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Man gets two life sentences for killing former girlfriend’s lover

A Las Vegas man convicted with the 2007 murder of his former girlfriend’s lover was sentenced Tuesday to two consecutive terms of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 20 years.

Man found in Searchlight desert identified

A man found dead in the desert Sunday after a heat wave struck the Las Vegas area was identified Tuesday.

Justices to consider Onion the dog’s fate Wednesday

The Nevada Supreme Court often must decide matters of life and death, but it’s not usually the life of a dog. The court on Wednesday will consider the fate of a 6-year-old, 120-pound, tan and black mastiff mixed breed named Onion.

Hepatitis C outbreak victims react with relief at guilty verdicts

Jun Guerrero, brother-in-law of Rodolfo Meana, the first to die from the 2007 hepatitis outbreak in Las Vegas, struggled to explain how distraught the former Philippine military colonel was after contracting the virus.

Guilty verdicts delivered in hepatitis C outbreak trial

The criminal charges against Dr. Dipak Desai and nurse anesthetist Ronald Lakeman focused on the cases of seven patients infected with hepatitis C in 2007 that health officials linked to Desai’s Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada on Shadow Lane. One of the infected patients, 77-year-old Rodolfo Meana, died last year in his native Philippines.

Police link sex offender to 7-year-old’s death

A suspect in the 1986 homicide and sexual assault of a 7-year-old North Las Vegas girl was arrested during a traffic stop Thursday in Ozark, Mo.

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