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Former state assemblyman who tried to ban police chokeholds speaks out

Former Nevada Assemblyman Wendell Williams, who sought to ban the use of chokeholds by police more than 25 years ago, is calling for a public reexamination of the Metropolitan Police Department’s neck restraint policy after a man died while in custody last week.

1 hurt, 10 displaced in downtown Las Vegas fire

One person was injured and at least 10 people were displaced Wednesday after an apartment building fire near Stewart Avenue and 13th Street in downtown Las Vegas.

 
Flawed Nevada, CCSD checks expose students to sexual predators

People who work in Nevada’s public schools are supposed to have clean records. They’re fingerprinted and screened at the local, state and national levels for criminal histories — but the process is far from foolproof.