Paul Laxalt, former Nevada governor, senator, dies at 96

The son of Basque immigrants who settled in Carson City early in the 1900s, Laxalt served as governor from 1967 to 1971, was a U.S. senator from 1974 to 1986 and supported establishment of Nevada’s first community colleges and its first medical school.

 
1 killed, 2 injured in shooting on Bay Bridge in San Francisco

A man was killed and two others were injured Monday in a shooting on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge that caused several cars to collide and shut down all traffic lanes for hours, authorities said.

Pedestrian killed in western Las Vegas crash ID’d

The Clark County coroner’s office identified the pedestrian who died after being hit by an SUV in the western Las Vegas Valley on Saturday.

Clark County call center employment triples since recession

Clark County’s call centers are booming since 2010, nearly tripling the number of people employed on average, according to state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation data.

Manafort deputy Rick Gates admits embezzling hundreds of thousands

The government’s star witness in the financial fraud trial of Paul Manafort testified Monday that he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from the former Trump campaign chairman — and told jurors that he and Manafort committed crimes together.

 
MoviePass to limit customers to 3 movies per month

MoviePass, a discount service for movie tickets at theaters, is walking back a planned 50 percent price increase following a subscriber backlash. But the cash-starved company will soon impose a cap of three movies per month, instead of one every day.

Reported deals with rebels cloud ‘victories’ over al-Qaida in Yemen

A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and backed by the United States has cut secret deals with al-Qaida fighters, paying some to leave key cities and towns the militants had seized across Yemen and letting others retreat with weapons, equipment and wads of looted cash, an investigation by The Associated Press has found.

Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador over women’s rights criticism

Saudi Arabia expelled the Canadian ambassador on Monday and froze “all new business” with Ottawa over its criticism of the ultraconservative kingdom’s arrest of women’s rights activists — yet another warning to the West reflecting Riyadh’s newly assertive foreign policy.

 
Work begins on permanent wall at Healing Garden in Las Vegas

Crews began by removing photos and mementos from the current wall and dismantling the wall’s wooden pallets, which have begun to weather in the scorching Las Vegas heat.

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