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Las Vegas pigeons reprise dramatic World War I flight

As part of the Racing Pigeon Cross Country Relay, local racing pigeons deliver a message first carried by a famous Black Check cock carrier pigeon named Cher Ami, who single-wingedly saved a beleaguered American battalion.

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Another Tarkanian may run for Las Vegas City Council

Despite her role as a supportive spouse amid her husband’s multiple runs for office, Amy Tarkanian has emerged as a strong personality on her own.

 
UMC trauma director reflects on night of Las Vegas shooting

Dr. Deborah Kuhls, who’s serving on a panel at UNLV on Friday to discuss her experiences from the night of Oct. 1, 2017, has been a trauma surgeon at UMC for more than 18 years.

Clark County schools reach tentative contracts with 3 unions

Clark County School District support staff, administrators and police administrators would receive a one-time 3 percent payment under an “unprecedented” agreement to finalize contracts through the end of the current school year.

 
US charges 7 Russian intelligence officers with hacking

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday charged seven Russian intelligence officers with hacking anti-doping agencies and other organizations hours after Western officials leveled new accusations against Moscow’s secretive GRU military spy agency.

 
74-year-old disabled vet held in deadly South Carolina shooting

A police officer was killed and six of his comrades were wounded when authorities said an elderly man began shooting at deputies who came to serve a search warrant, barricading himself in his home with children and spraying bullets across his upscale suburban neighborhood.

Rescue team detects survivor 1 week after Indonesia quake

A French rescue team said Thursday it has detected a person believed to still be alive under the rubble of a hotel in Indonesia’s central Sulawesi, nearly a week after it was hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami.

4th victim dies in string of attacks on California homeless

Police will seek a fourth murder charge against a man suspected in a string of brutal and deadly beatings of mostly homeless victims in the Los Angeles area after another person died, officials said Wednesday.

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