PHOTOS: Blessed be the pets

“The relationship people have with their pets is essential, and the church recognizes that,” said Father John McClatchy of St. Martin’s in the Desert Episcopal Church, one of three priests who performed blessings there this weekend for animals and their owners.

True death toll of Las Vegas’ mass shooting may never be known

Seven weeks after the shooting, survivor Roy McClellan laid down in the right lane of Highway 160 near Homestead Road in Pahrump and was run over by a Chevrolet Camaro that sped off, police said. The death was ruled a suicide.

Hand counting ballots OK, judge rules

A Carson City District Court judge denied a challenge from a progressive group to block hand counting ballots in Nevada.