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'My dad, he needed help': Woman says her dead father deserved more from Nevada police

Mar. 28, 2024 08:43 AM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — On a chilly morning in 2019, just after 3 a.m., Roy Anthony Scott called 911 to report that a group of people — one armed with a saw — was trying to break into his apartment. This wasn’t the first time a dispatcher had sent emergency responders to Scott’s...

Mental health problems and meth common in deaths in non-shooting police encounters in Nevada

Mar. 28, 2024 07:47 AM EDT

Roy Anthony Scott’s death is not an anomaly. The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, working in collaboration with The Associated Press, identified 11 other deaths in non-shooting police encounters in Nevada from 2012-2021. Like Scott — who died in 2019 after an encounter...

How non-shooting deaths involving police slip through the cracks in Las Vegas

Mar. 28, 2024 07:42 AM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Richard Ybanez always saw himself as his little brother’s protector. Growing up as latchkey kids on Guam, he and Glenn spent their childhood mostly outdoors, tinkering with bicycles and riding skateboards. If anyone tried to pick on his brother, Richard had his...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picks Nicole Shanahan as his running mate for his independent White House bid

Mar. 26, 2024 18:47 PM EDT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chose Nicole Shanahan on Tuesday to be his vice presidential pick, adding a wealthy but nationally unknown figure to his independent White House bid that's trying to appeal to voters disaffected by a rematch of the 2020 election. ...

Sparks paying ex-police officer $525,000 to settle a free speech lawsuit over social media posts

Mar. 26, 2024 17:18 PM EDT

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — The city of Sparks has agreed to a $525,000 settlement with a former police officer who filed a lawsuit in 2021 accusing the city of violating his free speech rights by suspending him for contentious comments he posted on his private social media account. George...

Nevada Supreme Court will take another look at Chasing Horse's request to dismiss sex abuse charges

Mar. 26, 2024 15:50 PM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The full seven-member Nevada Supreme Court will reconsider Nathan Chasing Horse's request to dismiss a sprawling indictment accusing him of leading a cult, taking underage wives and sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls. It's the latest development in a...

Nevada's first big-game moose hunt will be tiny as unusual southern expansion defies climate change

Mar. 24, 2024 00:06 AM EDT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — In what will be a tiny big-game hunt for some of the largest animals in North America, Nevada is planning its first-ever moose hunting season this fall. Wildlife managers say explosive growth in Nevada moose numbers over the past five years, increasing to a...

Nevada regulators fine Laughlin casino record $500,000 for incidents involving security officers

Mar. 23, 2024 16:22 PM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada gambling regulators fined a hotel-casino in Laughlin a record $500,000 in a settlement with the state Gaming Control Board stemming from a pair of incidents involving security officers who roughed up a patron and a resort employee nearly two years ago. The...

DaRon Holmes II and Dayton rally from 17 points down to beat Nevada 63-60 in March Madness

Mar. 21, 2024 20:35 PM EDT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — DaRon Holmes II and seventh-seeded Dayton staged a huge March Madness rally, closing with a 24-4 run to erase a 17-point deficit and beat 10th-seeded Nevada 63-60 in the West Region on Thursday. Holmes, the Atlantic 10 player of the year, scored 18 points,...

Trump's latest 2024 campaign fundraising report shows him lagging behind Biden in cash

Mar. 21, 2024 19:10 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's fundraising picked up last month, but his political operation is still struggling to catch up to President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party in money coming in. Trump's campaign and his Save America political action committee, two...