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Cambage has 43 points, Wings clinch final WNBA playoff spot

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FILE - In this July 16, 2014 file photo, what was once a marina sits high and dry due to Lake Mead receding in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Las Vegas. Nevada's top state water official has dealt a severe blow to long-fought plans for Las Vegas to pump drinking water from arid valleys just west of the Nevada-Utah state line. State Engineer Jason King's ruling Friday effectively rescinds earlier approvals for Southern Nevada Water Authority groundwater rights in vast rural tracts in Lincoln and White Pine counties. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Nevada water chief rejects big Vegas pipeline pumping plan

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

Vegas victims’ attorneys criticize MGM’s legal maneuver

By REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2017, file photo, Nevada death row inmate Scott Raymond Dozier, right, confers with Lori Teicher, a federal public defender involved in his case, during an appearance in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas. Two drugmakers are asking Nevada Supreme Court to let a lower court hear arguments before taking up an appeal about whether the state can use their products for an execution. Court filings Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, leave it up to Nevada's highest court to decide how to proceed with a prisons effort to reschedule Dozier's twice-postponed lethal injection. (AP Photo/Ken Ritter, File)

Nevada high court schedules arguments over stalled execution

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

Vegas man gets probation for Green Party petition fraud

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Wynn accuser makes extraordinary claims in court filings

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

File-This June 15, 2018, file photo shows Seattle Storm's Alysha Clark, left, Natasha Howard, Sue Bird (10) and Breanna Stewart coming off the bench to greet teammates during a timeout in the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Connecticut Sun in Seattle. About the only thing that has been decided when it comes to the postseason is Seattle will have a bye to the semifinals. Atlanta is close to wrapping up a top two seed, but finishes the season with two more games on the road. Washington, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Minnesota are all jockeying for a first-round bye. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

WNBA set for wild dash to regular season finish

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

Plum scores 20 points, Aces beat Fever to snap 5-game skid

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Connecticut Sun guard Jasmine Thomas (5) drives past Las Vegas Aces guard Kelsey Plum (10) in the first half half of WNBA basketball game action Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, in Uncasville, Conn. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP) **FILE**

SNYDER: Aces deserve benefit of a doubt

By Deron Snyder

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, file photo, Las Vegas Aces head coach Bill Laimbeer, left, offers his opinion on a call to official Fatou Cissoko-Stevens during the first half of WNBA basketball game action against the Connecticut Sun in Uncasville, Conn. The WNBA has ruled that Las Vegas will forfeit its game against Washington that was canceled Friday night, Aug. 4, 20018, when the Aces players decided not to play because of concerns about their health and safety after 26 hours of travel.(Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP, File)

Las Vegas Aces lose 2 games in 1 day _ on and off the court

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

In this May 5, 2018, photo, Rep. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., samples food from a vendor at a Cinco de Mayo festival in North Las Vegas, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Jacky Rosen’s boast about post-shooting role heats up Nevada Senate race

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

WNBA Capsules

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Dream secure playoff spot, top Aces 109-100

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Thomas scores 30 as Sun cruise past Aces, 109-88

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In this Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, image taken from police body cam video released Wednesday, July 25, 2018, by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, a law enforcement official, left, directs concertgoers to safety, as authorities search for what they thought were multiple shooters inside and outside a Las Vegas Strip hotel, where a gunman firing from upper-floor windows killed 58 people and injured hundreds. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)

The Latest: Vegas gunman spent $1.5M in 2 years,

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In this Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, image taken from police body cam video released Wednesday, July 25, 2018, by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, an armed law enforcement official points his gun while searching for what authorities thought were multiple shooters inside and outside a Las Vegas Strip hotel, where a gunman firing from upper-floor windows killed 58 people and injured hundreds. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)

The Latest: Vegas shooting survivor says she lacks closure

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This undated photo provided by Eric Paddock shows his brother, Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock. On Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest festival killing dozens and wounding hundreds. Paddock left behind little clues about what led him to carry out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. He killed 58 and wounded nearly 500 before killing himself. (Courtesy of Eric Paddock via AP, File)

Stephen Paddock, Las Vegas gunman, became unstable but didn’t raise suspicions

By Ken Ritter, Michelle L. Price and Michael Balsamo - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Kenneth Lopera. Prosecutors in Las Vegas have dropped charges, including involuntary manslaughter, against Lopera, the former Las Vegas police officer accused of using an unapproved chokehold in the death of an unarmed man last year. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File)

Charges dropped against ex-Vegas officer in chokehold death

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

Las Vegas Aces guard Jaime Nared (31) falls to the floor after fouling Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi (3) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Taurasi, Griner, Bonner combine for 82; Mercury win 104-93

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In this file photo dated Friday, March 30, 2018, a Kurdish security officer escorts Alexanda Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were allegedly among four British jihadis who made up a brutal Islamic State cell dubbed &quot;The Beatles,&quot; at a security center in Kobani, Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, FILE)

Terrorist attacks are down worldwide, new data shows

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times