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HIKO, Nev. (AP) — Military jets roared overhead in the blue Nevada sky as Rusty Satterwhite, from Twin Falls, Idaho, met his new camping neighbor Chuck Bench of White City, Oregon. The two were among dozens who found free space easy to find Thursday on federally managed property across state Highway 375 from the Little A'Le'Inn _ and within sight of a makeshift stage being set up for music to begin after dark. Neither said he had any intention of running toward any gate to the once-secret Area 51 military base.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas trade show worker who pleading guilty to stealing three machine guns and more than 60 other firearms at the U.S. gun industry's biggest annual convention in January has been sentenced to two years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware II also ordered 27-year-old Jamikko Foster on Thursday to complete 1,000 hours of community service and two years of probation following his release.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some Democratic presidential candidates are trying out new strategies to appeal to voters with just over four months until Iowa's leadoff caucuses. Kamala Harris said Thursday that she would spend more time in Iowa and add some 60 staffers. Bernie Sanders is shuffling his early state staff, and Beto O'Rourke has turned his calls for gun control laws into a national strategy. The shifts signal that the race is entering a new stage, with precious few months for candidates to change their fortunes.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Registered nurses are doing informational picketing at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno as they negotiate a new contract meant to boost working conditions and nurse-to-patient staffing ratios. The Reno Gazette Journal reports members of the National Nurses United union picketed for about two hours Wednesday.
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