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By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is nominating its first set of U.S. Marshals, including the first Black man to serve as the U.S. Marshal in Minnesota, along with a slate of other historic firsts for U.S. attorney posts across the nation. The Justice Department’s 93 U.S. attorneys, who are

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Interim Raiders coach Rich Bisaccia has said it will take production from all three phases for Las Vegas to be competitive. The passing game is doing its part, currently ranking fourth in the NFL with 2,441 yards. The rushing game is an entirely different story. But

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden has sued Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL, alleging that a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” was used to destroy Gruden’s career by leaking old emails he had sent that included racist, misogynistic and homophobic comments. The suit was filed in district

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden has sued Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL, alleging that a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” was used to destroy Gruden’s career by leaking old offensive emails Gruden had sent. The suit was filed in district court in Clark County, Nevada, a

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 29-year-old man who was shot and wounded by law enforcement officers in a confrontation at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area is due to face a judge on multiple felony charges. Records show that Erik Keith Legried was jailed Friday in Las Vegas on charges including battery with weapon against

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman is suing the manufacturer of a popular online slots game. She’s claiming it wrongly refused to pay her a $100,000 jackpot due to “a bug” in the product. New Jersey regulators revealed Friday that she’s one of 14 gamblers who have filed

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup that was towing an overweight boat down a steep mountain highway when he lost control and crashed into more than a half-dozen vehicles, killing two people and injuring nine others in Carson City. Investigators suspect the brakes failed on

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A state court judge postponed until January a hearing about condemned killer Zane Floyd’s legal challenges of the method, the personnel and the drugs that would be used to kill him. Judge Tierra Jones on Friday reset a status report after a prosecutor told her there are appeals pending before the

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper says law enforcement officers shot and wounded a man who allegedly used a pickup truck to ram marked patrol cars at Red Rock Canyon National Recreation Area. Trooper Travis Smaka told reporters the man was hospitalized in stable condition after the shooting a little after 7

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Paul Cotter and Jonas Rondbjerg each scored his first NHL goal and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Minnesota Wild 3-2. The Golden Knights improved to 7-2-0 since Oct. 26 after opening the season 1-4-0. Minnesota had its four-game win streak snapped. Jonathan Marchessault also scored

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Despite the shouts of protesters, many parents of children between the ages of 5 and 11 have begun getting their kids the COVID-19 vaccine shots in Nevada. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for kids in the 5-11 age group late last month

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer The Kansas City Chiefs find themselves in an unusual spot headed into their first meeting of the season against their fiercest AFC West rivals. For the first time since 2016, the Chiefs are looking up at the Raiders in the standings headed into their meeting on Sunday night.

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Kimi Cole wants to become the country’s first openly transgender politician elected to a statewide office. The Nevada Democrat announced plans to run for lieutenant governor on Wednesday. If elected, Cole would join a growing list of transgender politicians serving in elected

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities in Las Vegas believe the body of a woman who died unnoticed in 2018 remained in her home for more than two years until squatters found it, dismembered it and buried it in her backyard. KLAS-TV reported Wednesday that Lucille Payne’s remains were found last April in a shallow grave

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two Native American tribes have failed again in their bid to persuade a federal judge in Nevada that a lithium mine planned near the Oregon line is on sacred lands where their ancestors were massacred in 1865. U.S. District Judge Miranda Du ruled this week that

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Henry Ruggs’ lawyers are telling a judge they found a witness who says firefighters were slow to extinguish a vehicle fire sparked by a deadly crash that authorities blame on the former Raiders wide receiver. Prosecutors allege Ruggs was driving drunk at speeds up to 156

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers will meet on Friday to begin redrawing congressional and state legislative districts based on population shifts and growth. On Thursday, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced the special session. Decisions from Nevada’s Democratic-controlled Legislature, particularly over the lines defining two battleground congressional

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police homicide detectives are helping investigate a fire in a mobile home where a dead body was found after the fire and where a disturbance was previously reported. Police said the dead body was found after the fire was reported Wednesday about nine hours after patrol officers responded to

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Henry Ruggs’ lawyers are telling a judge they found a witness who says firefighters didn’t quickly extinguish flames that consumed a vehicle in which a Las Vegas woman died after the crash the former Raiders wide receiver is accused of causing by driving drunk at 156