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College simulation event stimulates charter school students

For two days last week, an unorthodox college campus opened its doors in northeast Las Vegas and welcomed an inaugural class of exclusively middle and high school students.

 
Passengers sue Boeing over fiery September incident at McCarran

Sixty-five passengers on a British Airways Las Vegas-to-London flight evacuated after an aborted takeoff and fire in September have filed a lawsuit in Chicago against the manufacturers of the Boeing 777 jet and its engines.

 
Former Green Valley High school banker sentenced to prison

Family and friends of a former Green Valley High School banker silently sobbed as a Las Vegas judge on Thursday sentenced the mother of three to up to four years in prison for stealing thousands of dollars in student-generated funds from the Henderson campus.

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Man kills himself after central Las Vegas bank robbery

As cars traveling west on East Flamingo Road pulled forward Friday morning toward South Pecos Road’s green light, a blue Ford Focus did not.

 
Biker’s attorney sues Metro in federal court

A Nevada attorney who was acquitted of a misdemeanor obstruction charge in March has sued the Metropolitan Police Department in U.S. District Court, claiming violation of constitutional rights, false arrest and negligence.

 
Ex-POW recalls the day he ‘died in 1944’

Americo Benetti never thought he’d live to see another Veterans Day, or Armistice Day as it was called when he served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.

 
SkillCon showcases jugglers, martial artists and more — VIDEO

Jason Garfield ran a juggling convention for 10 years before he decided last year that herding cats was too easy and he wanted to throw lemurs, skinks, kinkajous and sugar gliders into the mix.

 
CCSD board endorses expansion of sex ed classes — VIDEO

The Clark County School District soon may teach middle and high school students more about sexual orientation and gender identity, despite the wishes of many parents.