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DroneCast introduces advertising by octocopter

Raj Singh is taking advertising to new heights. The 19-year-old founder of DroneCast, a Philadelphia-based startup company, drew crowds on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, flying an octocopter with a 3-by-12-foot banner promoting his company on the first day of a national media and promotional tour.

Police respond to suicide at the Silverton

A man committed suicide at the Silverton casino Wednesday night, Las Vegas police say. Police got the call just before 7:30 p.m. and responded to the Silverton, where they found a 30-year-old man with a gunshot wound on the ground floor of the parking garage, Lt. Barb Schmidt said.

Henderson mine cleanup, redevelopment OK’d by Congress

More than a thousand acres of Southern Nevada land scarred by mining waste was given a future when Congress completed work Wednesday allowing a major cleanup and redevelopment on a long disused site in Henderson.

Former topless-club owner Rick Rizzolo indicted on tax evasion charges

Former Crazy Horse Too owner Rick Rizzolo, a colorful figure authorities linked to the traditional mob in Las Vegas, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on felony charges of evading more than $2.5 million in taxes.

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Moapa Paiute leader says tribe to expand solar on new land

The leader of the Moapa Band of Paiutes told Congress on Wednesday that adding land to the tribe’s Southern Nevada reservation would allow it to expand further into solar energy while encouraging young people to stay close to home.

Cats, rabbits need homes

If you’ve had a hankering for a pet cat or rabbit, you’re in luck — they’re on sale at the animal shelter until Tuesday. A spike in kitten litters entering The Animal Foundation shelter, along with more lost pets than usual over Independence Day weekend, have put the shelter at capacity for cats and rabbits.

North Las Vegas man convicted of luring girl for sex

A North Las Vegas man was convicted Wednesday of trying to lure a minor into sexual acts in 2013, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office.

Man who collapsed at EDC died from Ecstasy overdose

Montgomery Tsang, the 24-year-old man found unresponsive on the first night of the Electric Daisy Carnival last month, died from an ecstasy overdose, the Clark County coroner’s office announced Wednesday.

 
Las Vegas mothers protest right to breastfeed in public

Dozens of mothers gathered for a protest Wednesday, exercising their right to breastfeed in public as part of a “nurse in” staged at the Centennial Hills YMCA.

2 killed by trains in Northern Nevada

Sparks police say it appears a man was sitting on railroad tracks before he was fatally hit by a train, although it’s unclear why he was there.

Panel hears proposals to fix Nevada’s new medical marijuana law

Issues raised at the first meeting of Nevada medical marijuana panel Wednesday ranged from employment protections for patients to ensuring that patients who grow their own will be allowed to continue to do so.