BC-NV--Nevada News Digest - 5 pm, NV

asterisk () — UPDATED -- with upcoming Sunday and Monday stories.

Good evening! Here's an updated look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up in Nevada.

Questions about coverage plans are welcome and should be directed to Nevada-Utah News Editor Tom Tait in Las Vegas at 702-382-7440 or ttait@ap.org.

A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change. Expected stories may not develop, or late-breaking and more newsworthy events may take precedence. Advisories and digests will keep you up to date. All times are Pacific.

Some TV and radio stations will receive shorter APNewsNow versions of the stories below, along with all updates.

UPCOMING SUNDAY:

ELECTROFISH FRY-HOMELESS

Scientists fighting Tahoe's invasive species make bad fish good fish for Reno poor

RENO, Nev. — Largemouth bass and bluegills that were making their home in parts of Lake Tahoe where they don't belong are ending up in the stomachs of some of Nevada's poor and homeless as part of an offshoot of a research project intended to combat invasive species. By Scott Sonner. UPCOMING: 600 words. With Photos.

TOP STORIES:

DEPUTY KILLED-CARSON CITY

CARSTON CITY — Officials say a Nevada sheriff's deputy is dead after a man opened fire on officers responding to a domestic violence call. SENT: 460 words. With AP Photos. May be expanded.

GOP 2016-NEVADA BASQUE FRY

GARDNERVILLE, Nev. — Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt is hosting a Basque Fry gathering featuring Republican presidential hopefuls Scott Walker, Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz and others. By Michelle Rindels. SENT: 675 words. With AP Photos.

REFER:

WESTERN HEAT

PHOENIX — Much of the West was smothered in a blanket of heat Saturday with triple-digit temperatures hitting Phoenix, Los Angeles and other cities. By Yara Bishara. SENT: 640 words.

LOS ALAMOS-SECURITY FINE

SANTA FE, N.M. — The private consortium that manages the Los Alamos National Laboratory has been fined by the federal government for losing track of secret weapons data and nuclear material. SENT: 410 words.

MINE WASTE LEAK-POLITICAL FALLOUT

WASHINGTON — Authorities say rivers tainted by last week's massive spill from an abandoned Colorado gold mine are starting to recover, but for the Environmental Protection Agency the political fallout from the disaster could linger. By Michael Biesecker. SENT: 680 words.

SPORTS:

CAR--NASCAR-MICHIGAN

BROOKLYN, Mich. — This was exactly the kind of scenario Kyle Busch needs to avoid. Busch slid onto the grass after coming through a turn during NASCAR Sprint Cup practice Saturday, damaging his No. 18 Toyota. He returned to the track in a backup car, but he now faces the prospect of having to start from the back Sunday in the 400-mile, 200-lap race at Michigan International Speedway. By Noah Trister. SENT: 770 words. With AP Photos.

—RAC--DEL MAR — Curlin's Fox won the $87,400 Sandy Blue Handicap for 3-year-old fillies by 4 1/2 lengths Friday at Del Mar.

IN BRIEF:

—DEM 2106-Clinton-Nevada — Hillary Clinton returns to Nevada on Tuesday for a North Las Vegas town hall before joining other Democratic presidential hopefuls Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley in speaking at the Nevada AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention in Las Vegas.

—FATAL ROLLOVER — Nevada Highway Patrol says a 57-year-old Las Vegas man died after his car overturned on Interstate-15 between Moapa and Mesquite.

— HISTORIC UNR DORM— Officials at the University of Nevada, Reno have changed their minds about letting students live this fall in a century-old dormitory that needs retrofitting to withstand earthquakes.

—LAS VEGAS MARATHON — Race organizers are announcing logistical changes ahead of the Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Marathon in mid-November.

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