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Family savors life off Las Vegas streets

It’s been just over a month since the McGrath family moved out of a dusty tent in the homeless corridor, but in some ways it feels like a lifetime.

Marine vets recall hellish Iwo Jima

For two Marines who fired machine guns in World War II, memories of the Battle of Iwo Jima that began 67 years ago today are a blur of sleepless nights and bullets flying through the salty air as they ducked for cover on black sand beaches.

Father wrote of Iwo Jima’s horrors in letters to family

Pam Brown doesn’t remember much about her dad. A sailor in the South Pacific during World War II, he missed her birthdays and Christmas. And she missed him.

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Car strikes two pedestrians in west valley, man dies

One man was killed and a woman was injured Saturday after they were struck by a car in the west valley. Las Vegas police said the accident happened about 7 p.m. near Sahara Avenue and Decatur Boulevard.

Woman dies in southwest valley crash

A woman was killed Saturday night after a two-vehicle crash in the southwest valley. Las Vegas police said the crash happened about 7 p.m. near Torrey Pines Drive and Robindale Road.

Two teens, elderly man die in fatal crash in Henderson

Two teenagers and an elderly man were killed Saturday after a crash in Henderson. Henderson police said the accident happened about 3 p.m. at Windmill Parkway and Thayer Avenue, near Green Valley Parkway.

Woman reported missing near Strip

Las Vegas police are looking for a woman who went missing Friday.

R-J wins award from ACLU for series on police shootings

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada has chosen the Las Vegas Review-Journal as its latest Emilie Wanderer Civil Libertarian of the Year award winner for its series on police shootings.

Students hear panelists talk about life choices, consequences

Two Las Vegas natives sat side by side on stage, each an example of life lived in the extreme. Here was Vernon Fox, a retired safety who played eight seasons in the National Football League. There was James Allen, a former gang member who spent 28 years behind bars for killing a man during a 1980 home break-in.

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