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City of North Las Vegas Las Vegas Review-Journal / May 3, 2021

The first sign of hope for the family of Gary Selby Jr. came in December. It was one message from an investigator, after decades of waiting: "We're getting close." On April 21, the news finally came. Samuel Gallardo - after 27 years on the lam - was extradited to Las Vegas from Mexico.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/it-was-just-a-lost-cause-victims-family-helps-find-fugitive-after-27-years-2344997/
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‘It was just a lost cause’: Victim’s family helps find fugitive after 27 years

Las Vegas Review-Journal

City of North Las Vegas Chicago Tribune / May 3, 2021

WASHINGTON - Taking the Los Angeles Metro for his first trip in months, Brad Hudson felt a moment of normalcy when the train rolled into the South Pasadena, California, station, harkening back to his daily commute into LA before the coronavirus pandemic. Then Hudson boarded the train, and reality set in.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/transportation/ct-aud-biz-mass-transit-coronavirus-20210503-6jxplzngdvff3md7fxf7tssnk4-story.html
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Public transit seeks to lure back commuters lost to the pandemic

Chicago Tribune

City of North Las Vegas Las Vegas Review-Journal / Apr 30, 2021

The pandemic ushered in a year of innovation for many governments and businesses. In Southern Nevada, one of the most successful examples is the Southern Nevada Urban Micro Academy. While the Clark County School District only recently opened for limited in-person learning, students at the academy have been in the classroom since August.

https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-nlv-micro-academy-remains-a-pandemic-success-story-2342541/
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EDITORIAL: NLV micro-academy remains a pandemic success story

Las Vegas Review-Journal

City of North Las Vegas Las Vegas Sun / Apr 30, 2021

LOUIS J. OAKES / Nevada State Museum / Nevada State Museum - Las Vegas Under the idea that hope springs eternal, we offer this suggestion to proponents of a budding proposal to build a Las Vegas history museum: This is one where the various local governments of the valley should work together.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/apr/30/las-vegas-history-museum-need-not-be-limited-by-of/
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Las Vegas history museum need not be limited by official city limits

Las Vegas Sun

City of North Las Vegas Houston Chronicle / Apr 30, 2021

Las Vegas, the city that famously trades on luck, was dramatically out of it last year. The coronavirus pandemic dealt Las Vegas a losing hand, taking nearly all the sin (and most of its spending) out of the city. In 2020, the city recorded about 19 million visitors, a steep decline from the 42 million visitors in 2019.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/thepage/article/Las-Vegas-reopens-with-new-casino-resorts-16139291.php
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Las Vegas reopens with new casino resorts, restaurants, bars

Houston Chronicle

City of North Las Vegas Las Vegas Sun / Apr 30, 2021

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina city where a Black man was shot and killed by deputies said Friday that it will push its curfew back by several hours each night after a week of generally peaceful protests. Elizabeth City officials said that starting Friday night, the curfew will run from midnight until 6 a.m.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/apr/30/curfew-pushed-later-after-protests-over-black-mans/
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Curfew pushed later after protests over Black man's shooting

Las Vegas Sun

City of North Las Vegas Las Vegas Sun / Apr 30, 2021

Richard Brian / Special to the Sun CARSON CITY - Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford's great-great-great-great-grandfather William Berry was born into slavery in Fordyce, Arkansas. When Berry was put on the auction block, he refused to be sold and, as a result, was murdered, Ford said.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/apr/30/nevada-resolution-seeks-to-formally-ban-prison-cha/
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Resolution would strip slavery language from Nevada Constitution

Las Vegas Sun

City of North Las Vegas Las Vegas Sun / Apr 30, 2021

TOKYO (AP) - The Japanese owner of a massive container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, halting billions of dollars in maritime commerce, is asking owners of the freight it is carrying to share the cost of the damages demanded by Egyptian authorities. Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/apr/30/japan-shipowner-asks-cargo-owners-to-share-suez-da/
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Japan shipowner asks cargo owners to share Suez damage cost

Las Vegas Sun

City of North Las Vegas Las Vegas Sun / Apr 30, 2021

One quarterback. Then another. And yet another. For the first time since 1999, the top three names in the NFL draft were all QBs. Before the opening round reached its midway point, two more signal-callers had come off the board. By all indications, this could be one of the greatest quarterback classes in the annals of the draft.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/apr/30/column-drafting-a-franchise-qb-always-a-risky-ende/
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Column: Drafting a franchise QB always a risky endeavor

Las Vegas Sun

City of North Las Vegas Las Vegas Sun / Apr 30, 2021

BANGKOK (AP) - The U.N. agency coordinating humanitarian aid said Friday that armed conflict and insecurity in large areas of Myanmar are impeding its operations there. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, said northern Shan, Kachin and Kayin (Karen) states and the Bago Region are areas where conflict in one of Southeast Asia's poorest countries has complicated its task.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/apr/30/un-says-conflict-in-myanmar-impedes-its-humanitari/
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UN says conflict in Myanmar impedes its humanitarian aid

Las Vegas Sun

City of North Las Vegas Las Vegas Sun / Apr 29, 2021

BOONE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina sheriff's deputy was killed and another wounded in a shooting that prompted a standoff. The suspect apparently killed himself hours later, and authorities did not immediately release the condition of the wounded officer. Watauga County Sheriff's Sgt.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/apr/29/deputy-killed-another-shot-in-north-carolina-stand/
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Deputy killed, another shot in North Carolina standoff

Las Vegas Sun

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