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Justice Department proposes banning bump stocks

The Department of Justice is proposing to ban bump stocks — devices that accelerate the rate of fire of semi-automatic rifles — by classifying them as machine guns, the Review-Journal has learned.

As courts delay Nevada execution, Texas prepares for eighth of 2018

Both states use lethal injection to impose the ultimate punishment, but that’s where the similarities end. Since 2012, Texas has used a single barbiturate to end inmates’ lives while Nevada wants to use an untried three-drug “cocktail.”

Suspect in Hoover Dam standoff writes Trump, cites conspiracy in letters

In letters to elected officials, Matthew Wright of Henderson uses a phrase popular among followers of QAnon, a murky online conspiracy plot that casts Trump as the hero in a campaign to topple evil, left-wing global elites.

Feds will reimburse Nevada $2M for Las Vegas shooting costs

Nevada will receive full reimbursement from the federal government for overtime costs through a Justice Department program that helps states and communities with extraordinary events, like the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.