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Terminal cancer patient gets life in prison for sex assault

November 1, 2008 - 9:00 pm

RENO -- A cancer-stricken man with only a few months to live has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting a young relative in the 1980s.

Richard Byrum will be eligible for parole in five years under Thursday's sentence handed down by Washoe County District Judge Connie Steinheimer.

But his doctor says Byrum has only a few months to live as colon cancer has spread to his liver and lungs.

After he was arrested for burglary in 1989, a 15-year-old girl reported he had sexually molested her for years.

Prosecutors say Byrum vanished for 17 years before surrendering last year.

Prosecutors say he surrendered only because he was homeless and needed medical care for his terminal colon cancer.

Nye County Judge Michele Fiore holds morning court in the Pahrump Justice Court in July 2024. ( ...

Fiore files re-election bid for Pahrump justice of the peace

By Bryan Horwath / RJ

January 7, 2026 - 5:00 am

Michele Fiore is officially seeking re-election to her Pahrump justice of the peace seat.

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A monthly phone fee may be coming for Clark County residents

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

January 6, 2026 - 5:13 pm

The plan would help pay for 911 infrastructure improvements. Officials said the region’s analog 911 system is long overdue for modernization.

Main Street Station in downtown Las Vegas Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-J ...

Lawsuit: Railroad and Las Vegas casino’s negligence led to train striking man

By Spencer Levering / RJ

January 6, 2026 - 4:58 pm

The complaint claims a downtown casino and railroad company’s failure to repair a hole in a fence allowed a California man to crawl through and be hit by a train.

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Grok AI chatbot faces global backlash over sexualized images of women and children

By Kelvin Chan Associated Press

January 6, 2026 - 2:23 pm

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is facing a backlash from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualized images of women and children generated without consent by the artificial intelligence-powered tool.

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The coolest technology from Day 1 of CES 2026

By Shawn Chen and Rio Yamat Associated Press

January 6, 2026 - 2:15 pm

Nvidia, AMD and Intel all had important chip and AI platform announcements on the first day of CES 2026, but all audiences wanted to see more of was Star Wars and Jensen Huang’s little robot buddies.

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BLM throws another hurdle at $4.2B NV Energy transmission line

By Alan Halaly / RJ

January 6, 2026 - 1:32 pm

Protections for a disappearing, funny-looking bird species are causing the BLM to take a second look at a cross-Nevada transmission line that is costing ratepayers billions.