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Man held in fatal shooting

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

August 24, 2009 - 4:32 pm

A 28-year-old North Las Vegas man was arrested Monday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man in June, North Las Vegas police said.

Police said Jarrel Young was arrested in the 5300 block of W. Desert Inn Road in the June 12 slaying of Brandon Manor. Manor was killed at the Cheyenne Villas apartments, 3260 Fountain Falls Way, near Cheyenne Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Police said Young was arrested by members of the Criminal Apprehension Team, the Safe Streets Gang Task Force and North Las Vegas police detectives. Young faces a charge of murder with a deadly weapon, police said.

Seen is the eastern Sierra Nevada, with Mt. Whitney, the largest of three pinnacles at center, ...

2 California climbers found dead on Mount Whitney

The Associated Press

May 10, 2024 - 5:00 am

Two climbers reported missing on California’s towering Mount Whitney have been found dead, officials said.

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‘Responsible mining’ bill makes progress; critics push back

By Jessica Hill / RJ

May 9, 2024 - 6:31 pm

Legislation that would allow mining companies to use public land regardless of whether mineral deposits have been found on the land passed the House and will head to the Senate.

Former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, left, speaks alongside Councilwoman Victoria Seaman, right, ...

Berkley, Seaman tackle public safety, housing in Las Vegas mayoral debate

By Jeff Burbank / RJ

May 9, 2024 - 10:17 pm

The two candidates are the top finishers among those running in the Las Vegas mayoral primary, based on a recent Emerson College voter preference poll.

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Eldorado High School reverses denial of grad’s cultural regalia

By Laura Anaya-Morga / RJ

May 9, 2024 - 5:31 pm

Eldorado High School had barred a senior from wearing cultural regalia but reversed its position after the ACLU became involved.

Police detain three a pro-Palestinian demonstrators who attempted to block traffic to the garag ...

Several detained as protestors block parking garage at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

By Steve LeBlanc The Associated Press

May 9, 2024 - 5:18 pm

Police detained several people Thursday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after demonstrators blocked a parking garage in their ongoing protest movement connected to the Israel-Hamas war.