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Man says Marines v. Army argument led to homicide

A Montana man who is charged in the throat-slashing death of another man told police they were arguing over which branch of the United States military was better, the Army or the Marines, Yellowstone County prosecutors said.

Russian hackers steal 1.2 billion passwords, user names

According to a Hold Security report, Russian hackers have stolen 1.2 billion user names and passwords in a series of Internet heists affecting 420,000 websites.

Boy pulls baby brother from window during home invasion

An 11-year-old boy’s backyard bike ride took a serious turn Sunday after a man running from police jumped the wall and invaded his family’s northeast valley home, Las Vegas police say.

Henderson boy suffered ‘mysterious’ bruises days before death

In the days leading up to his death, 2-year-old Brodie Aschenbrenner would “throw tantrums” and “freak out” whenever he saw his mother’s live-in boyfriend, Michael Alan Lee, a prosecutor told a Clark County jury Tuesday.

General killed in Afghan attack was engineer

American Maj. Gen. Harold Greene was shot to death Tuesday in one of the bloodiest insider attacks of the Afghanistan war when a gunman dressed as an Afghan soldier turned on allied troops and wounded about 15 people.

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Test scores could matter less in teacher evaluations

A panel of Nevada lawmakers on Tuesday voted to draft legislation that would reduce the reliance on student test performance for a new teacher evaluation system from 50 percent to 40 percent.

Police search for missing 6-year-old Washington girl

More than 100 officers from 10 law enforcement agencies are involved in the search for a 6-year-old girl who disappeared from her home near Bremerton over the weekend, the Kitsap County sheriff’s office said Tuesday.

Family Services union petitions to improve child welfare

Citing large caseloads and unsafe conditions for workers and children, hundreds of Clark County Department of Family Services’ employees petitioned for agency improvements on Tuesday.

A guide for air travelers worried about Ebola outbreak

As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa grows, airlines around the globe are closely monitoring the situation but have yet to make any drastic changes. Below are some key questions about the disease, what airlines are doing and how safe it is to fly.

CORRECTION

In an article that appeared on page 1B Tuesday Rick Reed’s relationship with FOX News CEO Roger Ailes was misstated. Reed did not work for Ailes in 1988, when Ailes was head of the George H.W. Bush presidential campaign media team.

Vegas video: Car swept away, woman rescued

Amateur footage shot after an afternoon downpour north of Las Vegas captures the power of flash flood waters.

Utah home destroyed by landslide, 20 others evacuated

A landslide struck an upscale suburban Salt Lake City community on Tuesday, destroying a home and forcing evacuations as a rain-soaked hillside tumbled from above.

Calif. woman gets 57 months for mortgage fraud

A California woman convicted of mortgage fraud earlier this year was sentenced to 57 months in a federal prison and ordered to pay approximately $1.1 million in restitution.

VA to build outpatient clinic in Pahrump

The Department of Veterans Affairs will build an outpatient clinic in Pahrump, members of Nevada’s congressional delegation said Tuesday.

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