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Jolie’s breast cancer warning expected to help others

Even as Shannon West Redwine writhed in pain at Sunrise Hospital in September, she had a message: With a family history of breast cancer and/or ovarian cancer, genetic testing for relatives can mean the difference between life and death.

Reid comes to Obama aid on Benghazi, IRS scandals

Coming to the aid of President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada on Tuesday charged Republicans with “grandstanding” on the U.S. consulate attack in Benghazi, and on reports the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups applying for tax exemptions.

Desai trial continues with testimony on unsafe sterilization practices

On a few occasions during his year-long employment at Dr. Dipak Desai’s clinics, gastrointestinal technician Joshua Cavett said the machinery that sterilized scopes that had entered patients’ body malfunctioned, leaving him and his fellow employees to take an untraditional approach.

 
Convicted O.J. Simpson eager to testify on need for new trial

A Las Vegas judge freed O.J. Simpson’s right hand Tuesday. The rest of the notorious former pro football star’s body remained shackled to a chair as his post-conviction hearing entered its second day.

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Man arrested in deaths of five in Northern Nevada

A 25-year-old person of interest has been arrested after five people were found dead in one morning in the small Northern Nevada community of Fernley.

Benzer, accused in HOA scheme, indicted on tax evasion charges

The accused mastermind of a massive scheme to take over homeowners associations was indicted by a Las Vegas federal grand jury Tuesday on charges of evading roughly $1.2 million in personal and company taxes.

Locals to weigh in on ‘Mount Reagan’ proposal

A proposal to name the peak of Las Vegas’ Frenchman Mountain after President Ronald Reagan will receive a second hearing by a state naming board in September.

Nevada Guard opens new readiness center in Las Vegas Valley

The 9/11 attacks launched the United States into a new era of military readiness which continued Tuesday with the opening of the $25 million, 65,000-square-foot North Las Vegas Readiness Center, next to the 20-year-old Clark County armory on Range Road in the north Las Vegas Valley.

 
Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy

LOS ANGELES — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.

 
Trio of troubles threatening Obama’s second term

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama seemed to lose control of his second-term agenda even before he was sworn in, when a school massacre led him to lift gun control to the fore. Now, as he tries to pivot from a stinging defeat on that issue and push forward on others, the president finds himself rocked by multiple controversies that are demoralizing his allies, emboldening his political foes and posing huge distractions for all.