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Oregon man killed in northwestern Arizona rollover

Mohave County Sheriff‘s Office (Dave Hawkins/Special to Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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By DAVE HAWKINS SPECIAL TO THE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

May 23, 2016 - 11:30 am

A Eugene, Oregon, resident died in a single-vehicle traffic accident in northwest Arizona on Friday.

Mohave County sheriff’s deputies responded at 8:45 a.m. to the rollover about 20 miles east of Kingman, spokeswoman Trish Carter said.

The victim of the crash on a bypassed stretch of old U.S. Highway 93 is identified as Steven Greg Nielsen, 60. Carter said Nielsen had been visiting his parents at their nearby home before driving away in his 2000 Lincoln Continental about 3 a.m.

Maimed in war, amputee soccer team offers pride, normalcy

By Pamela Sampson The Associated Press

April 19, 2024 - 8:34 pm

“It’s the best thing in my life,” said 1st Sgt. Omer Glikstal of the team’s twice-weekly practices at a stadium in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan.

Rare bipartisanship nets win for speaker; foreign aid may get OK on weekend

By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking The Associated Press

April 19, 2024 - 8:27 pm

Friday’s vote produced a seldom-seen outcome in the typically hyper-partisan House, with Democrats helping Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan advance overwhelmingly 316-94. Final House approval could come this weekend, when the package would be sent to the Senate.

Columbia has more protests despite arrests

By Cayla Bamberger New York Daily News

April 19, 2024 - 8:14 pm

Defiant students at Columbia University continued Friday to protest the war in Gaza, a day after university President Minouche Shafik tapped the NYPD to clear a campus encampment and arrest more than 100 demonstrators .

Israel, Iran look content to avoid all-out regional war — for now

By Josef Federman and Jon Gambrell The Associated Press

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Israel has long considered Iran to be its greatest enemy — citing the Islamic Republic’s calls for Israel’s destruction, its controversial nuclear program and its support for hostile terrorist proxies across the Middle East.

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Tesla recalling nearly 4K Cybertrucks because accelerator pedal can get stuck

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Tesla is recalling 3,878 of its 2024 Cybertrucks after it discovered that the accelerator pedal can become stuck, potentially causing the vehicle to accelerate unintentionally and increase the risk of a crash.

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Explosions, loud noise heard near Iran city

By Jon Gambrell The Associated Press

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Iran fired air defense batteries early Friday morning after reports of explosions near the city of Isfahan, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.

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Administration moves to make conservation an equal to industry on US lands

By Matthew Brown The Associated Press

April 18, 2024 - 2:47 pm

The rule from the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management will allow public property to be leased for restoration in the same way that oil companies lease land for drilling.

Fiber line cut in Missouri behind 911 outage in Las Vegas, other states

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April 18, 2024 - 7:22 pm

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 911 Communications warned Wednesday of an outage affecting 911 and non-emergency calls in a social media post. Officials said they could see the numbers of those who called from cellphones.

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U.S. and U.K. issue new sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran’s weekend attack on Israel

By Fatima Hussein Associated Press

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The U.S. and U.K. on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran as concern grows that Tehran’s attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East.

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Congress moving on bipartisan action to punish Iran’s revenge attack on Israel

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“The world is on fire, and history will judge us for our action,” said Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, during a news conference this week.