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A massive blizzard howls in the Sierra Nevada. High winds and heavy snow close roads and ski resorts

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A powerful blizzard that a meteorologist termed "as bad as it gets" howled in the Sierra Nevada mountains, closing a long stretch of Interstate 80 in Northern California, forcing ski resorts to shut down, and leaving tens of...

 

Taylor Swift could make it from Tokyo to the Super Bowl. Parking her private jet could be tricky

LAS VEGAS (AP) — If Taylor Swift is jetting from her upcoming Tokyo concert to Las Vegas to see boyfriend Travis Kelce play in the Super Bowl the next day, she'd better already have a place to park her plane. Even the Japanese Embassy in...

 

Nevada high court ruling upholds state authority to make key groundwater decisions

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's top water official has authority to decide how underground supplies are allocated, the state Supreme Court said this week, in a ruling that could kill a long-stalled proposal to build a sprawling master-planned city north...

 

Former gang leader charged in killing of Tupac Shakur is allowed $750K bail and house arrest

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge set bail Tuesday at $750,000 for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with orchestrating the killing of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur in 1996 and said he can serve house arrest with electronic monitoring ahead of...

 

Police say 3 dead, fourth wounded and shooter also dead in University of Nevada, Las Vegas attack

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A gunman killed three people and critically wounded a fourth Wednesday at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas before being killed in a shootout with police, authorities said. The attack sent shock waves through a city still...

 

Maui police chief pleads for patience, recalls pain of victim IDs after deadly Vegas mass shooting

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Maui Police Chief John Pelletier repeatedly urges "patience, prayers and perseverance" as teams painstakingly search the ashes in the seaside community of Lahaina for the remains of scores of victims from the deadliest U.S....

 
 By KEN RITTER    Regional    June 18, 2023

Heat wave has US South sweltering, from tornado-ravaged West Texas town to Florida beaches

Communities from Houston to New Orleans opened cooling centers to bring relief as steamy hot temperatures settled across a broad swath of the U.S. South on Saturday, and beachgoers fled a waterspout that swept ashore on a Florida beach. Gov. Greg...

 

Breakthrough proposal would aid drought-stricken Colorado River as 3 Western states offer cuts

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Arizona, Nevada and California said Monday they're willing to cut back on their use of the dwindling Colorado River in exchange for money from the federal government -- and to avoid forced cuts as drought threatens the key water...

 

Tribe, US officials reach deal to save Colorado River water

PHOENIX (AP) — A Native American tribe in Arizona reached a deal Thursday with the U.S. government not to use some of its Colorado River water rights in return for $150 million and funding for a pipeline project. The $233 million pact with the...

 

Watery graves recall early Las Vegas' organized crime days

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Stories about long-departed Las Vegas organized crime figures are surfacing after a second set of unidentified human remains were revealed as the water level falls on drought-stricken Lake Mead. The Colorado River reservoir is...

 

Harry Reid memorial in Vegas draws nation's top Democrats

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two American presidents joined other Democratic leaders from around the country Saturday in commemorating former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who rose from childhood poverty and deprivation in Nevada to become one of the...

 

4th year since Las Vegas massacre: 'Be there for each other'

LAS VEGAS (AP) — People who are healing and some still struggling gathered Friday to remember those who died and were injured during the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history four years ago on the Las Vegas Strip. "I was wounded. Those...

 

In defiance of Nevada governor, Trump holds indoor rally

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In open defiance of state regulations and his own administration's pandemic health guidelines, President Donald Trump hosted his first indoor rally since June, telling a packed, nearly mask-less Nevada crowd that the nation was...

 

Nevada highway damaged by largest area quake in 65 years

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The cracked main highway between Las Vegas and Reno reopened Friday, 10 hours after a predawn magnitude 6.5 earthquake that a researcher called the largest to strike the remote area of western Nevada in 65 years. No injuries were...

 

Revelers reach gates of Area 51 then peacefully rejoin party

HIKO, Nev. (AP) — Hundreds of curious Earthlings from around the world traveled to the secret Area 51 military base in the Nevada desert after seeing an internet hoax dubbed "Storm Area 51." About 100 made it all the way to the gates of the remote...

 

Correction: Storm Area 51 Event story

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a story Aug. 29 about rural Nevada counties making emergency plans in case crowds arrive for "Storm Area 51" events, The Associated Press reported erroneously that organizers of festivals in two Nevada desert towns hope people...

 
 By Ken Ritter    Regional    August 29, 2019

Lawyer in Nevada opioids suits sees boost from Oklahoma case

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The lawyer heading Nevada's largest lawsuits against drug manufacturers accused of fueling the nation's opioid addiction crisis predicted Wednesday that companies could be on the hook for judgments in the billions of dollars if cas...

 

Nevada: Feds should restudy seismic risk at nuke dump site

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's governor and congressional delegation are pointing to earthquakes this month in the California desert and calling for the U.S. Energy Department look again at seismic risks of burying the nation's most radioactive nuclear...

 

Survivors question brevity of FBI report on Vegas massacre

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School seven years ago, the FBI released 1,500 pages of documents from its investigation. Its report on the 2017 massacre in Las Vegas was just...

 

US promises nearly $17M for survivors of Las Vegas massacre

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The U.S. government is allocating nearly $17 million to help people affected by the Las Vegas Strip mass shooting that became the deadliest in the nation's modern history, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said Friday. The...

 

Bundy son suing US officials for Nevada standoff prosecution

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A rancher's son now campaigning as an independent for Nevada governor filed a lawsuit Wednesday against current and former U.S. government officials, alleging malicious prosecution after a 2014 armed standoff with federal land...

 

Nevada officials vow to fight federal plutonium storage plan

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal government plan to ship weapons-grade plutonium from South Carolina to a U.S. nuclear materials handling facility about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from Las Vegas drew protests and official outrage Thursday from Nevada...

 

Nevada's path forward unclear after twice-delayed execution

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada twice has come close to carrying out its first execution in 12 years. And twice it failed. Condemned killer Scott Raymond Dozier says he wants to die, but the state has no clear path forward after courts blocked it from...

 

Execution blocked after company objects to use of its drug

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge effectively blocked the execution of a two-time killer Wednesday after a pharmaceutical company objected to the use of one of its drugs to put someone to death. Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez disallow...

 

Nevada AG safe campus plan cites mobile app, 'red flag' laws

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hardening school campuses, encouraging students to report troubled classmates and having the Legislature look at so-called "red flag" laws to confiscate guns from people deemed to be a threat are among ways to make Nevada schools...

 

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