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Nevada regents vote to continue campus pot ban

The state’s public college campuses plan to continue to ban pot even as Nevada is moving toward opening its first medical marijuana dispensaries early next year, the Board of Regents indicated Thursday.

Defendants found not guilty in skinhead murder case

Two men were acquitted of first-degree murder Thursday in the 1998 shooting deaths of two men who supported racial unity. The federal jury sat through a two-week trial in Las Vegas before returning its verdicts in the case against Ross Hack, 42, and Leland Jones, 33.

UMC fights report in employee pay lawsuit

University Medical Center attorneys are fighting a critical report on the hospital tied to a class-action lawsuit from employees seeking compensation for working during unpaid lunch breaks.

Mom pleads guilty in abuse of 7-year-old son who died

A Las Vegas mother accused of allowing her 7-year-old son to be beaten to death has pleaded guilty to child abuse charges, and is expected to testify in the murder trial of the boy’s stepdad.

Scaccia no longer NLV’s human resources chief

The administrator normally charged with handling North Las Vegas’ layoffs has left the city. Human Resources Director Austin Scaccia, an eight-year City Hall veteran, was no longer a city employee as of Thursday afternoon.

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Ten cited during fast-food protests on Strip

Ten people protesting for higher fast-food wages on the Las Vegas Strip were cited Thursday morning, Las Vegas police said.

Teijeiro background brings diversity to Nevada delegation

Republican congressional candidate Annette Teijeiro on Thursday made the case for electing her Nov. 4 to an urban Las Vegas district where she grew up, arguing that she would bring diversity to Nevada’s delegation in Congress, where she would be the state’s first Hispanic representative.

Woman arrested in fatal shooting

The man who was shot and killed Wednesday night near Maryland Parkway and Charleston Boulevard was identified on Thursday by the Clark County coroner’s office.