Nevada news

• Clark County passes emergency housing discrimination ordinance

  04-08-2020 21:48 via lasvegassun.com
  Landlords can’t reject a housing applicant based on their source of income or evictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, under an ...
  
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• Nevada Republicans gain more voters in July than Democrats

  04-08-2020 20:42 via lasvegassun.com
  More Nevadans registered as Republicans last month than Democrats, according to numbers released by the state elections office Monday. Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske reported that ...
  
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• Huge explosion rocks Beirut with widespread damage, injuries

  04-08-2020 20:38 via lasvegassun.com
  A massive explosion rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose ...
  
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• Bail set in deadly apartment fire manslaughter case

  04-08-2020 20:25 via lasvegassun.com
  A property owner and an associate can be freed on bail while they face manslaughter and criminal neglect charges following a fire last December that ...
  
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• Trump continues verbal assault on new Nevada vote-by-mail law

  04-08-2020 20:08 via reviewjournal.com
  
  President Donald Trump on Tuesday continued his verbal war against a new Nevada vote-by-mail bill and Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany cited a Review-Journal story as a reason.
  
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• Nevada adds 980 COVID-19 cases, 15 deaths over preceding day

  04-08-2020 19:53 via reviewjournal.com
  
  New cases posted by the Department of Health and Human Services pushed the case total for the state to 52,179 and the fatalities increased the death toll to 862.
  
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• Disabled man, 77, randomly attacked outside grocery store

  04-08-2020 19:51 via lasvegassun.com
  Metro Police say they are looking for a person who punched a 77-year-old disabled man in the head without provocation outside a grocery store. The incident happened ...
  
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• Massive explosion rocks Beirut with widespread damage, injuries

  04-08-2020 19:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital.
  
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• Massive explosion rocks Beirut; early casualties put at 2.5K

  04-08-2020 19:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The explosion rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital.
  
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• Massive explosion rocks Beirut, casualties in the hundreds

  04-08-2020 19:21 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The explosion rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital.
  
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• Huge explosions rock Beirut with widespread damage, injuries

  04-08-2020 19:09 via lasvegassun.com
  Massive explosions rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the ...
  
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• 'Too many are selfish': U.S. nears 5 million virus cases

  04-08-2020 18:59 via lasvegassun.com
  Big house parties and weddings, summer camps, concerts, crowded bars and restaurants, shopping trips without masks — Americans' resistance to curbs on everyday life is ...
  
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• Kanye West withdraws petition to get on NJ's 2020 ballot

  04-08-2020 17:56 via lasvegassun.com
  Kanye West withdrew his petition to appear as a presidential candidate on New Jersey's ballot, according to an email chain between a judge and what appears to be the ...
  
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• No masks, no distance: Pandemic wedding horrors for vendors

  04-08-2020 17:52 via lasvegassun.com
  Wedding planners, photographers and other bridal vendors who make the magic happen have a heap of new worries in the middle of the pandemic: no-mask weddings, rising guest counts and venues not following the rules. Now that weddings have slowly ...
  
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• Clark County to address food delivery fees, tavern gaming change — WATCH LIVE

  04-08-2020 17:44 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The county is looking at capping fees charged by Postmates, Uber Eats and other delivery companies. Commissioners also are expected to decide on gaming bars moving machines.
  
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• Police: 17-year-old girls in crosswalk killed in crash

  04-08-2020 17:43 via lasvegassun.com
  Two 17-year-old Las Vegas girls were fatally injured when struck in a crosswalk by a car whose 38-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the ...
  
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• Man charged in shooting death of 9-year-old Chicago boy

  04-08-2020 17:40 via lasvegassun.com
  Authorities announced Tuesday that they have charged a man with first-degree murder in the death of a 9-year-old boy who was fatally shot while ...
  
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• Missouri voters deciding on health care for more adults

  04-08-2020 17:28 via lasvegassun.com
  Missouri voters were deciding Tuesday whether to expand Medicaid health care coverage to thousands more low-income adults after years of ...
  
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• Belarus leader pledges allegiance to Russia despite rift

  04-08-2020 17:26 via lasvegassun.com
  Belarus's authoritarian leader vowed Tuesday to maintain a close alliance with neighboring Russia, even as he blasted it for sending in military contractors with ...
  
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• Maryland county pledges probe into health worker's coronavirus death

  04-08-2020 17:22 via lasvegassun.com
  Officials in a Maryland county say they “will spare no time or expense” investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a veteran public health worker who died of COVID-19 after relatives and ...
  
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• Parents unhappy with school options assemble learning 'pods'

  04-08-2020 17:20 via lasvegassun.com
  On the 4-acre farm at the edge of the Everglades where Timea Hunter runs a horse academy, she has hosted plenty of parties, picnics and ...
  
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• EU regulators investigating Google's plan to buy Fitbit

  04-08-2020 17:18 via lasvegassun.com
  European Union regulators opened an in-depth investigation Tuesday into U.S. tech giant Google's plan to buy fitness tracking device ...
  
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• 'A line in the sand': Both sides dig in on virus relief bill

  04-08-2020 17:08 via lasvegassun.com
  Negotiators on a huge coronavirus relief bill reported slight progress after talks resumed in the Capitol, with issues like food for ...
  
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• Senators advance bill that would shield Nevada businesses from COVID-19 liability

  04-08-2020 16:40 via lasvegassun.com
  In introducing the bill, Michelle White, Gov. Steve Sisolak’s chief of staff, cited Nevada’s hard-hit economic structure due to the state’s overreliance on gaming and tourism and ...
  
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• Baseball teams try to adapt, find safe options on road trips

  04-08-2020 09:05 via lasvegassun.com
  Gone for now are the days of baseball players, often dirt-stained and still in uniform, gathering in the clubhouse to scarf down a late night meal before heading their separate ways until doing it all again some 24 hours later.
  
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• Wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in many states

  04-08-2020 08:55 via lasvegassun.com
  Kelyn Yanez used to clean homes during the day and wait tables at night in the Houston area before the coronavirus. But the mother of three lost both jobs in March because of the pandemic and now is facing eviction.
  
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• Vehicle malfunction sparked Southern California wildfire

  04-08-2020 08:55 via lasvegassun.com
  A wildfire in mountains east of Los Angeles that has forced thousands of people from their homes was sparked by a malfunctioning diesel vehicle, fire officials said Monday.
  
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• Trump nursing home plan limits supply of free COVID-19 tests

  04-08-2020 08:55 via lasvegassun.com
  The Trump administration's plan to provide every nursing home with a fast COVID-19 testing machine comes with an asterisk: The government won't supply enough test kits to check staff and residents beyond an initial couple of rounds.
  
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• Trump giving $35 million to aid human trafficking survivors

  04-08-2020 08:55 via lasvegassun.com
  The Trump administration is awarding more than $35 million in Justice Department grants to organizations that provide safe housing for survivors of human trafficking.
  
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• 'Sobering' report shows hardening attitudes against media

  04-08-2020 08:55 via lasvegassun.com
  The distrust many Americans feel toward the news media, caught up like much of the nation's problems in the partisan divide, only seems to be getting worse.
  
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• Smile more? Some critics see sexism in debate over Biden VP

  04-08-2020 08:55 via lasvegassun.com
  She's too ambitious. She's not apologetic enough. She should smile more.
  
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• Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina

  04-08-2020 08:55 via lasvegassun.com
  Hurricane Isaias has made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane touched down just after 11 p.m. on Monday with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph ...
  
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• 3 men rescued from Pacific island after writing SOS in sand

  04-08-2020 08:55 via lasvegassun.com
  Three men have been rescued from a tiny Pacific island after writing a giant SOS sign in the sand that was spotted from above, authorities say.
  
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• Nevada Legislature passes pandemic eviction protections

  04-08-2020 06:49 via lasvegassun.com
  Nevada lawmakers passed a bill on Monday to provide renters additional means to fight evictions outside traditional court hearings once the state's eviction moratorium is lifted on Sept. 1 ...
  
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• In new virus strategy, Nevada to look at counties individually

  04-08-2020 03:20 via lasvegassun.com
  Nevada will work with counties individually to assess COVID-19 data on the average of number of daily tests, case rate and test positivity rate in a new plan ...
  
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• Raiders send DT P.J. Hall to Vikings for late pick

  04-08-2020 03:03 via lasvegassun.com
  The Minnesota Vikings acquired defensive tackle P.J. Hall from the Oakland Raiders for a conditional seventh-round draft pick in 2021, fetching a reinforcement for the interior on Monday after the opt out by expected starter Michael Pierce.
  
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• UNR football star, coach, AD Dick Trachock dies at age 94

  04-08-2020 02:10 via lasvegassun.com
  RENO — Dick Trachok, whose athletic career at UNR spanned parts of nine decades as a star running back, coach and athletic director, has died. He was 94.
  
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• Google unveils budget Pixel phone as pandemic curbs spending

  04-08-2020 02:01 via lasvegassun.com
  Google has started selling a long-delayed budget smartphone boasting the same high-quality camera and several other features available in fancier Pixel models that cost hundreds of dollars more.
  
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• Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson acquires the XFL

  04-08-2020 01:55 via lasvegassun.com
  The XFL had eight franchises and played five games out of a planned 10-game schedule before canceling the remainder of its season in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
  
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• Kids getting caught in crossfire as U.S. gun violence surges

  04-08-2020 01:52 via lasvegassun.com
  July in Chicago ended as it began: Mourning the death of a child whose only mistake was venturing outside to play when someone with a gun came to the neighborhood hunting for an enemy.
  
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• Golden Knights' Reaves, Lehner kneel during national anthems

  04-08-2020 01:06 via lasvegassun.com
  Reaves told reporters the Golden Knights were not planning to kneel during the anthems. Instead of kneeling, Golden Knights players locked arms while standing during the anthems ...
  
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• Marlins' Jeter blames outbreak on 'false sense of security'

  04-08-2020 01:01 via lasvegassun.com
  Miami Marlins CEO Derek Jeter says his players let up and paid a price. Jeter blames the team's COVID-19 outbreak on a collective false sense of security that made the Marlins lax about social distancing and wearing masks. "The entire traveling party got a ...
  
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• Sisolak to hold coronavirus briefing

  04-08-2020 00:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Steve Sisolak will brief reporters on the state’s latest COVID-19 status and response efforts in a 5 p.m. briefing Monday.
  
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• Sisolak gives update on Nevada’s COVID-19 status — WATCH LIVE

  04-08-2020 00:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Steve Sisolak is briefing reporters on the state’s latest COVID-19 status and response efforts.
  
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• Sisolak announces targeted coronavirus response

  04-08-2020 00:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Monday a “long-term strategy for mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in Nevada through a targeted approach — all centered back to our original goal of making our response state managed and locally executed.’
  
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• Sisolak announces Clark County bar restrictions to remain — WATCH LIVE

  04-08-2020 00:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Monday a “long-term strategy for mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in Nevada through a targeted approach — all centered back to our original goal of making our response state managed and locally executed.’
  
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• Sisolak announces Clark County bar restrictions to remain

  04-08-2020 00:33 via reviewjournal.com
  
  Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Monday a “long-term strategy for mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in Nevada through a targeted approach — all centered back to our original goal of making our response state managed and locally executed.’
  
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• Progress slow on virus relief bill as negotiations continue

  04-08-2020 00:19 via lasvegassun.com
  Negotiators on a huge coronavirus relief bill reported slight progress after talks resumed Monday afternoon in the Capitol, with issues like food for the poor and aid to schools struggling to ...
  
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• Navy investigates video of dogs attacking Kaepernick stand-in

  03-08-2020 23:54 via reviewjournal.com
  
  The videos show four dogs attacking a man, who is wearing a red Kaepernick football jersey over heavily padded gear as people stand nearby watching.
  
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• Nevada reports 994 more coronavirus cases, 15 more deaths

  03-08-2020 23:52 via lasvegassun.com
  Nevada health officials on Monday reported 994 new coronavirus cases and 15 new deaths. The state has now seen in total 51,199 confirmed COVID-19 cases and ...
  
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