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Congressional hearing on VA office scheduled for Las Vegas

A congressional field hearing set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Las Vegas City Hall will focus on how effective the Department of Veterans Affairs regional benefits office in Reno is for serving veterans in Southern Nevada.

Ethics commission considers settlement with CCSD officials

The digging has been halted, the hearing canceled and witnesses released from their subpoenas. An eight-member commission will consider a settlement proposed by Carolyn Edwards’ attorney behind closed doors and then vote on it in public.

Parents hope for recovery as daughter, 6, remains in coma

Tiffany Ward is the mother of 6-year-old Brazyl, who was hit by a car while crossing a southwest valley street on Thursday. She has spent the last five days at University Medical Center at the bedside of her daughter, whose condition remained critical this week.

Clark County looks for ways to save costs at shooting complex

Clark County commissioners talked Tuesday about ways to rescue the shooting complex, but didn’t approve any new ways to save money. The facility lost $1.1 million in fiscal year 2013.

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Ohio kidnap survivor recounts abuse

Michelle Knight was held for a decade in Ariel Castro’s Cleveland home; chained and raped by her captor, who struck her with a barbell to force a miscarriage when she became pregnant and snapped her dog’s neck after it tried to protect her, Knight said in a taped interview on the “Dr. Phil” show.

 
LAX shooting survivor: ‘I only saw me and him’

A teacher said Tuesday that he crawled to escape a gunman at Los Angeles International Airport and used a sweatshirt as a tourniquet after his leg was shattered during last week’s deadly shooting.

Doctors grant paralyzed hunter choice to end life support

An avid outdoorsman, paralyzed in a hunting accident Saturday, was granted by doctors the choice to essentially end his life by shutting off his life support. He died Sunday.

Man pleads not guity in Northern Nevada killing spree

The 25-year-old man accused of five killings during a Mother’s Day weekend killing spree in Northern Nevada has pleaded not guilty a third time after rejecting a plea deal that would have spared him the death penalty.

 
Toronto mayor admits crack use when in a ‘drunken stupor,’ plans to keep job

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that he smoked crack “probably a year ago” when he was in a “drunken stupor,” but he refused to resign despite immense pressure to step aside as leader of Canada’s largest city.

Las Vegas man pleads guilty to ATM thefts

A Las Vegas man targeted at least 21 ATM machines in western states as part of a crime spree involving the theft of $124,000 in cash and tens of thousands of dollars in damage to the equipment, a federal prosecutor said.

Nevada Supreme Court considers $9 million judgment in Crazy Horse Too assault

A Las Vegas attorney representing a Kansas man who became a quadriplegic after an altercation at the Crazy Horse Too in 2001 asked the Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold a $9 million judgment against former topless club owner Rick Rizzolo.