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Police: Officer fired at gunman, grazed two bystanders near Bellagio

A police officer fired his weapon at a man aiming a handgun at people near the Bellagio fountains Friday night, missing the armed man and grazing two nearby pedestrians, according to a Metropolitan Police Department news release.

Snowboarders catch some wicked air on Fremont — PHOTOS

Twenty professional snowboarders competed on Fremont Street in the Park Jam 2016 snowboarding competition sponsored by Zappos.com on Saturday night in downtown Las Vegas.

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Adult expo scraps seminar on consensual rights of porn stars

It isn’t often that the producers of the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo back away from controversy. The adult industry, which wrapped up its four-day trade show with its awards presentations for pornographic films on Saturday, prides itself on being on the cutting edge of technology and leaders in advocacy positions involving the sex trade.

Trike riders bring attention to veteran suicides

Kelley and Peter Guidry reached a milestone Thursday night: with help of other veterans they pedaled the first 222 miles of a 2,222-mile journey they hope to complete by Veterans Day in their #22DamnMany campaign.

1 hospitalized following central valley apartment fire

One person was hospitalized Saturday afternoon following an apartment fire, Clark County Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief Kelly Blackmon wrote in a news release.

Buying a pet in the window quickly becoming thing of the past

Buying little Johnny a new puppy from your neighborhood pet shop is quickly becoming a thing of the past. And not just in Las Vegas, which voted to ban the retail sale of non-rescue dogs and cats on Jan. 6.

Guardianship court given new tool to protect infirm, elderly

The Clark County guardianship court is getting a much needed and long overdue software upgrade that it hopes will help better protect the infirm and elderly from neglect and financial abuse.

Man arrested in officer-involved shooting near Bellagio

Part of the Strip was closed Friday night as police investigated an officer-involved shooting that occurred on the sidewalk in front of the Bellagio fountains after a man was reportedly waving a gun and pointing it at people.