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November 21, 2007 - 10:00 pm

SUV VS. TRACTOR-TRAILER RIG

Victim of fatal crash identified as LV man

The 28-year-old Las Vegas man who died Monday after rear-ending a tractor-trailer has been identified as Michael Dabu.

Las Vegas police said Dabu was driving east in a 2002 Ford Explorer on Silverado Ranch Boulevard near Las Vegas Boulevard about 6:30 a.m. when he struck the back of a tractor-trailer stopped at a traffic light.

The driver of the big rig sustained minor injuries.

SHOOTING DEATH

NLV police make arrest in Halloween slaying

Authorities have arrested a 20-year-old man in the fatal shooting of another man outside a Halloween party in North Las Vegas.

North Las Vegas police on Thursday arrested Edward Earl Walker and booked him into the North Las Vegas jail on charges that he killed 18-year-old Jamal Hill on Nov. 1.

Walker was taken into custody without incident, police said.

Hill was found shot to death outside an apartment complex in the 1600 block of Gowan Road, near Martin Luther King Boulevard.

A houseboat fire is seen in Wahweap Marina on Lake Powell, Friday, June 2, 2023, near Page, Ari ...

Fire that damaged Lake Powell houseboats ruled accidental

The Associated Press

June 10, 2023 - 7:00 am

Investigators have ruled a fire that damaged several houseboats on Lake Powell was an accident.

Cutting-edge technology can cut out some of the hassle of searching for your next home. (Dreams ...

AI to take on a larger role in homebuying

By Aldo Svaldi The Denver Post

June 10, 2023 - 5:00 am

Artificial intelligence will play a bigger role in helping consumers buy and sell homes, as it moves front and center in a whole range of areas.

The entrance to Blue Diamond Hill Gypsum Mine near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area i ...

New lawsuit emerges over development near Red Rock Canyon

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

June 9, 2023 - 5:49 pm

Developer Jim Rhodes Gypsum Resources LLC has sued Clark County in state court over his stalled development on Blue Diamond Hill near Red Rock Canyon.

Newly-hired Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers are seen during their trainin ...

TSA training facilty opens next to Las Vegas airport, third in U.S.

By Jimmy Romo / RJ

June 9, 2023 - 4:58 pm

TSA officials and Nevada congresswomen cut the ribbon for the new 26,000-square-foot training facility.

Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh works on his laptop before the start of the LaunchUp Las Vegas event at t ...

Friend of Tony Hsieh sues estate over ‘Delivering Happiness’ brand

By Katelyn Newberg / RJ

June 9, 2023 - 12:53 pm

A friend and business partner of former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh has filed a lawsuit over ownership of a company that promoted his ideas about workplace culture.

Trump facing 37 felony charges: ‘We have one set of laws in this country’

By Eric Tucker, Jill Colvin and Alanna Durkin Richer The Associated Press

June 9, 2023 - 12:48 pm

Trump described a Pentagon “plan of attack” and shared a classified map related to a military operation, according to a 37-count felony indictment that was unsealed Friday

Assistant Sheriff Yasina Yatomi shows the gun that Matthew Glunt allegedly used to shoot at two ...

Las Vegas police shootings, killings trending down, report says

By Jeff Burbank / RJ

June 9, 2023 - 9:55 am

Shootings and killings by officers of civilians rose slightly last year but are down over the past five years, the Metro report said.

Lawmakers sit at their desks in the Nevada state Senate chambers on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in ...

Adjournment means A’s ballpark doesn’t have the votes — yet. What’s next?

By Steve Sebelius / RJ

June 9, 2023 - 12:31 pm

The Legislature adjourned Thursday without taking a vote on the Oakland A’s stadium plan, a sign that negotiations in the Senate hadn’t produced a resolution.

The Juneteenth flag, commemorating the day that slavery ended in the U.S. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Juneteenth: This is Nevada’s new state holiday

By Jessica Hill / RJ

June 8, 2023 - 5:53 pm

The law designates the third Monday in June as Juneteenth and requires state, county and city offices to close.

Trump becomes first president ever indicted on federal charges

By Eric Tucker, Jill Colvin and Michael Balsamo The Associated Press

June 8, 2023 - 9:55 pm

The indictment carries unmistakably grave legal consequences, including the possibility of prison if Trump’s convicted. And it comes as the 2024 campaign grows.