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Former Israeli president Shimon Peres hospitalized after stroke

Former Israeli President Shimon Peres suffered a “major stroke” on Tuesday and experienced heavy bleeding in the brain, hospital officials said, as doctors raced to stabilize the 93-year-old Nobel laureate.

Army approves sex reassignment surgery for Chelsea Manning

A transgender soldier imprisoned in Kansas for leaking classified information to the WikiLeaks website will end a hunger strike after the Army agreed to allow her to receive medical treatment for her gender dysphoria, the American Civil Liberties Union announced Tuesday.

1 dead, 4 injured after lifeboat detaches from world’s largest cruise ship

A crewmember on the world’s largest cruise ship died and four others were injured Tuesday when a lifeboat fell from the deck into the water during a rescue drill in Marseille, the operator and officials in the southern French port city said.

Group, UNLV students stand in solidarity with pipeline-protesting tribe

NextGen Climate Nevada, which aims to educate millennials on climate and the environment, on Tuesday stood in solidarity with University of Nevada, Las Vegas students to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

 
Government stops pipeline work after tribe loses court battle

The federal government stepped into the fight over the Dakota Access oil pipeline Friday, ordering work to stop on one segment of the project in North Dakota and asking the Texas-based company building it to “voluntarily pause” action on a wider span.

 
Students return to Johnson Junior High after mercury contamination

As students returned to campus Tuesday morning, parents at Johnson Junior High School expressed confidence that their children faced no additional threat of exposure after a mercury contamination.

Nevada governor calls for more appealing school lunches

Gov. Brian Sandoval raised the issue of school lunches Tuesday as the state Board of Examiners approved nine contracts between the Nevada Department of Agriculture and vendors worth $16.7 million to provide food for school breakfast and lunch programs.

Nevada’s busiest freeway ramp to close for 36 hours this weekend

The state’s most traveled freeway ramp will be closed for 36 hours this weekend as construction continues on the $1 billion widening of the Spaghetti Bowl interchange in downtown Las Vegas.

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