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By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 25-year-old Black man is suing two police agencies in Nevada after he was misidentified as a white ex-felon nearly twice his age, arrested, and held for six days in jails in two Las Vegas-area jurisdictions. Shane Lee Brown claims civil rights violations, false imprisonment and

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — A person familiar with the hire has told The Associated Press that the Phoenix Mercury have hired former Las Vegas Aces assistant Vanessa Nygaard as their next head coach. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the hire won’t be officially announced until Monday. Nygaard

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 38-year-old Las Vegas woman has been sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison after she was convicted in New York in an elder fraud conspiracy targeting about 7,500 victims and generating about $10 million in proceeds. Federal prosecutors say Romana Leyva was a leader of a fraud conspiracy

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louie Anderson, whose four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely and Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” has died at age 68. Anderson’s publicist Glenn Schwartz says the comedian died Friday in Las Vegas. The

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Shea Theodore scored in overtime and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3. The Golden Knights salvaged the final game of an extended homestand after two road games were postponed due to COVID-19, closing out the stretch 3-3-2 before opening a rugged road trip

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale say two suspects have been arrested in Nevada and Arkansas in the fatal shooting of a man in a hotel parking lot. They say Ilya “Mike” Shimonov was taken to a hospital after the Jan. 3 shooting, but died from his injuries. Police say

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Ethan Taylor recorded 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead Air Force to a 69-62 win over UNLV. A.J. Walker had 14 points for Air Force (9-7, 2-3 Mountain West Conference). Jeffrey Mills added 13 points. Bryce Hamilton had 32 points and seven rebounds for the Runnin’ Rebels (10-8, 2-3). Donovan

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Family members, a Nevada Army National Guard official and Las Vegas police pleaded for public help to identify people in a car from which gunshots were fired at a Halloween house party, killing a 22-year-old Guard member. Las Vegas police Lt. Ray Spencer told reporters Thursday that investigators have had trouble

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Native American tribe has agreed to lease more of its water to help address dwindling supplies in the Colorado River Basin. The agreement announced Thursday involves the Jicarilla Apache Nation, the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and The Nature Conservancy. Tribal water administrator Daryl

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) — The Thunderbirds, the U.S. Air Force’s aerial demonstration squadron, have begun a monthlong training trip to New Mexico and Arizona in preparation for their 2022 show season. The unit based at Nellis Air Force Base in metro Las Vegas arrived last week at the New Mexico Spaceport near Truth

RENO, Nev. (AP) — University of Nevada, Reno President Brian Sandoval is defending his decision to begin the spring semester with mostly in-person classes this week. His comments in an interview with KRNV-TV come after a group of faculty members called for a two-week classroom closure in the face of unprecedented growth in COVID-19 cases.

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The NFL filed a motion asking a Nevada court to dismiss former Raiders coach Jon Gruden’s lawsuit against the league, saying the accusations that the the NFL leaked Gruden’s old, offensive emails are “baseless” and “should be dismissed for failure to state a single viable cause of action.”

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The long list of Nevada Republican gubernatorial candidates immersed in the bruising primary battle underway began 2022 with millions of dollars less in campaign cash than incumbent Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak. Sisolak reported raising $4.5 million over 2021, more than all his