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Children, mother injured in fall from second story of house

Two children are in critical condition Thursday morning after their mother threw them from a second-story window of a house, then jumped herself, Las Vegas police said.

 
Thousands honor slain Las Vegas police officer Igor Soldo

Thousands — many in uniform — gathered Thursday to bid farewell to officer Igor Soldo at Canyon Ridge Christian Church, 6200 W. Lone Mountain Road, one of two Las Vegas police officers ambushed and killed Sunday while having lunch.

 
Judge rejects lower bail for defendants in pet shop arson case

The two people charged with trying to burn down a pet shop with 27 puppies inside pleaded not guilty Wednesday. Gloria Lee, 35, and Kirk Bills, 27, both appeared before District Judge David Barker in navy blue jail scrubs with their legs and hands shackled.

 
Las Vegas man sentenced in tourist stabbing

A 24-year-old Las Vegas man on Thursday was sentenced to two to five years in prison for stabbing a California tourist a dozen times during a fight in an elevator at The Hotel at Mandalay Bay in February.

 
Holder goes after mandatory federal drug sentences

Attorney General Eric Holder announced a major shift Monday in federal sentencing policies, targeting long mandatory terms that he said have flooded the nation’s prisons with low-level drug offenders and diverted crime-fighting dollars that could be far better spent.

 
NOPD: 17 wounded at New Orleans parade shooting

Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a Mother’s Day second-line parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 17 people, police said.

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