Ricardo Torres-Cortez
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A&ELas Vegas resorts uncertain on July Fourth fireworks plans
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 Fourth of July celebrations in Southern Nevada are plentiful with multiple parades and fireworks displays from casino rooftops. Last year, more than 300,000 visitors were in town to take part in the festivities.
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NewsLas Vegas protest shootings: 1 officer in critical condition; 1 man dead
Monday, June 1, 2020 A Metro Police officer was gravely wounded and a suspect was fatally shot in two separate incidents late Monday in the Las Vegas tourist corridor as authorities were breaking up a Black Lives Matter protest …
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NewsAfter 103 arrests during downtown protest, Las Vegas police stress peaceful demonstrations
Sunday, May 31, 2020 Metro Police said they arrested 103 protesters Saturday night in downtown Las Vegas on the second day of rallies to demand justice for black Americans ...
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NewsPawn shop looted, police vehicle burned during chaotic Las Vegas protest
Saturday, May 30, 2020 What was intended to be a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest Saturday night in downtown Las Vegas quickly turned violent as police and demonstrators ...
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News2 photojournalists arrested while covering protest on Las Vegas Strip
Saturday, May 30, 2020 Ellen Schmidt, a staff photographer at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and Bridget Bennett, a freelance photojournalist, were each booked on one misdemeanor count of fail to disperse ...
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Business'Welcome back': Las Vegans return to gyms, water parks and more
Saturday, May 30, 2020 Members have to bring their own towels, enter the gym one at a time, sanitize their hands and stay in the squares marked by scotch tape.
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NewsMetro: 80 protesters arrested, 12 officers injured in George Floyd demonstration on Strip
Saturday, May 30, 2020 By police accounts, the demonstration in Las Vegas began peacefully Friday afternoon. But by nightfall ...
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NewsMan charged in 3 armed robberies at valley sandwich shops
Thursday, May 28, 2020 To make off with a total of $1,435, the suspect pointed a gun at clerks at three Las Vegas-area sandwich shops and robbed them ...
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Las VegasUNLV reducing number of students on campus for fall
Thursday, May 28, 2020 o mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, UNLV wants to reduce the number of students on campus by offering more remote-instruction courses in the ...
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NewsSisolak tests negative for COVID-19 after possible exposure
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 Gov. Steve Sisolak has not been infected by the coronavirus. A COVID-19 swab test taken Tuesday night came back negative today ...
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NewsDespite less Las Vegas traffic, roadway deaths, DUIs climb amid pandemic
Saturday, May 23, 2020 It’s not irrational to assume that the unprecedented depletion of traffic in the midst of a global pandemic would result in less carnage on Las Vegas roads. Those theories would be wrong. Desolate roads and highways amid the closing of nonessential businesses ...
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NewsShooting injures 2 at North Las Vegas swap meet
Friday, May 22, 2020 Two people were wounded and a suspected triggerman was taken into custody following a shooting at a North Las Vegas outdoor swap meet ...
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NewsSisolak orders flags to half-staff to honor virus victims
Friday, May 22, 2020 Old Glory and the Nevada flag will fly at half-staff through the weekend in honor of the 387 people who’ve lost their lives to the coronavirus statewide
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NewsLas Vegas fugitive nabbed at home filled with illicit drugs
Thursday, May 21, 2020 A Las Vegas fugitive and officers met again last week
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NewsNorth Las Vegas men honored for lifesaving acts during fire
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 Jose Alvarado would have been at work on any other Saturday morning. Two nearby residents in his North Las Vegas community are sure glad he wasn’t. Alvarado was grabbing tools from his truck when cracking glass and plumes of black smoke ...
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Las VegasFirst inmate tests positive for COVID-19 in Nevada prison system
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 The Nevada Department of Corrections today reported the first coronavirus infection of an inmate in the state’s prison system. The inmate, an asymptomatic COVID-19 carrier ...
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NewsMan sought in Arizona child-sex crime is arrested at Nellis AFB
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 A fugitive task force on Tuesday arrested a contractor at Nellis Air Force Base on a warrant for an alleged sex crime with a child, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
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NewsLas Vegas man indicted in death threat against Rep. Titus
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Louis Damato, 47, was arrested hours after phoning in a threat to Titus’ Washington office in the early hours of March 16, according to his criminal complaint.
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NewsMarried Las Vegas police officers accused of child abuse
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Two married Metro Police officers were arrested Tuesday for allegedly hitting and injuring a child in their care earlier this month.
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NewsLas Vegas house fire displaces 5, kills dog
Friday, May 15, 2020 A blaze at a central valley house Friday afternoon killed a dog and displaced five residents ...
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NewsMidday slaying near UNLV was drug-related, police say
Friday, May 15, 2020 Metro Police detectives were investigating a broad daylight slaying Thursday in a shopping center near Tropicana Avenue and Maryland Parkway.
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NewsNevada's self-employed can apply for jobless benefits starting Saturday
Thursday, May 14, 2020 The payments will help independent workers “and others who are historically unable to qualify for traditional unemployment insurance benefits,” such as ...
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NewsVideo shows tenant point gun at bystanders before being shot by police
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 Metro Police gunned down a suspect after he pointed his BB gun at bystanders during a standoff with officers at an extended-stay hotel ...
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NewsFormer Sierra Vista teacher must register as sex offender
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 A former Sierra Vista High School teacher arrested last year for inappropriate contact with students has been ordered to register as a sex offender ...
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NewsCulinary workers conduct caravan protest in call for safe reopening of Las Vegas resorts
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 “Workers are ready to work, but they want to work safely. They want to make sure that they’re not going to be taking the virus back to their families and their children.”
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NewsLas Vegas inmate, 94, accused of attempted murder dies after hospital stint
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 A 94-year-old man in Metro Police custody died Tuesday following a monthslong hospitalization ...
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BusinessNew normal 'a little different' for Vegas businesses, but many happy to be back
Sunday, May 10, 2020 In surgical masks, the stylists at this downtown Las Vegas barbershop cut their clients hair in work stations separated by plastic-curtain barriers. The four barbers ...
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NewsPolice: Man points gun at motorist in apparent road-rage incident, then is shot dead
Friday, May 8, 2020 A gunman is dead in an apparent self-defense shooting near Interstate 15 and Russell Road, which stemmed from a purported road rage incident ...
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NewsNHP troopers fatally shoot road-rage suspect at I-15, Jean
Thursday, May 7, 2020 Two troopers shot and killed an alleged road-rage motorist after two pickup trucks exited Interstate 15 at Jean and pulled up to a substation ...
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NewsVideo: Metro cops rescue cat with head stuck in soup can
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Exploring the remnants of a soup can, a cat ran into deep trouble when it dug its snout a little too far in.
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NewsDuring fatal traffic stop, man spoke of family troubles, asked to be shot
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 The gold SUV sat idle on the remote roadway only lit by the headlights of an unmarked Metro Police minivan. Held at gunpoint, the reckless driver urged the sergeant ...
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Metro Police reopens substations, Records and Fingerprints Bureau
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 Metro Police’s Records and Fingerprints Bureau has reopened after coronavirus mitigation efforts shut it down.
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NewsLas Vegas immigrants, left out of federal relief packages, plead for economic help
Saturday, May 2, 2020 Cuauhtémoc Sanchez’s eyes welled with tears when speaking about a recent trip to visit one of his colleagues. He delivered a box of food for the Las Vegas man, who has been out of work in the construction industry because of coronavirus-related job cuts.
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Man killed by Henderson police had shot officer in chest
Thursday, April 30, 2020 For several minutes, Henderson officers tried to reason with the drunk and increasingly agitated armed suspect. At one point, the man challenged officers to ...
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NewsHenderson preps for curbside pickup at retail shops
Thursday, April 30, 2020 Henderson officials outlined what curbside retail commerce will look like starting Friday after coronavirus restrictions were relaxed for nonessential establishments to conduct business
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Sisolak details path forward to restart Nevada under 'new normal'
Thursday, April 30, 2020 Sisolak said the shutdown of most nonessential businesses — including Nevada's resorts and casinos — would remain in place for at least the next two weeks ...
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NewsSuspect in fatal hit-and-run left scene over lack of insurance, police say
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 After she mowed down a teenager in a southeast valley crosswalk, the motorist continued on for less than a mile. But instead of returning to render aid or report the fatal crash ...
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NewsDid coronavirus fears, Trump remarks drive spike in poison center calls?
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Crowds at Las Vegas-area markets have thinned, and items like eggs, chicken and even toilet paper are again readily available as the COVID-19 panic shopping has ceased. But cruise down the cleaning aisles and you’ll still find shelves mostly empty of bleach ...
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NewsPatient is the 50th to recover from COVID-19 at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas
Saturday, April 25, 2020 The virus had claimed 206 lives in Nevada as of Saturday, at least 174 of them in Clark County. Out of 1,066 who ...
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NewsNHP laments surge of excessive speeders amid pandemic
Friday, April 24, 2020 If blazing down Nevada highways at 100 mph is unsafe and illegal, there is no explaining away after getting pulled over for accelerating to 120 or 140 mph.
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NewsNevada passes 200 coronavirus deaths, nears 4,400 cases
Friday, April 24, 2020 The coronavirus has killed 203 people in Nevada since the first death was reported in mid-March, according to state figures reported on Friday evening.
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NewsVideo shows would-be carjacker shot by police after chase
Friday, April 24, 2020 With a shotgun resting on his lap, the 24-year-old motorist sped recklessly through the valley with Metro Police in pursuit. When Chase Rosa jumped out of the stolen white Acura ...
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NHP seeks driver who had role in fatal Summerlin Parkway rollover
Friday, April 24, 2020 The Nevada Highway Patrol is working to identify the driver of an unknown-model white sedan that cut off another car, causing it to lose control, roll over and kill its two occupants ...
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NewsPassenger dies after falling under RTC bus in south valley
Thursday, April 23, 2020 A passenger who fell beneath a Regional Transportation Commission bus suffered fatal injuries Thursday night in the south valley ...
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NewsACLU: Releasing more Clark County inmates could save 1,500 lives locally
Thursday, April 23, 2020 If officials don’t significantly reduce the inmate population at the Clark County Detention Center, the estimated death rate from the coronavirus in the Las Vegas area could more than double in the next six months ...
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Nevada's COVID-19 death toll inches upward
Thursday, April 23, 2020 Clark County accounts for about 85% of the coronavirus deaths reported in Nevada, where the death toll had reached 190 on Thursday afternoon.
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2 killed in rollover crash on Summerlin Parkway
Thursday, April 23, 2020 The Nevada Highway Patrol is reporting two fatalities following a single-vehicle rollover crash this afternoon on Summerlin Parkway and Anasazi Drive.
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NewsFeds dismantle hundreds of coronavirus scammer websites
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Hundreds of fraudulent websites created to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic have been shut down ...
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NewsNevada sees coronavirus death toll increase to 187
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Nevada on Wednesday reported 15 additional coronavirus deaths, marking the steepest one-day increase since the first death was counted early last month ...
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NewsCoronavirus case count up to 14 for Metro Police
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 As of Tuesday, 14 Metro Police employees had tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the latest department figures ...
