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Retired Navy pilot dies in jet crash

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

March 10, 2012 - 2:04 am

Authorities say a contract pilot killed in the crash of an Israeli-made military jet in Nevada was a retired Navy captain, former Top Gun fighter school instructor and military blogger originally from Alexandria, Va.

The Navy Times reported that Carroll LeFon, 51, was killed in the 9:15 a.m. Tuesday crash of the Airborne Tactical Advantage Co. F-21 Kfir aircraft at Fallon Naval Air Station east of Reno.

The cause of the crash is being investigated. A base spokesman in Fallon had reported snow and fog at the time.

Cottonwood Peak Fire in Elko County ignited on August 15, 2025. (The Bureau of Land Management, ...

Cottonwood Peak Fire faces weather challenges

By Arlette Yousif / RJ

August 18, 2025 - 9:08 pm

More than 280 personnel are working to combat the flames, though they are facing high winds with gusts, and dry conditions, the Bureau of Land Management said.

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Nevada AG joins group suing DOJ to stop immigration requirements on victim funds

By Claudia Lauer and Mike Catalini The Associated Press

August 18, 2025 - 5:28 pm

The lawsuit seeks to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from withholding federal funds from crime victims if states don’t cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts.

People enter City of Henderson Justice Facility building where Henderson Municipal and Clark Co ...

Feds say they did not intervene in Israeli official’s child sex case

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

August 18, 2025 - 5:47 pm

The U.S. government said that it didn’t intervene in the case of an Israeli government official arrested in an operation targeting alleged child sex predators in the Las Vegas Valley.

In an April 10, 2018, file photo, a high school principal displays vaping devices that were con ...

More Nevada students are vaping. That’s a big problem, health experts say

By Spencer Levering / RJ

August 18, 2025 - 1:13 pm

Officials said nearly one in three high school students and about one in six middle school students in Clark County reported having tried e-cigarettes.

Housing construction in the Cadence master planned community in Henderson is seen Thursday, Jul ...

Nevada housing ‘dodged a bullet’ with two bills, stakeholders say

By Patrick Blennerhassett / RJ

August 18, 2025 - 12:16 pm

The Las Vegas Valley’s long history with construction defect reform ligitation, which started in the 1990s, is still being debated today at the state level.

Conservative network Newsmax will pay $67M in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims

By Nicholas Riccardi Associated Press

August 18, 2025 - 11:34 am

The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, according to documents filed Monday.

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Don’t scan QR codes on unsolicited packages delivered to your house, FBI warns

Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post

August 18, 2025 - 10:04 am

The FBI is warning people of a new scam involving fake packages with QR codes designed to steal data.

President Donald Trump meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at ...

Zelenskyy, Trump express hope for trilateral talks with Putin to bring end to Russia-Ukraine war

By Josh Boak and Samya Kullab The Associated Press

August 18, 2025 - 1:21 pm

Monday’s hastily assembled meeting comes after the president met on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

2 officers killed, 3rd is wounded in Utah shooting, authorities say

By Kathy McCormack The Associated Press

August 18, 2025 - 7:56 am

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called what happened “a terrible and tragic night.” He posted online that he joined the state in mourning the loss “of these courageous law enforcement officers.”

Las Vegas ranked as one of the most dangerous cities for pedestrians

By Mick Akers / RJ

August 18, 2025 - 6:00 am

Las Vegas was rated as the third most dangerous city in the U.S. for pedestrians in a study released last week by shoe company Kuru.