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Late 3 lifts TCU over UC Irvine 59-58 for Dixon’s 400th win

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Las Vegas rainfall already above normal annual total

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Fresh into 2020 race, Patrick to speak in Vegas on Sunday

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FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2018, file photo, Douglas Haig takes questions from reporters at a news conference in Chandler, Ariz. Haig plans to plead guilty in a federal case in Nevada alleging he illegally manufactured ammunition sold to the gunman who carried out the Las Vegas Strip massacre in October 2017. A court notice posted Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, set a change-of-plea hearing next week for Haig in Las Vegas, ahead of trial scheduled next month. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff, File)

Man charged in Vegas massacre ammunition case changing plea

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

Vegas prosecutor charges murder in 2 more fatal DUI crashes

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2018 photo Vince Kadlubek, co-founder and board member of the offbeat arts and entertainment company Meow Wolf, in Santa Fe, N.M. Meow Wolf continues to leverage public incentives and subsidies in New Mexico as it prepares to expand to major U.S. cities, winning approval for a half-million dollars in state job-training funds on top of recent awards that offset infrastructure costs. The board of the New Mexico Job Training Incentive Program last Friday, Nov. 8, 2019 approved the $528,000 grant for the art production arm of Meow Wolf as the Santa Fe-based startup prepares to open a new venue next year in Las Vegas, followed by ventures in Denver, Phoenix and Washington D.C. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

Taxpayer money, state endorsement fuels Meow Wolf expansion

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Capt. Eduardo Hernandez takes question about an abducted woman during a news conference in Los Angeles, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Capt. Hernandez says 54-year-old Stanley Alfred Lawton and 22-year-old Shaniya Nicole Poche-Lawton left the victim near a military base north of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio)

Woman found in desert after harrowing, weeklong kidnapping

By STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press

In this Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 photo, Athletes run through drills at Hoop City basketball training facility in Las Vegas. Hoop City gym, home to Impact Basketball, doesn’t attract attention. But it does draw some of the most recognizable names in professional basketball to Las Vegas for summer training and workouts. (Yasmina Chavez/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Hoop players flock to Las Vegas coach’s old-school approach

By MIKE GRIMALA - Associated Press

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Capt. Eduardo Hernandez takes question about an abducted woman during a news conference in Los Angeles, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Capt. Hernandez says 54-year-old Stanley Alfred Lawton and 22-year-old Shaniya Nicole Poche-Lawton left the victim near a military base north of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio)

Police: Dad, daughter kidnapped woman, dumped her in desert

By STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press

FILE - This Oct. 15, 2019, file photo shows a patron of The Salvation Army homeless shelter, right, checking his belongings at a shelter near downtown Las Vegas. Amid protests that they would criminalize being homeless, Las Vegas elected officials are poised to make it a misdemeanor for people to sleep or camp in public areas when beds are available at established shelters. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

The Latest: Las Vegas makes sleeping on the streets illegal

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FILE - This Oct. 15, 2019, file photo shows a patron of The Salvation Army homeless shelter, right, checking his belongings at a shelter near downtown Las Vegas. Amid protests that they would criminalize being homeless, Las Vegas elected officials are poised to make it a misdemeanor for people to sleep or camp in public areas when beds are available at established shelters. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Las Vegas law makes sleeping on downtown streets illegal

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

This undated Clark County Detention Center photo shows Christopher Santo Prestipino, 45, following his arrest Oct. 11, 2019, in Las Vegas. Prestipino pleaded not guilty Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, to murder, kidnapping and conspiracy in the death of Esmeralda Gonzalez, 24, an adult entertainment model whose body was found encased in concrete in the desert outside Las Vegas. (Clark County Detention Center/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)

Ex-felon pleads not guilty in woman found in concrete case

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FILE - In this June 27, 2019, file photo, Charles Howell III drives during the first round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic golf tournament, in Detroit. Howell turned the Asian swing on the PGA Tour into a five-week working vacation to let his two elementary-school children see more of the world. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Charles Howell III takes family on ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ trip

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Record cold in northern Nevada, freeze warning in Las Vegas

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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2018, file photo, Spartanburg Day's Zion Williamson (12) is interviewed at halftime of a high school basketball game against Chino Hills at the Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass. The NCAA changed its college basketball calendar prior to the 2019-20 season, adding coach-led camps and high school tournaments to go with the club-ball events of the past. The goal was an attempt to gain more control of the recruiting process and, hopefully, eliminate some of the shady elements from the sport. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)

New NCAA recruiting calendar hits Las Vegas hard

By JOHN MARSHALL - Associated Press

This March 26, 2019 photo shows the Huntridge Theater in Las Vegas. A developer who grew up going to the theater is poised to get city approval to buy the shuttered former movie house in central Las Vegas, renovate its damaged roof and convert it to an arts hub. J Dapper tells the Las Vegas Sun the architecture won’t change, but the building dating to 1943 could be converted into a concert venue, a performance auditorium or a community arts space. (Christopher DeVargas /Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Developer envisions arts hub for historic Vegas movie house

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Vegas joins county in suspending immigration holds at jail

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 photo, Alice Pate, left, comforts Kathleen Sutton as she talks about the struggles of living on the streets as they prepare to camp out for the night on Garces Avenue near Main Street in downtown Las Vegas. Officials say they’re trying to stem complaints and compel homeless people to seek help as part of a broader strategy to protect the homeless and the public, safeguard business interests and address a public health crisis. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Vegas homeless camping ban faces legal, logistical hurdles

By BRIANA ERICKSON and SHEA JOHNSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, is Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo prior to playing their Euro 2020 group B qualifying soccer match between Serbia and Portugal, in Belgrade, Serbia. Cristiano Ronaldo's lawyers are asking a U.S. judge to order closed-door arbitration or to dismiss a Nevada woman's lawsuit seeking damages on an accusation the soccer star raped her in Las Vegas in 2009. Attorneys representing Ronaldo's accuser, Kathryn Mayorga, didn't immediately respond Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, to messages about two Oct. 14 court filings in the case stemming from a 2010 confidentiality agreement and $375,000 hush-money settlement. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Ronaldo asks US court to dismiss rape case or OK mediation

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

In this Nov. 2, 2018 photo Vince Kadlubek, co-founder and board member of the offbeat arts and entertainment company Meow Wolf, speaks at a Democratic political rally at a Meow Wolf venue in Santa Fe, N.M. Kadlubek now says that Meow Wolf has surpassed hiring goals attached to a 2017 economic development grant worth $1.1 million from New Mexico and the city of Santa Fe. Kadlubek is stepping down as CEO amid plans for an aggressive business expansion by Meow Wolf into Denver, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Arts upstart Meow Wolf says jobs up after public investment

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press