The Clark County Commission voted Tuesday to spend nearly $1.8 million generated by marijuana fees to open dozens of new beds for homeless young people and those with medical problems.
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The facility, which opened in 1883, once had a cemetery, but all the 1,500 bodies buried there should have been exhumed in 1913.
Vegetation nourished by wet winter weather now poses an above-normal risk of wildfires in Nevada, state fire authorities told Gov. Steve Sisolak on Tuesday.
It also subpoenaed Annie Donaldson, a top aide to former White House Counsel Donald McGahn, for documents and for questioning in a private deposition.
Magistrate Judge David Novak said the court engaged in “some extraordinary procedures” to deal with Kenneth Hicks’ health issues and to “protect his dignity.”
The former attorney general of Virginia, whose name had been tossed around for months for an immigration role, will be joining the Trump administration.
Authorities have argued the 1953 decision is invalid because it was dictated by Moscow when Poland was a satellite of the Soviet Union.
Vincent Lambert was critically injured in a 2008 car accident, and his parents and wife disagree on whether to keep him alive artificially.
Supporters say it’s more environmentally friendly than embalming or cremation, and it makes sense in cities where land for burials is scarce.
At least 24 states including Washington passed such laws during the 1990s, embracing tough-on-crime rhetoric.
Top House Republican Kevin McCarthy pushed back Tuesday against Rep. Justin Amash and his call for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, saying the Michigan Republican is out of step with others in the party.
Lawmakers are clashing over the Trump administration’s move to send hundreds of Transportation Security Administration employees to the U.S.-Mexico border.
A suburban Kansas City school board president has apologized for equating treatment of blondes to racist treatment of black people during a conversation about racial diversity.
Competing closed-door sessions on Capitol Hill Tuesday, unusual and potentially polarizing, come after weeks of escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf.
The United States is delaying some restrictions on U.S. technology sales to Chinese tech powerhouse Huawei in what it calls an effort to ease the blow on Huawei smartphone owners and smaller U.S. telecoms providers.