Ten U.S. service members from the Naval Air Station Fallon were flown in to Reno, Nevada after injuries sustained from a training incident Thursday night, according to local reports.

Two MH-60S Seahawk helicopters assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12 were involved in an incident at the Fallon air station on Thursday, Commander Beth Teach with the Naval Air Forces told USA TODAY.

The 10 sailors suffered non-life threatening injuries, Teach said.

They were in two helicopters that landed at Pickett Park in Reno at approximately 9:15 p.m., KRNV reported. Fallon is located in the Nevada desert about 62 miles east of Reno, which is near the California border.

Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno told KTVN that the 10 service members were being treated there, but did not confirm their conditions.

USA TODAY has contacted the Reno Police Department for more information.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has become a key confidant for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, though she brushed aside claims that she is being eyed for a cabinet position should Harris wins in November.

Axios reported last week that Democratic strategists have floated some names for top cabinet positions under a Harris administration, including Cortez Masto as attorney general.

Cortez Masto told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in a Thursday interview that those are rumors, and she is “more than happy” with what she is doing now representing Nevada. When asked if she would consider taking on the role if Harris asked her to, Cortez Masto answered by saying her focus is on Nevada.

“This is what I was re-elected to do,” she said. “I am 100 percent into working on behalf of Nevada, finding solutions for the families and businesses here, and making sure we’re doing everything we can to support working families and businesses.”

Nevada’s senior senator might have come up as an possible hire due to her close relationship with Harris. They got to know each other when they both served as attorneys general in the neighboring states of Nevada and California.

They worked together on issues their states had in common, such as the banking crisis as well as transnational crime that was coming across the southern border, Cortez Masto said.

“It was just over the course of being attorneys general, we bonded and built a friendship as well,” Cortez Masto said.

Since Harris has stepped up as the Democratic presidential nominee in July, the Nevada senator has taken on a role as an adviser to Harris’ campaign, serving on a vetting team to pick Harris’ vice presidential running mate.

“She knows she can trust me,” Cortez Masto said. “I’m always candid with her.”

She said she comes from a swing state and understands the issues Nevadans care about, which she said is important to the Harris campaign. She also made it through a tough re-election bid in 2022, securing her victory by less than one percentage point.

Leaving her position as one of Nevada’s senators could leave the Democrats’ control of the Senate vulnerable, as her narrow 2022 victory maintained the Democrats’ lead in the Senate. Her replacement would be appointed by Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo until a general election is held, according to Congressional Research Service.

Cortez Masto said if a presidential candidate comes to Nevada and talks to voters, understands the issues and focuses on solutions, then “you’re going to be pretty much successful anywhere else because we’re such a diverse state, and we really are a microcosm of the rest of the country.”

Contact Jessica Hill at jehill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @jess_hillyeah on X.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KOLO) – The Nevada Gaming Control Board has filed a disciplinary complaint against Resorts World Las Vegas.

In a 31-page complaint, the agency says the complaint is over alleged violations of state regulations and accused Resorts World of allowing a culture that welcomed people with suspected or actual ties to illegal bookmaking, organized crime, or histories of federal convictions on charges related to illegal gambling businesses.

They say multiple such people were allowed to place millions of dollars in wagers at Resorts World over many months due to the fact that the company allegedly failed to adhere to its Anti-Laundering Program.

They further allege the company created the perception, or in some cases, the reality, that they were an avenue to launder funds derived from illegal activities.

Alongside that complaint is a separate complaint filed against Nicole Bowyer, a registered independent agent who contracted with Resorts World. Nicole is the wife of Matthew Boyer, who pleaded guilty to federal crimes related to illegal bookmaking. That complaint alleges that Nicole, as an independent agent, was allowed to directly profit from her husband’s casino wagering. It alleges that Nicole received payment from Resorts World despite, at the very least, having some knowledge of her husband’s illegal activities.

The Gaming Control Board says Nicole has thus far been uncooperative with the investigation.

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