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Opening statements begin Monday in Bunkerville standoff retrial

Opening statements are scheduled for Monday in the retrial against four Bunkerville standoff defendants who are accused of joining rancher Cliven Bundy’s armed stand against the federal government.

Escaped Nevada inmate captured, back in custody

An inmate from Ely State Prison who walked away from a fire camp on Wednesday is back in custody, the state Department of Corrections said.

Man arrested after remains found near Lake Mead

Las Vegas police arrested a man on a murder charge after possible human remains were found encased in concrete earlier this month near Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

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Nevada receives $1.17m to help erase backlog of untested rape kits

Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee authorizes use of the funding to continue the effort to test some 7,800 untested kits — some decade old — collected after sexual assaults.

Survivor of attempted ‘suicide by cop’ thanks Reno officers

A trio of Reno officers said Arthur Richardson Jr. pointed his gun at them while he suggested he wanted them to kill him. But Richardson didn’t die after they fired their 9mm revolvers 14 times.They ended up helping save his life, and he later apologized for putting them in the “precarious position of doing what they had to do.”

Scalia death creates uncertainty over several issues affecting Nevada

The sudden death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia does not affect any Nevada-specific cases, but advocates for various issues said Monday his death creates uncertainty as the nation’s highest court considers hot-button issues such as union membership, abortion rights and immigration.

How clean is Las Vegas’ water?

The Las Vegas Valley Water District said it conducted 320,000 analyses on more than 55,000 water samples from Lake Mead and other storage reservoirs.