

The heroin epidemic that has plagued the nation’s urban and rural communities alike had not spared West Virginia, but nothing prepared Cabell County officials for 26 overdoses in a four-hour span last week. The wave of misery was focused in a Huntington public housing complex, where victims injected from a batch of the drug believed to have been laced with Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid up to 100 times more potent than morphine. Investigators believe two fatalities that occurred during the same time period could be related. “We have never seen anything like this before to this magnitude,” said Gordon Merry, Emergency Management Service director for Cabell County. Related Imag...

(Reuters ) Some of the FBI files on the agency’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server exclusively for govement business while serving as secretary of state could be given to a House oversight committee as early as this week, a congressional source confirmed with Fox News on Sunday. The matter has been progressing since early July, when a formal request was made by Congress for the file, the remaining block appears to rest within the Justice Department. The FBI, after interviewing Clinton last month, concluded its investigation of Clinton's use of a private server, confirming publicly that 113 classified emails were sent and received by Clinton, as well as 2,000 th...

United States' Michael Phelps wins the gold medal in the men's 200-meter individual medley ahead of fifth placed United States' Ryan Lochte, right, during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Michael Phelps wasn't about to be stopped. Not even by his biggest rival.Phelps blew away Ryan Lochte -- and everyone else, for that matter -- to win his fourth gold medal of the Rio Olympics and 22nd overall with a victory in the 200-meter individual medley Thursday night.This was touted as the last showdown between two of America's greatest swimmers, though there's never been any question about which...

For years, Nevada taxpayers have spent millions subsidizing homeowners who install rooftop solar panels – but that’s about to end. In a controversial decision, the state is phasing out that subsidy over the next 12 years, a move being met with protests, lawsuits and even a failed bid to put the issue before voters. Last week, Nevada's Supreme Court ruled that a referendum from solar activists challenging the decision would not be allowed on the November ballot. The changes and challenges are now being watched carefully by other states and the solar industry as a whole – as it could signal a shift away from govement support for solar energy. Until now, Nevada homeowners subsidized rough...

For years, Nevada taxpayers have spent millions subsidizing homeowners who install rooftop solar panels – but that’s about to end. In a controversial decision, the state is phasing out that subsidy over the next 12 years, a move being met with protests, lawsuits and even a failed bid to put the issue before voters. Last week, Nevada's Supreme Court ruled that a referendum from solar activists challenging the decision would not be allowed on the November ballot. The changes and challenges are now being watched carefully by other states and the solar industry as a whole – as it could signal a shift away from govement support for solar energy. Until now, Nevada homeowners subsidized rough...

For years, Nevada taxpayers have spent millions subsidizing homeowners who install rooftop solar panels – but that’s about to end. In a controversial decision, the state is phasing out that subsidy over the next 12 years, a move being met with protests, lawsuits and even a failed bid to put the issue before voters. Last week, Nevada's Supreme Court ruled that a referendum from solar activists challenging the decision would not be allowed on the November ballot. The changes and challenges are now being watched carefully by other states and the solar industry as a whole – as it could signal a shift away from govement support for solar energy. Until now, Nevada homeowners subsidized rough...

For years, Nevada taxpayers have spent millions subsidizing homeowners who install rooftop solar panels – but that’s about to end. In a controversial decision, the state is phasing out that subsidy over the next 12 years, a move being met with protests, lawsuits and even a failed bid to put the issue before voters. Last week, Nevada's Supreme Court ruled that a referendum from solar activists challenging the decision would not be allowed on the November ballot. The changes and challenges are now being watched carefully by other states and the solar industry as a whole – as it could signal a shift away from govement support for solar energy. Until now, Nevada homeowners subsidized rough...

Gold medal wier United States' Lilly King, right, celebrates with bronze medal wier United States' Katie Meili after the final of the women's 100-meter breaststroke during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)...

Gold medal wier United States' Lilly King, right, celebrates with bronze medal wier United States' Katie Meili after the final of the women's 100-meter breaststroke during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)...

Hillary Clinton clashed from afar with Donald Trump on the economy Monday, accusing him of peddling “old, tired ideas” that benefit the “really wealthy” – after the Republican nominee hammered the Democrats' “job-killing” agenda in a speech of his own where he unveiled a revised plan to jolt the economy by slashing taxes and regulations. Trump delivered his economic address early Monday afteoon in Detroit, touting a plan he called a "nigh...

Hillary Clinton clashed from afar with Donald Trump on the economy Monday, accusing him of peddling “old, tired ideas” that benefit the “really wealthy” – after the Republican nominee hammered the Democrats' “job-killing” agenda in a speech of his own where he unveiled a revised plan to jolt the economy by slashing taxes and regulations. Trump delivered his economic address early Monday afteoon in Detroit, touting a plan he called a "night-and-day-contrast" with the “job-killing, tax-raising, poverty-inducing Obama-Clinton agenda.” Clinton retued fire hours later during a rally in St. Petersburg, Fla., saying her GOP rival has simply hired advisers trying to “make his old, tired ideas ...

Inside a vast studio in San Leandro, Califoia, The Man is being assembled by a small army of artists and designers. It seems like a futile effort, given that it’s built only to bu down, but construction of The Man heading to Buing Man is in its intense final weeks, with every nail hammered, every gear installed, in homage to Leonardo da Vinci. With the aual music and art festival less than a month away, a small army of artists and builders is racing to complete the huge wooden statue that takes center stage at the temporary metropolis in Black Rock City, Nevada. And this year, The Man is no ordinary human effigy. It's a giant "Vitruvian Man," modeled after da Vinci's famous drawing more ...

This 20"x16" painting by Wendi Boggs, titled "Unconscionable," depicts the problem of homelessness among veterans. Boggs, an art therapist, served in the U.S. Air Force from 1984 to 1990. (Veteran Artist Program ) A taxpayer watchdog group is calling on the Veterans Affairs Administration to showcase work by veteran artists, after it was revealed the VA spent some $20 million on lavish art at facilities around the country. The group,Open the Books, released an oversightreportlast week on spending at the VA -- showing the administration purchased millions in luxury art at the height of the health care scandal during which thousands of veterans died waiting to see doctors. The $19.7 millio...