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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A television producer has pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges in connection with paying a Nevada woman to bring her 9-year-old daughter to Vermont to engage in illegal sexual activity at a Ludlow ski house. Forty-four-year-old John Griffin entered the plea in federal court in Burlington Wednesday and is being held

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers on Tuesday overruled two vaccination mandates passed as emergency measures by the state Board of Health earlier this year. The mandates failed to secure majority support in a committee that meets when the Legislature. The commission overturned a state Board

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 22-year-old woman was due to face a judge Wednesday on charges including driving without a license after police say she drove away from the scene of a crash that left a Las Vegas police motorcycle officer injured. Alicia Margarite Jones was arrested Tuesday at an apartment complex where police said

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada is lifting indoor masking requirements in two more counties. State health officials announced Tuesday that the masking requirements for vaccinated people will be lifted Friday in Storey and White Pine counties because the two counties had low or moderate risk of transmission of the coronavirus for the second straight

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored the tiebreaking goal on a third-period power play and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied past the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in the final NHL game before an extended holiday break. Gabriel Fortier, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Anthony Cirelli also scored for the Lightning, who

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas say a motorcycle officer suffered injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening in a crash involving a hit-and-run motorist. The police department said in a statement the officer was hospitalized and a motorist drove away from the wreck a little after 1 p.m. Tuesday at a

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police are pleading for public help to identify a gunman who shot a waiter multiple times at a restaurant in the city’s Chinatown district during what was characterized as a botched after-hours break-in. Capt. Michelle Tavarez told reporters Tuesday there’s no evidence the shooting was a hate crime. She

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Health officials in Nevada are charting jumps in key coronavirus measurements, including more than 3,800 new cases of COVID-19 in Clark County during the last week. The Las Vegas area surpassed 6,400 deaths attributed to the coronavirus since the pandemic began, or 77% of the more than 8,300 people who’ve died

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials have approved two solar projects in California and are opening public lands in other Western states to potential solar development. The moves are part of the Biden administration’s effort to counter climate change by shifting from fossil fuels. The company proposing the projects east

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials are opening public lands in three western states to potential solar energy development as part of the Biden administration’s effort to counter climate change by shifting from fossil fuels. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday published a call to nominate land for

By ERICA HUNZINGER AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Scientists predict climate change will lead to unpredictable precipitation and possible water shortages in Arizona and throughout the West in the coming years — on top of the current drought. Four pro teams in the Colorado River Basin states of Arizona and California spoke with The

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island man has pleaded guilty to his role in a conspiracy to file fraudulent applications for COVID-19 unemployment relief funds in multiple states using stolen Social Security numbers and other personal information. Federal prosecutors say 29-year-old Courtney Hilaire pleaded guilty Monday to multiple counts of wire fraud, aggravated identity

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former doctor whose medical license was revoked in 2019 has been accused in Las Vegas of making a false terrorist threat against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Isaac Hearne was arrested last week after a recorded telephone

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Daniel Carlson’s 48-yard field goal as time expired sent the Las Vegas Raiders to a 16-14 win over the COVID-19-depleted Cleveland Browns in a game pushed back two days by the NFL amid an uptick of virus cases across the league. Down by a point quarterback

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Several asymptomatic, vaccinated NFL players tested positive for COVID-19 on the first day of “targeted” testing, a person familiar with the results told The Associated Press on Monday. Overall, 47 players were placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list, the most in a single day since the pandemic began. The

CLEVELAND (AP) — Along with a long list of players and their coach because of a COVID-19 outbreak, the Cleveland Browns will also be without starting cornerback Greg Newsome for Monday’s game against Las Vegas because of a concussion. A first-round draft pick, Newsome has had a strong season. He’ll miss his second game in