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Eastern Nevada pipeline foes get day in Las Vegas court

Three years and two dozen motions later, a federal court in Las Vegas will hear a federal lawsuit Monday that seeks to block the Southern Nevada Water Authority from siphoning groundwater from a 300-mile swath of eastern Nevada.

 
O.J. Simpson granted parole

The parole hearing for O.J. Simpson has ended and the four members of the state Board of Parole Commissioners have reached a decision. Simpson was granted parole Thursday.

 
O.J. Simpson’s fall from sports hero, star — PHOTOS

O.J. Simpson’s story represents one of the most dramatic falls from grace in the history of American pop culture. Here’s a timeline of major events in the life of Simpson, now 70, who is up for parole on Thursday.

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Opening statements begin Monday in Bunkerville standoff retrial

Opening statements are scheduled for Monday in the retrial against four Bunkerville standoff defendants who are accused of joining rancher Cliven Bundy’s armed stand against the federal government.

Escaped Nevada inmate captured, back in custody

An inmate from Ely State Prison who walked away from a fire camp on Wednesday is back in custody, the state Department of Corrections said.

Escaped convict caught in Las Vegas awaits extradition

A North Las Vegas man who authorities say escaped from a Minnesota federal prison in 1992 is awaiting extradition at a federal facility in Pahrump, a Nevada U.S. Marshals Service spokesman said Thursday.

 
Question of motive remains unanswered in 2016 Panaca bombing

Troubling questions linger a year after an out-of-work nurse set off two powerful bombs at the house of a friend in Panaca, a small town 165 miles northeast of Las Vegas.