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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Connecticut police officer faces criminal charges in Las Vegas and an investigation in his own department following a car crash that killed a fellow officer, Officials say New Haven Officer Robert Ferraro was arrested Friday on charges of DUI resulting in death and reckless driving in the 4 a.m. crash

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Martin Diky said he panicked as a huge wildfire started racing down a slope toward his wooden house near Lake Tahoe. The contractor had enough time to do some quick research and decided to wrap his mountain home with an aluminum protective covering. The material that

A new jury says a man previously convicted in a fatal bombing at the Luxor casino parking garage in Las Vegas is guilty of murder and attempted murder. The conviction Friday came in the second trial for a man in the 2007 attack that targeted his ex-girlfriend and her new partner. She survived, but her

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The driver and a passenger in a car that struck and killed a bicyclist on U.S. 395-A south of Reno in June have been arrested after investigators say the passenger lied to state troopers about who was driving at the time of the crash. After a 2.5-month investigation, 32-year-old Guadalupe Garcia-Davalos

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is moving the national headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management back to the nation’s capital after two years in Colorado, reversing a decision by former President Donald Trump’s administration to move the agency closer to the region it serves. The land management

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Top New Mexico leaders say they’re open to almost anything that would prevent spent nuclear fuel and other high-level waste from being stored indefinitely in the state. That includes the consideration of legislation similar to a measure adopted by Texas last week to prevent the

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The new inductees to the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame include a longtime journalist and former head of the state press association, and a New York columnist who moved to Virginia City in 1950 and restarted the newspaper where Mark Twain wrote a century earlier. Former Nevada Appeal editor Barry Smith

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fire on Friday burned the main building of the Mount Charleston Lodge, a landmark in a forest area that is a popular retreat from summer heat for Las Vegas residents. A fire official and a representative of the company that owns the business said the lodge’s restaurant was a total loss

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — With flames advancing toward the signature grove of ancient massive trees in Sequoia National Park, firefighters on Thursday fought fire with fire. Using firing operations to burn out flammable vegetation and other matter before the wildfire arrives in the Giant Forest is one of several ways

By The Associated Press Iowa State finds itself seeking a dominant win, proving an initial ranking at No. 7 in the AP Top 25 was no fluke. The Cyclones managed just 16 points against Northern Iowa in their six-point win in the season-opener before losing to No. 5 Iowa 27-17. If there were ever a

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a Maryland man who is reported missing at Grand Canyon National Park. Park officials say they received a report around 9 p.m. Tuesday about an overdue backpacker in the vicinity of the Walhalla Plateau on the canyon’s North Rim. They say 66-year-old Clifton “Cliff”

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada officials believe some state employees may follow through on threats to quit their jobs if forced to get COVID-19 shots. But they said Thursday they expect most will comply with Gov. Steve Sisolak’s mandate that workers at health care facilities and prisons be vaccinated by

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin will face one of his mentors when his team hosts Jon Gruden and the Las Vegas Raiders. Tomlin spent four years as a defensive assistant under Gruden when the two were in Tampa Bay in the early 2000s. Tomlin says he

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Dean Heller will announce a bid for governor of Nevada on Monday, joining a crowded field of Republican hopefuls vying for a chance to unseat Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak in 2022. A party official and person close to the

By SAM METZ Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — When a wildfire crested the mountains near North America’s largest alpine lake, embers and ash that zipped across a smoky sky pierced Lake Tahoe’s clear blue waters. The evacuation order for thousands to flee their homes has been lifted, but those who returned

By The Associated Press The Pittsburgh Steelers and Las Vegas Raiders are both going for a 2-0 start when they meet at Heinz Field. The Steelers rallied past Buffalo to stun the Bills in Week 1 while Las Vegas surged past Baltimore in overtime. The Raiders have won five of their past seven meetings with

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police found 30 boa constrictors in a home and then determined that nothing was amiss. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that investigators came across the snakes Tuesday during an unspecified law enforcement investigation and called Clark County Animal Control. A police spokesman said the county agency responded and determined

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Fresh off a startling loss at Las Vegas, Baltimore’s shaky secondary will now focus on a familiar nemesis: Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Since the start of the 2018 season, Baltimore is 35-14 in the regular season — but that mark includes