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Trump to announce Supreme Court selection Tuesday night

When President Donald Trump nominates a Supreme Court justice, Senate Democrats and Republicans will immediately face intense political pressure.

Crash victim angry at Nevada agency over missed red flags

Sherry Stafford had just paid off her car — a vehicle she needed to take her disabled son for treatment — before a repeat drunken driver at the Nevada Transportation Authority destroyed it earlier this month.

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State’s best-funded schools are in poorest neighborhoods

If lawmakers are serious about equity in education funding, they‘ll increase school spending in Nevada’s richest neighborhoods. The highest-income neighborhoods in Clark County receive far less school funding than poorer areas.

Henderson couple faced airport ordeal following president’s executive order

Mohammad Hossein Nasri, 86, and Farania Moghimi, 68, were just two of the legal American residents caught in the confusion over the weekend after an executive order by President Donald Trump barred refugees and immigrants from seven nations from entering the country.

Widow of slain Oregon standoff leader speaks in small town

The widow of one of the leaders of an armed occupation of af ederal wildlife refuge in rural Oregon drew about 500 people to a small town to hear her message that federal lands should be turned over to states and counties.

Netanyahu says US embassy should be in Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the American embassy in Israel should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, injecting himself once again into a charged campaign trail promise of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Bill would pave way for driverless car fleets in Nevada

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development has a bill drafted for the 2017 legislative session that will pave the way for autonomous taxicabs, drone cabs and ride-sharing vehicles. Or, as Steve Hill, director of the economic development office, put it: driverless anything.

Titus, Kihuen urge colleagues to condemn Trump immigration order

Reps. Dina Titus and Ruben Kihuen, both Democrats from Nevada, called on Republican colleagues Saturday to condemn President Donald Trump’s order temporarily barring U.S. entry to refugees and immigrants from Syria, Sudan, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Yemen and Somalia.