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US adds 1.8 million jobs in a sign that hiring has weakened
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States added 1.8 million jobs in July, a pullback from the gains of May and June and evidence that the resurgent coronavirus has weakened hiring and the economic rebound. At any other time, hiring at that level would be seen as a blowout gain. But after employers shed a...
Police: Vegas exchange of gunfire leaves 1 dead, 2 wounded
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An exchange of gunfire reportedly stemming from a disagreement left one man dead and two others wounded and police looking for a fourth man who fled the scene, Las Vegas police said Friday. The early morning shooting occurred at an apartment complex where police found one man dead in the...
Nevada law expands some jobless benefits, targets backlog
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gov. Steve Sisolak signed a law Thursday giving state officials more flexibility to attack a backlog of jobless claims and extend benefits for additional Nevadans out of work in the state with the highest unemployment rate in the nation. Health officials also said they believe they have...
Court date reset for 3 in Vegas 'boogaloo' terror plot case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Arraignment was postponed Thursday in Nevada state court for three men accused of plotting to firebomb a Las Vegas racial injustice protest in May to spark violence and advance views of an extremist anti-government “boogaloo” group. Stephen Parshall, Andrew Lynam and William...
US appeals court denies bid to resurrect Bundy standoff case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A U.S. appeals court refused Thursday to resurrect the criminal case against states’ rights figure Cliven Bundy, family members and others stemming from a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents trying to round up Bundy cattle near the family ranch in Nevada. The 9th U.S. Circuit...
Nevada lawmakers OK mail ballots, virus liability protection
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — After Wednesday night hearings continued into Thursday morning, Nevada's part-time Legislature concluded an emergency special session called to address problems that have arisen amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the national reckoning over police abuses of Black people....
Nevada passes virus liability and worker protection "deal"
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers voted to shield certain industries from coronavirus-related legal liability and require hotels and casinos to enact worker protection measures after days of complicated negotiations with Gov. Steve Sisolak's office and the state's most powerful labor and business...
Feds: $1M to help 2 Nevada groups assist trafficking victims
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The top federal prosecutor in Las Vegas says two Nevada organizations will, together, receive almost $1 million in grants to provide transitional or short-term housing help for victims of human trafficking crimes. U.S. Attorney Nicholas Trutanich said Rite of Passage Adolescent Treatment...
The Latest: Japan region declares coronavirus emergency
TOKYO — The governor of Japan’s Aichi Prefecture has announced a regional “state of emergency” seeking to curb the coronavirus. Gov. Hideaki Ohmura on Thursday asked businesses to close altogether or close early and urged people to stay home at night. The measures continue through Aug....
Oakland man gets life for execution-style double killing
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — An Oakland criminal who authorities say bribed a law enforcement official for protection was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for killing a couple over a business deal. Wing Wo Ma, also known as “Fat Mark," was sentenced for the 2013 execution-style slayings in Mendocino...
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