BC-NV--Nevada News Digest, NV

Good afternoon. Here's a new, updated look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up in Nevada.

Questions about today's coverage plans are welcome and should be directed to the Las Vegas bureau at (702) 382-7440 or [email protected]

A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change.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, digests and digest advisories will keep you up to date. All times are Pacific.

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TOP STORIES:

OJ SIMPSON-DEFAMATION LAWSUIT

LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino is denying O.J. Simpson's claims that he was defamed in November 2017 when employees banned him from the property and a celebrity news site reported that he had been drunk, disruptive and unruly. The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas rejects arguments that Simpson’s reputation was damaged by unnamed hotel staff member accounts cited in a TMZ report about Simpson being prohibited from returning after he and friends visited a steakhouse and lounge. By Ken Ritter. UPCOMING: 375 words, AP Photo.

ELECTION 2020-DEMOCRATS

DOVER, N.H. — The Democrats standing in a cold New Hampshire parking lot are desperate for change after years of Donald Trump's turbulent presidency. But like Democratic voters across the country, they're grappling with a core question as they size up their party's leading candidates just three weeks before primary voting begins: How much change is too much in 2020? By Steve Peoples. SENT: 1,300 words, AP Photos.

IN BRIEF:

— RENO SHOOTING-HOMICIDE ARREST: Reno police have arrested an 18-year-old suspect in a double shooting south of downtown that left one person dead and another in critical condition.

— SIERRA STORM: The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a series of winter weather advisories and watches up and down the Sierra's eastern front as a series of storms make their way into the region.

— RENO KILLING-ARREST: A Reno man has been jailed without bail on an open murder charge after a suspected homicide victim was found dead inside an apartment just west of downtown Reno.

— DRIVE-BY SHOOTING ARREST: A man was arrested Monday after police say he opened fire on security guards outside a Las Vegas hookah lounge.

— INTERSECTION CRASH: A major intersection near the Las Vegas Strip was without power Monday following a car crash.

SPORTS:

FBN--NFC CHAMPIONSIHP

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The NFL's most common playoff matchup of the last quarter century will have its eighth edition when San Francisco hosts Green Bay in the NFC championship game. The 49ers beat the Packers 37-8 in November. By Pro Football Writer Josh Dubow. UPCOMING: 750 words, photos.

FBN--ON FOOTBALL-TITLE GAMES

Derrick Henry and the Kansas City Chiefs lead a wild weekend of historic offensive performances. It was also a weekend spiced by timely defense from all the winners. While the NFL's Final Four is set, plenty of questions remain. By Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner. SENT: 800 words, AP Photos.

HKN--NHL ALL-STAR GAME-WOMEN

Women's national team players representing the U.S. and Canada will compete in a 3-on-3 event at the NHL All-Star game in St. Louis in two weeks, the AP is told. By Hockey Writer John Wawrow. SENT: 400 words, AP Photos.

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