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UNR police chief apologizes for officer’s Kaepernick costume

Police at the University of Nevada, Reno are apologizing for an officer who dressed up as Colin Kaepernick for Halloween and mocked the former 49ers quarterback’s refusal to stand for the national anthem last season to protest police mistreatment of minorities.

Exhibit at Nevada Museum of Art tells ‘Greater West’ stories

Romantic images of cowboys and covered wagons, railroad barons and Gold Rush-era prospectors that typically depict the settling of the American West play only supporting roles at best in a Nevada art exhibit with a broader perspective on Earth’s “final frontier.”