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Washoe inmate dies at Carson City hospital

A 63-year-old inmate at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center died Saturday afternoon after being admitted to the Carson Tahoe Hospital, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.

2 dogs dead after eating poisoned meat near Pahrump park

Authorities are searching for a suspect who they say left out poisoned meat near a Nevada park, killing two dogs and leaving three others in critical condition.

Ryan Bundy sues federal government

Ryan Bundy, a son of embattled rancher Cliven Bundy who is incarcerated pending trial on conspiracy charges, has sued the federal government.

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Nevada woman accused of faking son’s illness, death for money

A Nevada woman accused of falsely claiming her 10-year-old son had a terminal illness and died so she could solicit gifts and money from sympathizers told the boy during the alleged scam that he was dying from leukemia, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Bundy lawyer says court violated rancher’s speedy trial rights

A lawyer who represents Cliven Bundy has accused a federal judge of violating the embattled cattle rancher’s constitutional right to a speedy trial by setting a start date of June 26 in the second Bunkerville standoff case.

No bail for ex-Tahoe ski teacher on child porn charges

U.S. magistrate ordered a former children’s ski instructor at a Lake Tahoe resort held without bail indefinitely on Tuesday pending his federal trial on child pornography charges.

Inmate, 74, dies in Carson City prison

An inmate serving time in Carson City died early Sunday, the Nevada Department of Corrections announced Tuesday.

Pahrump man accused of luring child for sex

A Pahrump man was arrested Tuesday during a covert investigation in which detectives with the Nye County Sheriff’s Office posed as a 15-year-old girl on Facebook.

Testimony wraps up in first Bunkerville standoff trial

Two months of testimony in the first Bunkerville standoff trial concluded Monday with a defendant’s dramatic assertion that authorities sat in foxholes waiting to shoot protesters who arrived at the site where federal agents for days had been rounding up Cliven Bundy’s cattle.

Defense starts calling witnesses in Bundy trial

Defense attorneys in the trial against six of rancher Cliven Bundy’s supporters started calling witnesses Wednesday to testify about the militant presence of the Bureau of Land Management in Bunkerville three years ago — and protesters’ peacefulness.