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State Tech

Body cameras are quickly becoming commonplace on police officers. Buoyed by the Justice Department’s decision to allocate more than $23 million in funding for bodycam implementation, nearly one-third of the 18,000 state and local police departments in the U.S. have adopted the technology, according to TIME. They hope the tech can increase accountability and help to de-escalate situations.

New Jersey Gambling Sites

You’d think that the news of a Hard Rock opening and the possibility of a second casino launch in 2018 would be good news for the Atlantic City gaming industry.

Associated Press

The Nevada rancher accused of leading an armed standoff that stopped federal agents from rounding up his cattle in 2014 walked out of a courthouse in Las Vegas a free and defiant man Monday, declaring that his fight against U.S. authority is not over.

Los Angeles Times

It started four years ago, when Cliven Bundy and his sons refused to pay federal grazing fees and stared down government agents in an armed standoff outside their Nevada ranch.

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV has climbed four spots in the annual ranking of best online graduate nursing programs by U.S. News &World Report.

Bloomberg

President Donald Trump gets his first physical since taking office on Friday, but Americans may not find out much about the health of the 71-year-old chief executive with a taste for McDonald’s and an aversion to exercise beyond golf.

Las Vegas Sun

Several thousand Nevada residents from El Salvador will likely become deportable in September 2019 and should seek legal aid in the coming months, an expert says.

K.T.N.V. T.V. ABC 13

Family and friends are mourning the loss of Elijah Coggins, the teen who was killed after being hit by a car Tuesday night.

Vegas Seven

Mexico-born mentalist Santiago Michel just moved the needle on the scale of Las Vegas entertainment demographics. The 24-year-old UNLV hospitality major is scheduled to premiere his new show, Ilusión Mental (Spanish for “mental illusion”), at Planet Hollywood in the spring. In the meantime, Michel has launched a slate of preview shows at Sin City Theatre (current home of the enduring Crazy Girls revue). But the reason Ilusión Mental is a game-changer is simple and long overdue.

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