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Politics Now: July 20, 2024
This week on Politics Now with host John Langeler: -Trump accepts the Republican nomination. -Republican candidates Sam Brown (Senate) & Drew Johnson (CD-3) talk to us from the RNC in Milwaukee. -President Biden visits Las Vegas, announces a new housing policy & contracts Covid-19. -We sit down with Republican CD-4 candidate Mark Robertson. -An update […]
1 hospitalized, 5 cats killed, in Las Vegas valley home fire
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A home fire in the southeast Las Vegas valley left one person hospitalized and five cats dead, according to the Clark County Fire Department. It happened on Friday shortly after 4 p.m. at a home in the 600 block of Mystic Cliffs Avenue near Cactus Avenue and Bermuda Road. Fire crews […]
Nevada man gets 65 years for ‘sextorting’ minors on several social media platforms
A Sparks, Nevada, man was sentenced on Friday to 65 years in prison after he was convicted in a "sextortion" scheme perpetrated over Omegle, Snapchat, TikTok and Mega social platforms from 2018 to 2021.
Worldwide IT outage briefly impacted Las Vegas casinos
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The IT outage that caused major delays to airlines on Friday also impacted several on and off-the-Strip casinos. Walking around Palace Station on Friday, an 8 News Now reporter didn’t see any major issues. However, that was a different story Thursday night for the company that owns it: Station Casinos. “Nobody came around […]
CCSD requiring signal-blocking pouches for student cell phones when school year begins
In an effort to put attention back on their school work, the Clark County School District is moving forward this school year with a policy requiring students' cell phones to be put into non-locking, signal-blocking pouches.
Air Force commander accused of sexually assaulting child still has military job
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A former Las Vegas-based U.S. Air Force commander who was arrested for felony sex charges nearly two years ago continues to work for the Air Force while the allegations are being addressed through a military administrative process, according to a Nellis Air Force Base spokesperson. Lt. Col. Kevin DiFalco was accused of […]
Las Vegas police release body camera video days after in-custody death
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Las Vegas police released officer-worn body camera video after an in-custody death on Tuesday. According to police, it happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. on July 16 in the 4700 block of West Charleston Boulevard near Decatur Boulevard. Officers driving near the scene spotted a fight in the parking lot between three […]
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