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  • Derek Carr upgraded to full participant for Raiders

    7 minutes ago

    (AP) Quarterback Derek Carr was a full participant in practice less than a week after leaving a game with a groin injury and could be on target to play this week for the Las Vegas Raiders. Carr’s status was in question ...

  • Half of Las Vegas hospital staff receives virus vaccine

    2 hours, 3 minutes ago

    (AP) LAS VEGAS (AP) — A hospital in Las Vegas has announced that more than half of its staff, about 2,000 employees, received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. University Medical Center in Las Vegas started vaccinations Dec. 14, once ...

  • Nevada among 27 states settling with Sabre over data breach

    2 hours, 5 minutes ago

    (AP) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada and 26 other U.S. states will receive part of $2.4 million settlement from hotel booking system operator Sabre Corp. following an investigation of a 2016-2017 data breach, state Attorney General Aaron Ford said Wednesday. The ...

  • Strong, Lee, Taua pace Nevada in Potato Bowl win over Tulane

    20 hours, 40 minutes ago

    (AP) BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Nevada coach Jay Norvell had plenty of reasons to be emotional as he challenged his team before it took the field in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. And his players responded. Carson Strong threw for 271 ...

  • Autopsy: Las Vegas infant had high level of fentanyl

    21 hours, 14 minutes ago

    (AP) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police say a large amount of fentanyl was found in the blood of an infant who died under suspicious circumstances in September. A newly released Las Vegas police declaration of warrant said the assessment ...

  • Nevada 38, Tulane 27

    21 hours, 17 minutes ago

    (AP) Tulane 0 7 13 7 — 27 Nevada 6 20 0 12 — 38 First Quarter NEV_Turner 11 pass from Strong (kick failed), 4:58. Second Quarter NEV_Lockhart 23 pass from Strong (Talton kick), 14:52. NEV_Taua 44 pass from Strong (run ...

  • Engelland latest NHL veteran retiring before 2021 season

    23 hours, 29 minutes ago

    (AP) When the NHL suspended last season in March, Deryk Engelland spent four months around his family and saw the things he'd usually miss while at the rink or traveling around North America. Even though the Vegas Golden Knights wouldn't be ...

  • Nevada man accused of illegally receiving coronavirus funds

    1 day ago

    (AP) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say a Nevada man with a felony record in Wyoming has been indicted on federal fraud charges in Las Vegas after illegally receiving more than $1.6 million in coronavirus relief money. Bryan Robinson, 37, of ...

  • Las Vegas man, 32, held on federal courthouse arson charge

    1 day, 1 hour ago

    (AP) LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 32-year-old man who authorities allege expressed anger online that he was turned away from buying a gun is in federal custody after being charged with setting fire last month to the front of a federal ...

  • Nevada snowmobiler killed in Wyoming avalanche identified

    1 day, 3 hours ago

    (AP) KEMMERER, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities on Tuesday identified a snowmobiler killed in a Wyoming avalanche as a 41-year-old Nevada man. Brandon Jones, of Elko, Nevada, was killed Friday after the avalanche overtook him as he was riding on a slope ...

  • Man gets prison for 2018 armed Hoover Dam bridge barricade

    1 day, 3 hours ago

    (AP) LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada man who blocked the Colorado River bridge near Hoover Dam with a homemade armored vehicle and assault-style rifles in 2018 has been sentenced to seven years and nine months in an Arizona state prison. ...

  • Philanthropist donates $10M to United Way of Southern Nevada

    1 day, 4 hours ago

    (AP) LAS VEGAS (AP) — A $10 million to a social-services organization serving metro Las Vegas is one of the latest donations by MacKenzie Scott, the philanthropist, author and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. United Way of Southern Nevada ...

  • Nevada deputy recovering, 2 jailed in traffic stop shooting

    1 day, 21 hours ago

    (AP) GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say a northern Nevada sheriff’s deputy is recovering from a gunshot to the face and a parolee from California and a woman who was with him are jailed on felony charges after an exchange of ...

  • Nevada officials telling visitors to come, but wear masks

    1 day, 22 hours ago

    (AP) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada is open for visitors with precautions in place, tourism and coronavirus response leaders declared Monday, despite a weekend where the state passed the 200,000 mark in known COVID-19 infections and tallied 73 new deaths. In ...

  • Nevada deputy recovering, 2 jailed in traffic stop shooting

    1 day, 22 hours ago

    (AP) GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say a northern Nevada sheriff’s deputy is recovering from a gunshot to the face and a parolee from California and a woman who was with him are jailed on felony charges after an exchange of ...

  • Nevada officials telling visitors to come, but wear masks

    1 day, 23 hours ago

    (AP) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada is open for visitors with precautions in place, tourism and coronavirus response leaders declared Monday, despite a weekend where the state passed the 200,000 mark in known COVID-19 infections and tallied 73 new deaths. In ...

  • Wyoming avalanche kills snowmobiler from Nevada

    2 days ago

    (AP) TETON VILLAGE, Wyo. (AP) — A 30-year-old Nevada man has died in the mountains of western Wyoming after the snowmobile he was riding was overtaken by an avalanche. The Bridger Teton Avalanche Center said the unidentified male victim was in ...

  • Vegas-area casino company opens in-house employee clinics

    2 days ago

    (AP) LAS VEGAS (AP) — A casino company in the Las Vegas area has opened in-house medical clinics at two suburban properties to provide routine medical care to employees, including testing for the coronavirus. Station Casinos Chief Operating Officer Bob Finch ...

  • Coroner identifies man fatally shot in Las Vegas hotel room

    2 days, 1 hour ago

    (AP) LAS VEGAS (AP) — A medical examiner has identified a man found fatally shot in a Las Vegas Strip hotel room Friday night. The Clark County office of the coroner and medical examiner identified 33-year-old Brandon Cornell Tucker as the ...

  • Nevada deputy wounded, 2 jailed after traffic stop shooting

    2 days, 4 hours ago

    (AP) GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — A northern Nevada sheriff’s deputy was critically wounded and two people were arrested after an exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop overnight in Gardnerville, authorities said Monday. The Douglas County sheriff’s deputy underwent surgery for ...

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