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Las Vegas mothers protest right to breastfeed in public

Dozens of mothers gathered for a protest Wednesday, exercising their right to breastfeed in public as part of a “nurse in” staged at the Centennial Hills YMCA.

The nurse in, inspired by a similar nationwide protest at Target stores in 2011, comes less than a month after a pair of breastfeeding mothers were booted off property owned or operated by the city of Las Vegas.

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Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions.

 
Back to sunshine in Las Vegas after weekend showers

The National Weather Service is forecasting the end of the rainy streak here in Southern Nevada, as the outlook for the entire week looks to be clear skies and sunshine.

Sports on TV in Las Vegas

Here’s today’s local and national sports schedule, including television and radio listings.

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