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5 indicted in Club Paradise strip club fraud

Five people have been indicted on credit card fraud and conspiracy charges in connection with a long-running investigation into dancers, cocktail waitresses and managers at Club Paradise, prosecutors said Thursday.

Woman suing Lowe’s for negligence testifies

The last thing Kelly Hendrickson remembers before her July 2013 fall at a Lowe’s home improvement store was “looking up at the palm trees.” She remembers nothing more before waking up with severe pain in her head.

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Peter Maheu dies at age 73 of heart attack

Peter Maheu spent years working for his famous father, international spy Robert Maheu, and billionaire Howard Hughes. He spent two years working for the CIA in Washington D.C., ran for sheriff in Tuscon, Arizona, and partied with astronauts in Las Vegas.

 
Biden speaks out against campus sex abuse at UNLV rally

Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered an impassioned address at UNLV to raise awareness about sexual assault on college campuses, decrying a culture that subjects victims to being “raped by the system.”

Outside groups allowed more time to file briefs in ESA challenge

The state Supreme Court extended the briefing schedule in the appeal over Nevada’s education savings account to accommodate outside groups wanting to file friend-of-court briefs.

Las Vegas ceremony kicks off Project Neon — $1.5B Spaghetti Bowl redesign

Dignitaries from across the state celebrated the kickoff Thursday morning of Project Neon, the $1.5 billion Spaghetti Bowl redesign project expected to reduce accidents and add traffic lanes to the state’s busiest highway interchange.

North Las Vegas-made space habitat to launch into orbit Friday

Officials from a North Las Vegas aerospace company are gathering at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday to witness what they hope will be a giant leap for their inflatable space habitat.