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U.S. Army seeking new primary gun

After about 30 years of using the Beretta as the primary sidearm pistol for the U.S. military, the Pentagon is seeking a new gun contract.

Pedestrian struck by car in northeast valley dies

A person died after being hit by a car Thursday evening in the northeast valley, according to Las Vegas police. Officers responded about 6:40 p.m. to Alto Avenue and North Lamb Boulevard where a person was struck by a car, according to Metro Lt. Barb Schmidt.

Section of 215 to close overnight for bridge work

A section of the northern 215 Beltway will be closed overnight Thursday and early Friday for bridge construction, according to Clark County.

UMC set to pick third CEO in a year

University Medical Center officials Friday are poised to install their third chief executive in less than a year as the public hospital’s governing board meets to discuss a successor to Larry Barnard, who is taking a similar position in the private sector.

5 free things to see and do in NYC at Christmastime

The Christmas season is one of New York City’s busiest times of year. Tickets for Broadway shows and hotel rooms go for premium prices and lines for top attractions are long. But some of the best and most beautiful things to see and do around the city during the holidays are free. Here are five of them.

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Truck spills 19,000 copies of New York Times on highway ramp

A tractor-trailer carrying 19,000 copies of advanced sections for Sunday’s New York Times overturned on a highway ramp outside Philadelphia, littering the side of the road

 
College hires exotic dancers to recruit students in fraud scheme

A for-profit Florida college used exotic dancers as admissions officers, falsified documents and coached students to lie on financial forms as it fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in federal money, according to a federal lawsuit filed in Miami.

UNR president earns raise, contract extension

The president of the University of Nevada, Reno was given a 3-percent raise and a 3-year extension on his contract by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents on Thursday.

Nevada hires expert to review child deaths

The state will spend up to $44,000 to have an expert review the homicide of a Clark County foster girl while in care and other child fatalities and near fatalities across Nevada.

NAACP trains church leaders on HIV education

The NAACP Las Vegas branch on Thursday held an HIV training session for senior faith leaders as part of a program to prepare Black church leaders to educate their congregations about HIV prevention and screening.

Arrest made in Henderson apartment shooting

A 26-year-old man was arrested in connection to a Monday shooting that wounded a man at a Henderson apartment complex, the city announced Thursday.

Henderson medical pot dispensary proposed at Galleria mall

One of Henderson’s first medical marijuana dispensaries could be at the Galleria at Sunset mall under a proposal submitted Tuesday. Wellness Connection of Nevada decided on the new site after the city rejected its plan to open a dispensary on Sunset Road, less than a mile west of the mall.

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