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Woman accused in home invasions appears frail in court

The frail, quiet woman who appeared in a Las Vegas courtroom Thursday was a far cry from the raging killer police described in this week’s deadly home invasions. Natasha Galenn Jackson faces eight felony charges for her alleged role in Tuesday’s random attacks that left a man dead and a woman in critical condition.

Las Vegas man gets prison in Egg & I crash

A Las Vegas man who crashed into an Egg & I restaurant last year and injured 10 people was sentenced Thursday to 6 to 20 years in prison.

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Hiking trails closed due to heat danger

The National Park Service is closing several hiking trails at Lake Mead National Recreation Area after a rash of heat-related medical emergencies and deaths.

Sandoval to tour Rainbow flood area

Gov. Brian Sandoval will tour flood-battered Mount Charleston on Friday, when Rainbow subdivision residents are expected to still be cleaning homes and yards of debris.

3 key defendants in World Cup case ordered released

With some of the world’s top poker players in the courtroom, a federal magistrate Thursday ordered the release on bail of three key defendants arrested in an alleged World Cup betting scheme.

Police ID officers who fired during home invasions

Las Vegas police on Thursday released the names of the officers involved in the early Tuesday morning home invasions that left two dead and two seriously wounded.

Students create cars that use clean energy

On the last day of STEM Camp, the plan was to use solar power to activate the Hydrocars the class had just finished making. But there was a slight glitch in the system.

UNLV prof wins mineral (naming) rights

It is Earth’s most abundant mineral, but it didn’t even have a name until a pair of researchers from UNLV and the California Institute of Technology gave it one last month.

Las Vegas Book Briefs for July 31-Aug. 6, 2014

Hoggard Elementary School student Oniana Boulware was recently named the 2014 winner of the national PBS KIDS Writers Contest in the second-grade division.

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