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Suspect in mom’s death dies after police shooting

A man Carson City police believe shot and killed his mother and was involved in a police shooting Wednesday died Friday, according to the Nevada Appeal.

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Inmate, 72, dies in Northern Nevada

A Northern Nevada inmate serving time for assault on a police officer and attempted murder died Thursday, the Nevada Department of Corrections said Friday.

Reno journalist arrested after altercation at Nevada Tesla plant

Tesla said in a blog post this week that two staffers with the Reno Gazette Journal newspaper were found trespassing at the company’s massive battery factory in Nevada on October 9.

Low staffing levels cited in Nevada prison shootings

There were more than 200 incidents of correctional officers firing shotguns during inmate incidents in the past three years at six prisons, with the vast majority occurring at High Desert State Prison, a review released Tuesday shows.

Nevada justices uphold medical malpractice damages cap

The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday upheld major provisions of the state’s medical malpractice law, overturning a judge who found that a $350,000 cap on non-economic damages was unconstitutional.

Northern Nevada inmate serving robbery sentence dies

A Northern Nevada Correctional Center inmate serving up to 23 years for robbery and use of a deadly weapon has died, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.