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Nevada man’s COVID-19 reinfection said to be first confirmed case in US

A 25-year-old Washoe County man is the nation’s first COVID-19 patient proven to have been reinfected by the new coronavirus, according to the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory in Reno.

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Earthquake rattles Las Vegas but no injuries or damage reported

The strongest earthquake in 20 years shook a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday, rattling nerves on the July 4th holiday and causing injuries and damage in a town near the epicenter, followed by a swarm of ongoing aftershocks.

 
Las Vegas woman testified against Bill Cosby at recent retrial

Lise-Lotte Lublin, a sixth-grade teacher at Johnson Junior High School, was the fifth witness to testify in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial in Pennsylvania. In 2014, she came forward with allegations that the comedian had drugged and raped her inside a Las Vegas Hilton suite in 1989.

 
Reno student marching in Virginia rally denounces violence

The University of Nevada, Reno, student identified as a marcher in Saturday’s white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Sunday denounced the violence that erupted and led to three people’s deaths.