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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A prosecutor has shocked a Las Vegas courtroom with a graphic account of school bus video he said showed the sexual assault of a 3-year-old special needs girl by her 55-year-old bus driver. Michael Ray Banco stood in shackles, and the girl's grandmother sobbed in the audience while prosecutor Sam Martinez described Banco performing oral sex on the girl in the back row of the parked bus as pedestrians and cars passed by outside.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The UFC has set two high-profile matchups for upcoming title fights. Light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is expected to make his first title defense against Alexander Gustafsson, while middleweight champion Chris Weidman's next fight is against Luke Rockhold. UFC President Dana White didn't name specific dates or locations.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The UFC is partnering with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for a landmark drug testing program in the mixed martial arts promotion. USADA will independently administer multiple year-round, unannounced tests to the UFC's fighters when the program begins July 1. Fighters will be subject to multiyear suspensions for even a first failure under a policy modeled on the World Anti-Doping Agency's code.
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Las Vegas won't issue new package liquor store licenses for the next three months so city officials can study whether parts of the city are oversaturated with alcohol retailers. The Las Vegas Sun reports the city has 569 establishments licensed to sell packaged liquor, beer or wine, including 145 liquor stores.
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