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2 Nevada prisons locked down over reported threats to staff

Two state prisons were locked down following “safety concerns” and “threats to staff,” the Department of Corrections said Thursday.

Henderson Police Target Impaired Drivers

The City of Henderson Police Department will begin an enhanced traffic enforcement program targeting impaired drivers beginning October 18th, running through November 4th, 2019.

Morning Report: Immigration Judges Make Frustrations Clear

The Trump administration policy that requires asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico while they await their asylum proceedings has upended San Diego’s immigration courts. And immigration judges aren’t happy about it.

China Secretly Ordered NBA Commissioner To Fire Rockets’ GM Over Hong Kong Tweet

China’s GDP growth grinds to near 30-year low as tariffs hit production

China’s third-quarter economic growth slowed more than expected and to its weakest pace in almost three decades as the bruising U.S. trade war hit factory production, boosting the case for Beijing to roll out fresh support.

Bureaucratic Tensions Over ‘Remain in Mexico’ Keep Boiling Into Public View

Almost a year after the Department of Homeland Security began requiring that asylum-seekers at the San Diego-Tijuana border to wait for their asylum proceedings in Mexico, immigration judges in San Diego continue to voice frustration with the program.

ONG’s tips to save money and energy this winter

Oklahoma Natural Gas is offering at least 8 tips to its customers to save money and energy in the coming winter months.

Electrical power is lagging in the Permian Basin of West Texas

The massive amount of oil and gas exploration in the Permian Basin of West Texas has also created a challenge to the electricity-providing industry. Right now, the electrical supply is lagging behind the growth of the oil and gas industry in the region, resulting in power congestion.

Colorado residents near oil and gas sites have long worried about health impacts.

A new state study bolsters their concerns Study says drilling can increase risks of short-term health problems under worst-case scenarios.

MAN HUNT IN JOHNSON COUNTY THURSDAY EVENING

Johnson County authorities searched through the evening Thursday for a white male suspect who fled law enforcement.

Trump says U.S. Energy Secretary Perry to step down at end of the year

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry has told President Donald Trump he will step down, though the exact timing of his departure was unclear, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

New York city council votes to close infamous Rikers Island jails

The New York City Council voted on Thursday to close the city’s infamous Rikers Island jail complex by 2026, casting off a detention system plagued by chronic violence and decrepit facilities as part of a national rethinking of mass incarceration.

Trump blasts ‘crazy’ Nancy Pelosi and Democrats, defends Syria pullout

U.S. President Donald Trump defended his Syria pullout at a campaign rally on Thursday and lashed out at “crazy Nancy” Pelosi and other Democrats who are trying to remove him from office through impeachment.

Turkey agrees with U.S. to pause Syria assault while Kurds withdraw

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will urge Turkey on Thursday to halt its offensive against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria, a day after President Donald Trump threatened heavy sanctions over the operation.

CNN Field Manager: Zucker’s 9am Calls ‘BS;’ “…Totally Left-Leaning…Don’t Want to Admit it”

Document: Adam Schiff Staffer Met with Impeachment Witness on Ukraine Trip

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Mexican security forces free El Chapo’s son to protect lives: minister

Mexican security forces have released captured drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s son from a house where they briefly apprehended him on Thursday, Security Minister Alfonso Durazo told Reuters, saying the decision was taken to protect lives.

San Diego Explained: The Struggle to Find Affordable Housing

It’s no secret that California is struggling to make room for more affordable housing, and that increasing rents are contributing to homelessness.

The Learning Curve: Wide Disparities in Test Scores Still Haunt San Diego Unified

The inequality across San Diego Unified School District’s hundred-plus schools is striking, according to new test data released by the Department of Education last week.

Yankton School District Proposes Four-Year Opt Out

Yankton school district officials met Wednesday night in the first of eight meetings aimed at informing the public on district finances now and over the next few years.

FEMA To Tour Yankton Flooding Damage

The Yankton County Office of Emergency Management reports that FEMA will be in Yankton County to tour homes and personal property damaged by recent flooding.

Injuries Reported In Stanton County Crash

One man is uninjured while another was sent to the hospital after an accident on Highway 32 in Stanton County Nebraska.

City Of Hartington Nebraska To Raise Water Rates

Hartington Nebraska residents will soon be paying more for water usage. City council members agreed during a Monday meeting that there is a need to increase water rates, however the amount of that hike is still being debated. According to Mayor Mark Becker the City has no rainy day fund which wouldn’t bode well if a well breaks down or major work needs to be done at the water treatment plant. Currently, according to Becker, Hartington is at the bottom range of what other communities are charging for the same services. The City wants to move their rates to be more of an average rate rather than at the bottom in order to better cover costs. After a 20-minute discussion, the Council decided to get more information and discuss the rate increases further at a special meeting set for

Norfolk Woman Faces Additional Charges In Shooting

A Norfolk woman accused of shooting a passenger in her car is facing two new charges in her case.

Reward Increased For Wanted Mitchell Man

The Mitchell Police Department has increased a reward for information on a wanted man.

Another Vaping Related Illness Reported In South Dakota

The South Dakota Health Department is reporting one more new case of lung illness related to vaping.

South Dakota Students Receive Mike Rowe Scholarships

An organization created by television star Mike Rowe has awarded several scholarships to South Dakota students.

Chicago teachers picket across the city on first day of strike

Teachers in the Chicago Public Schools system, the third-largest school district in the U.S., went on strike on Thursday after protracted labor negotiations between the union and district leadership failed to produce a deal.

UK’s Johnson agrees to Brexit deal, but must now win over parliament

Britain clinched a last-minute Brexit deal with the European Union on Thursday, but still faced a challenge in getting it approved by parliament.

UAW will keep GM strike going while members vote on new contract

The leadership of the United Auto Workers was meeting on Thursday to review terms of the union’s tentative deal with General Motors Co to end a crippling month-long strike at the No. 1 U.S. automaker.

U.S. ramps up testing in search of vaping illness cause as cases near 1,500

U.S. health officials on Thursday reported another 180 cases of vaping-related lung illnesses and announced plans to start testing aerosols produced by e-cigarettes and vaping products as they search for the source of the nationwide outbreak that has so far killed at least 33 people in 24 states.

With three weeks to go, spending in Denver school board races has topped $1.3 million

Welcome back to Chalkbeat’s campaign finance tracker. We’ll track how much each of the nine Denver school board candidates has raised and spent in the runup to the Nov. 5 election, when three seats on the seven-member board are up for grabs.

Pelosi, Trump exchange ‘meltdown’ barbs over meeting on U.S. policy in Syria

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democratic leaders cut short a meeting with Republican President Donald Trump after he had a “meltdown” over a House of Representatives vote condemning his Syria withdrawal and showed no signs of having a plan to deal with a crisis there.

Thieves target fitness club locker rooms in Thurston County

Police are investigating a string of locker room thefts in Thurston County.

Pumpkin activities tonight at Honor Heights

Celebration will begin at 5pm at the Papilion

Casino gambling in showdown with the governor

The casinos generate $139 million for the state

Washington state unemployment rate unchanged in September

Washington’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.6 percent

Request for 2016 election probe was factor in frozen Ukraine aid: White House

A top White House official on Thursday acknowledged that U.S. President Donald Trump held back military aid for Ukraine earlier this year in part to pressure Kiev to look into allegations about the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The Real News

Fox News Busted for Fake News – Cuomo drops n-word, No problem – NBC bragging suppressing news keeping viewers in the dark about Democrat corruption

Henderson Completes Annual Evaluation of Mitigation Action Plan

The City of Henderson recently completed an annual evaluation of its Mitigation Action Plan

UNLV Hits All-Time Marks for Enrollment, Retention, and Grad Rate

University surpasses 31,000 students for first time in 62-year history; UNLV students are also staying in school and graduating at higher rates.

Planetary ‘autopsies’ indicate worlds like Earth common in the cosmos

A new way of studying planets in other solar systems – by doing sort of an autopsy on planetary wreckage devoured by a type of star called a white dwarf – is showing that rocky worlds with geochemistry similar to Earth may be quite common in the cosmos.

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