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No Powerball winner; jackpot soars to $475 million

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — So you didn’t win Wednesday’s $360 million Powerball jackpot? Make that you and everyone else.

Alexander, Sophia most popular baby names in Nevada

Hello there baby Alexander and baby Sophia, baby Anthony and baby Isabella, baby Daniel, baby Jayden and baby Jacob, baby Emma, baby Olivia and baby Mia. You’re not a unique, special flower, after all, you cute little bundle of joy. You have the most common baby names in Nevada, the federal government says.

 
Police: Suspect arrested in New Orleans parade shooting

NEW ORLEANS — The suspect in a Mother’s Day parade shooting that left 19 people wounded in New Orleans was taken into custody Wednesday night, police said.

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Officials: ‘Multiple fatalities’ in Texas tornado

GRANBURY, Texas — A tornado ripped through a picturesque lakeside North Texas town on Wednesday, resulting in multiple fatalities and destroying or damaging homes, authorities said.

Suspects in mail theft to appear in federal court

Two Las Vegas men are accused of using counterfeit U.S. Postal Service keys to steal checks, credit cards and other items from local mailboxes, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

O.J. Simpson bombshell: He believed lawyer was defending him for free

O.J. Simpson was charming and gregarious during three hours of testimony Wednesday. Just before the lunch break, Simpson dropped a legal bombshell: He believed his trial lawyer Yale Galanter was defending him for free.

Murder charges sought in shooting deaths of 5 in Northern Nevada

The most heinous crime spree in Lyon County history appeared to have been solved Wednesday when Sheriff Allen Veil announced that a man arrested on burglary charges in connection with five deaths is the only suspect in the ongoing investigation.

Victims of I-15 crash that killed 5 testify; DUI suspect keeps mum

A teen accused of driving drunk in a Moapa crash that killed five family members from California earlier this year hardly looked up during an emotional court hearing Wednesday, even as injured survivors gave tearful testimony.

Panels endorse revised Nevada higher education funding formula

Members of a joint legislative panel formally adopted a new funding formula Wednesday for Nevada’s universities and community colleges, a change that would shift more general fund support to campuses in Southern Nevada.

Man charged with murder in 2012 shooting of high school girl

It’s been 16 months since Joseph Pinkney lost his teenage daughter to a stray bullet at a rowdy house party.

Although more than 80 people were at the party and many witnessed the shooting of Betty “Jay” Pinkney, Las Vegas police didn’t have enough evidence to arrest the man suspected of firing the fatal shot — until now.