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Friends, family, officers gather to grieve two killed day of K9 shooting

About 100 people gathered to grieve for Felecia Hughes-Limberly, 46, who died March 31 alongside her son, when they were both shot by a person who later engaged police in a running gun battle that resulted in the death of a police dog.

Prosecutors say Dennis Hastert wanted to hide sex abuse of wrestler, 14

Dennis Hastert agreed to pay $3.5 million to a person the former House speaker sexually abused when the victim was a 14-year-old wrestler on a team coached by Hastert, prosecutors said in a court filing Friday that details allegations by five former students.

Tourism to France grew in 2015 despite Paris attacks

The overall number of tourists visiting France in 2015 rose marginally compared with the year before to reach an all-time high despite the two deadly attacks in Paris in January and November.

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Obama names Nevadan to Hispanic education panel

President Obama on Friday announced his attention to appoint Nancy Brune, executive director of the Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities, to the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.

Pope emphasizes flexibility over rules for modern families

In a sweeping document on family life that opened a door to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, Pope Francis insisted Friday that church doctrine cannot bethe final word in answering tricky moral questions and that Catholics must be guided by their own informed consciences.

Arrests provide new links between Paris, Brussels attacks

The arrest Friday of five men suspected of links to the Brussels bombings, including the last known fugitive in last year’s Paris attacks, raised new questions about the extent of the Islamic State cell believed to have carried out the intertwined attacks that left 162 people dead in two countries.

North Las Vegas company’s space habitat rockets into orbit

Bigelow Aerospace employees in North Las Vegas got free T-shirts and a catered lunch with pizza, chicken fingers, cake and ice cream then watched something they’ve worked on for years get shot into space.

Vehicle rolls over in central valley

A vehicle has rolled over near Interstate 15 and Lake Mead Boulevard.

California company faces fine for enrolling ineligible consumers in program

The Federal Communications Commission said it will fine California-based Total Call Mobile $51 million for enrolling tens of thousands of duplicate and ineligible consumers in Nevada and 18 other states into Lifeline, a discount phone service program for low-income consumers.