Rita Colon, accused in the 2016 killing of a former UNLV professor, now faces a second murder charge, this time in connection with her husband’s 2005 death.
Purdue Pharma has been cast as a main villain producing the prescription painkiller OxyContin. An NBC News report said the privately held company has offered to settle for $10 billion to $12 billion.
The temperature reached 110 degrees Wednesday in the Las Vegas Valley, tying a record high for the date, and an excessive heat warning was extended into the weekend.
An attack on a bar in Mexico’s Gulf coast city of Coatzacoalcos killed 26 people and injured about a dozen more late Tuesday.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday to suspend Parliament, throwing down the gauntlet to his critics and causing outrage among opposition leaders who will have even less time to thwart a no-deal Brexit.
Michael McDonald, chairman of the Nevada Republican Party, now faces two challengers for the post who say he hasn’t done enough to help the GOP win in the Silver State.
