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By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns’ COVID-19 outbreak has widened and worsened. Quarterback Baker Mayfield and coach Kevin Stefanski tested positive for COVID-19 and will likely miss Saturday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. Cleveland is dealing with a widespread outbreak while trying to reach the playoffs. Stefanski’s positive test

By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Negotiators for California, Arizona and Nevada are expected to sign an agreement Wednesday to voluntarily reduce their use of Colorado River water by 500,000 acre-feet in 2022 and 2023 to help stave off another round of mandatory cutbacks. This year, Lake Mead dropped below 1,070 feet

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Max Pacioretty had two goals, giving him a score in seven straight games, and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the COVID-depleted Boston Bruins 4-1. The game came hours after the Bruins put leading scorer Brad Marchand in the COVID-19 protocol. Robin Lehner made 23 saves for

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials and family members have marked the renaming of the busy Las Vegas airport as Harry Reid International Airport. Reid served in the U.S. Senate for 30 years, including eight years as Democratic majority leader and was the longest-serving senator in Nevada history when he retired in 2017. He’s now 82

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada health officials have confirmed the state’s first case of COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant. The district health officer in Las Vegas said the woman in her mid-20s who tested positive for the variant in southern Nevada is fully vaccinated but has not received a booster dose. The case is

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Receiver Hunter Renfrow has stood out for the Las Vegas Raiders in a season that has gone awry. Renfrow leads the team with 86 receptions, tied for fifth-most in the league. He’s caught 30 passes for 353 yards in the last three games alone, the most

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The coroner in Las Vegas says the woman killed in a fiery crash that authorities blame on ex-Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III driving drunk at racetrack speeds burned to death. A spokesman said Tuesday that the Clark County coroner concluded that 23-year-old Tina Tintor of

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes became the latest NHL club to be hit with a coronavirus outbreak. Four more players were placed in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. That prompted the postponement of their game against the Minnesota Wild. The Hurricanes are the fourth team this season

By JOHN ANTCZAK and JANIE HAR Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have ordered a new area of Southern California evacuated due to the threat of debris flows from a wildfire burn scar as a powerful storm drops heavy rain. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department issued a mandatory evacuation order Tuesday for Silverado, Williams

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A review by The Associated Press in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 cases of potential voter fraud, a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election. Democrat Joe Biden won Arizona, Georgia,

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins have placed forwards Brad Marchand and Craig Smith in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. They will miss Tuesday night’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights and possibly as many as six games in all. The move comes three days after the Bruins played the Flames in Calgary. On Monday, the

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man convicted in the shooting death of a woman during a burglary in her metro Las Vegas home has been sentenced to 32 years to life in prison. State District Court Judge Tierra Jones said 60-year-old Sheri Aoyagi was killed in 2018 because she and her husband had returned home

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials and family members plan Tuesday to mark the renaming of the busy Las Vegas airport as Harry Reid International Airport. Reid served in the U.S. Senate for 30 years, including eight years as Democratic majority leader and was the longest-serving senator in Nevada history when he retired in 2017. He’s

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin won’t have safety Collin Wilder for its Las Vegas Bowl matchup with Arizona State. Wilder said in a video posted by the Wisconsin football team’s Twitter account that he’d suffered a “very serious injury” that would prevent him from playing in the bowl game. The video didn’t specify the nature

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hard Rock International says it wants to see how a guitar-shaped hotel will play at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. MGM Resorts’ sale of The Mirage marks the end of an era for a property credited for helping to transform Las Vegas from a

RENO, Nev. (AP) — One of Reno’s top defense attorneys who represented celebrities as well defendants in high-profile murder cases has died. David Houston was 69. Houston practiced law in Reno for more than 30 years. His friend and law partner Ken Lyon says he died on Saturday following complications from a surgery. Houston’s clients