MODESTO, Calif. — Police are investigating an early morning shooting Wednesday at a motel in Modesto, Calif., that left two Las Vegas residents wounded.
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Prosecutors have extended the cloud of secrecy over a grand jury investigating the campaign contribution practices of longtime lobbyist Harvey Whittemore. Security officers even refused Wednesday to allow reporters to stay on the second floor of the courthouse where the grand jury was meeting.
CARSON CITY — A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld a Nevada law requiring sponsors of citizen initiatives to collect a percentage of voter signatures from each congressional district to qualify for the ballot.
A court hearing for a woman accused of killing her 6-year-old daughter was delayed Wednesday when the defendant refused to leave her jail cell.
The family of Erik Scott, who was shot and killed by officers outside a Costco store in 2010, dropped their lawsuit against the Metropolitan Police Department Tuesday, ending one of the most controversial chapters in the agency’s history.
