The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody, even as jury selection continued in a former officer’s murder trial.
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Senate Bill 153 would put Nevada on a path to observe either daylight saving time or standard time year round, avoiding the “archaic” semiannual clock switching.
There would be no more need for police officers in Nevada to meet any end-of-the-month traffic ticket quota under a bill up for debate in the state Legislature on Thursday.
President Joe Biden said there will be enough coronavirus vaccines to get every adult American vaccinated in time for Fourth of July barbecues this summer.
“As a Las Vegas native, born and raised in the Historic Westside, it would be an honor and a privilege to lead the greatest city in America,” he wrote in an email to supporters Thursday.
Nellis Air Force Base has set aside 200 acres of federal land to build an emergency vehicle training complex for local first responders.
Eligibility is expanding. High-risk residents 55 and older could also receive doses at pharmacies statewide starting next week.
Nevada registered its highest one-day total of new COVID-19 cases in nearly a month, with 618 recorded over the preceding day, according to state data posted Thursday.
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak received a shot of COVID-19 vaccine today at an Albertsons in Southern Nevada alongside front-line grocery store workers.
“We’re very much not a racist family,” William said as his wife, Kate, walked by his side during a visit to an east London school.
“We didn’t have a chance to grieve. It’s almost like it happened yesterday for us. It’s still fresh,” said Nettie Parks of Volusia County, Florida, whose only brother died of COVID-19 last April. Because of travel restrictions, Parks and her five sisters have yet to hold a memorial.
President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday the $1.9 trillion relief package that he says will help the U.S. defeat the virus and nurse the economy back to health.
Officials in Esmeralda County say the fewer than 1,000 residents are getting doses in other counties, but they can only guess how many have attained immunity.
Details have emerged about Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Las Vegas on Monday to tout the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan approved by Congress.
A bill that would see Nevada prison inmates earn at least minimum wage for work behind bars drew unanimous and bipartisan support in a Senate committee Wednesday.