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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill that would expand anti-discrimination language into parts of state law where it was omitted. Democratic Sen. David Parks' bill would bar discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. Bills in past legislative sessions have added the extra anti-discrimination provisions, but Parks said there were some oversights, including in statutes dealing with the Nevada System of Higher Education.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former prominent Las Vegas doctor already serving 18 years to life in state prison in a 2007 hepatitis C outbreak has pleaded guilty to federal health care fraud and conspiracy charges. The plea on Thursday by 65-year-old Dipak Desai (DEE'-pahk deh-SEYE') avoids federal trial for the one-time owner of endoscopy clinics blamed for one of the largest hepatitis C outbreaks ever in the U.S.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Senate has passed a bill to make background checks on gun sales free, although it wouldn't make them mandatory. Republican Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson is sponsoring SB240, which prohibits mentally ill convicts from owning a gun and removes the $35 fee for background checks for private gun sales.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 29-year-old man accused of bashing a Las Vegas man to death with a crow bar will face a court hearing about whether he's psychologically fit for trial on murder, kidnapping, conspiracy and other charges. Jaime Zuniga was arrested March 26 and appeared Wednesday before a Las Vegas judge on felony charges also including attempted murder, robbery, burglary and battery in the March 23 death of 47-year-old Edward Michael Turner.