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Suspect in strangulations draws attention from Mississippi, federal authorities

The Metropolitan Police Department’s investigation into Nathan Burkett, accused of multiple strangulations in Las Vegas, has opened eyes in Mississippi and may have caught the attention of the FBI, the Las Vegas Review-Journal learned Thursday. Las Vegas police accuse the 65-year-old Burkett of slaying two valley women, the first in 1978.

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Valley residents shocked by the recent mass shooting in a Milwaukee Sikh temple held a vigil Wednesday night at the Las Vegas Sikh Temple.

Man runs Hoover Dam checkpoint; surrenders to police

A standoff that briefly closed Hoover Dam on Tuesday afternoon ended peacefully when a man surrendered to police after driving through a security checkpoint.