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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Lawyers for Amtrak, the Union Pacific Railroad and a Nevada trucking firm have started making their case in what's expected to be a six-week trial to determine who was to blame when a semi-truck slammed into a passenger train in a fiery crash that killed six people in 2011. The train companies' lawyer says John Davis Trucking of Battle Mountain was negligent. The trucking firm's lawyers argue Amtrak and Union Pacific failed to provide a proper signal warning.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The 34-year-old son of a Nevada rancher who hosted armed protesters against federal agents in a cattle-roundup dispute in April has been arrested in a separate case. Las Vegas police say Cliven Lance Bundy was arrested for failing to appear before a judge overseeing a drug-diversion program. Bundy said last month that he underwent surgery the same day as his court date.
BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — Officials at Lake Mead say they've found two bodies in the same areas where two men went missing on July 20. Rangers, game wardens and volunteers recovered the body, which Clark County coroner's officials identified as 25-year-old Las Vegas resident Irving Andrade-Yanez. Authorities say another body was found not far from where a 53-year-old man disappeared.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are investigating why a paddle-wheel boat ran aground in Lake Tahoe, prompting about 300 people aboard to evacuate. Coast Guard officials say inspectors are checking the vessel, which is expected to be pulled off the sandbar and to the shore later today.
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