who we now know is a professor at unlv's william s boyd school of law. her name is dr leslie griffin... and she was taken to sunrise hospital in critical condition. police say the attack happened around four in the afternoon last friday. witnesses say "michael mattingly" kicked and beat griffin... then tried to carjack a woman trying to intervene. police are still trying to figure out which students were involved in a massive brawl between arbor view and centennial students. the high school students got in a fight after a football game at two restaurants. one girl was seriously injured. security was increased at centennial high school, after rumors started about more fights happening. a carjacking in a henderson neighborhood is caught on video-- thanks to security cameras. it happened last night as the victim was going home near valle verde and warm springs. she says the man put a gun in her face and asked how much she values her life. she threw her keys.. and then ran after the suspect as he went to retrieve them. the victim is okay...

car-- a gray nissan rogue. neighbors say crimes like these are very uncommon in the area. "everybody in this neighborhood is pretty tight-knit. we look out for each other and it was so unusual and i thought this is not right. this is just not right." the suspect is still on the run. the victim is asking everyone to keep an eye out for the car. we put the license plate number on our website at fox5 vegas dot com. a pick up truck plowed through protestors in reno monday-- sending five people to the hospital. we have to warn you this video is graphic. (car going through crowd) the crowd was protesting in support of native american rights on columbus day. they want the holiday to be changed to indigenous people's day in nevada. you can see the truck revving its engine in front of

mos says: "they were saying derogatory remarks, saying hateful things against our people, against the native american people." police say one woman was hospitalized and is expected to be okay. four others were treated at the scene. officials say the driver stopped a few blocks away and called police. the driver is said to be cooperating in the investigation. the headline of that story was a reminder of the deadly strip crash that happened last december. dozens of people were run over duri incident. the driver, lakeisha holloway, faced 71 charges... but did not go to trial. a judge ordered her to a state health facility back in march. maricopa county sheriff joe arpaio will face a criminal contempt charge in a racial profiling case. the department of justice says they are investigating claims that sheriff arpaio concealed evidence... a u-s district judge asked for an order to show cause that will be due by wednesday... that will serve as a charging document for the case to go forward.

the tentative date for arpaio's jury trial. apple and samsung facing off in the nation's highest court. the charges the company's could face if a jury finds them guilty. and the fate of the samsung galaxzy note 7. and ford puts one of it's most popular models on hold. when mustangs will be back in production. this is fox5 news at 5:30, your only choice for live local news right now the desert is where bad guys go when they want to make evidence disappear.

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trial found samsung had infringed on six different apple patents... and awarded apple one billion dollars in damages. an appeals court reduced the award to 548- million dollars in 2015. the american tech giant is asking the supreme court to uphold the jury's award for damages against the korean company. the court could decide the damages apple should be awarded. more importantly-- the justices will define the value of design work... which is important in the tech industry as products like smartphones become the court debacle comes as samsung announced today it will discontinue the galaxy note 7. this follows a string of reports that the device is unsafe, overheats... and in some cases... caught fire. ford is halting production of its famous mustang for a week. sales of the sports car fell thirty two percent last month. it was outsold by chevrolet's camaro for the first time in two years. the mustang was redesigned last year.

nine percent so far this year. ford is idling its factory outside detroit so inventory can catch up with demand. the plant will reopen on october seventeenth. workers will get paid for the time off. two arizona parents are behind bars after their child was left alone in a casino parking lot. and now... the father is speaking out from jail... saying he was just trying to get them out of a bad situation. plus... obama is trying to send a man to the red planet. and he wants to it. your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is your fox5 weather

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es, but we can solve them the same way families do. working together. respecting one another. and never giving up. i want our success to be measured by theirs. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. boy is left alone in a car in a casino parking lot in authorities say they found the boy's mother and her boyfriend inside the casino gambling. cops identifying them as 23 year old brad porter junior and 25 year old jessica lopez. both were arrested on sunday outside casino arizona in scottsdale. a search of their car - reportedly also turned up drugs and alcohol. now one of the parents is speaking out from jail... porter says: " if anything i was trying to make sure... i was trying

something for us so we would be okay for the next couple days. i wasn't really thinking about it, you know. i was an immediate situation. i didn't want him to be sleeping in the car. we had been sleeping at tempe town lake for the past three or four nights." the couple is now facing child abuse, endangerment, drug possession and drug paraphernalia charges. police say a street race in phoenix...ended with two cars wrapped around trees-- and three young lives tragically cut short. scene on central avenue at 4 this morning... you can see shards of shattered glass, pieces of bumper, and mounds of mangled metal... ...after police say the two cars that were street racing lost control and slammed into trees and burst into flames. the three men inside those cars were not wearing their seat belts...and were all ejected... the victims were 17, 18 and 22 years-old. 121 million dollars is pledged by the united nations-- to help relief

new video shows the devastation from hurricane matthew in port salut. the storm is being blamed for more than five-hundred lives in the island nation. more than one million people are in need of aid after matthew destroyed homes and killed livestock. now health officials are worried about a spike in cholera cases due to the lack of clean drinking water. major rivers in north carolina are expected to be above flood stage through much of the week. the governor says more than 2- thousand people there have been rescued from high water already. as stephanie elam reports, people in tarboro -- a town in the rocky mount metro area -- are on edge, as they wait for the tar river to crest. closed captioning

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floods could hit new york city every 20 years. a team of researchers looked at the frequency of floods like those caused by hurricane sandy. the worst case scenario would be a flood with water up to 9 feet high every 20 years until 2100. with current conditions, a storm like sandy would occur once every 400 years. now fox5 weather 24/7 temperatures are pushing up into the 90s across many neighborhoods again this afternoon. skies will stay mostly clear tonight with overnight low temperatures dropping into the 60s. we'll stay mostly sunny on wednesday and thursday with just a few high clouds drifting across the area. high temperatures will be running in the mid to upper 80s. a

our north will spread more clouds into southern nevada on friday. winds will be picking up during the afternoon with gusts up to 40 mph. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds for your weekend with winds sticking around; the strongest will be during the evening. high temperatures hold in the 80s.

pushing up into the 90s across many neighborhoods again this afternoon. skies will stay mostly clear tonight with overnight low temperatures dropping into the 60s. we'll stay mostly sunny on wednesday and thursday with just a few high clouds drifting across the area. high temperatures wil be running in the mid to upper 80s. a series of storms bringing rain up to our north will spread more clouds into southern nevada on friday. winds will be picking up during the afternoon with gusts up to 40 mph. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds for your weekend with

around; the strongest will be during the afternoon and evening. high temperatures hold in the 80s. closed captioning will resume shortly the u-s is partnering with private firms to send humans to mars by the 2030's. in an op-ed published tuesday for cnn, president obama says the mission will quote "make our lives better here on earth." he also expects it to help private innovators. seven companies

to develop habitation systems on the red planet. president obama says his ultimate ambition is to one day remain on mars for an extended time. and a new discovery in the solar system.... a dwarf planet twice as distant as pluto is about the size of iowa. it's suspected that there could be at least 100 more dwarf planets like it... still undiscovered. a mother and father are behind bars for leaving their child alone... while they dressed in clown costume and chased down cars. matesic has more. closed captioning

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after sunday's debate....the internet just can't get trump and hillary memes. why the candidates could describe the debate as the time of their lives. the desert is where bad guys go when they want to make evidence disappear. but hiding the evidence won't help danny tarkanian.

...or the scams against seniors he formed... or the $17 million judgment he never paid. he can try, but he can't make his record disappear. danny tarkanian: just a con man who can't bury the truth.

jim childs: one of the ways criminals avoid background checks is by going online and connecting with strangers to buy guns. as someone in law enforcement, i think that's dangerous. millions of guns are sold through websites like this, the law requires background checks in gun stores; why don't we require them online? a few clicks of the mouse, now a bad guy is armed - and potentially dangerous. and that's a threat to all of us. narrator vo: yes on question 1 here's a look at some of the 'all

fox5 news at six. many are starting to work on putting their halloween costumes together... but some trick- or-treaters won't find certain costumes. which ones are being pulled off the shelves at one store. and... it can be a hassle managing traffic and parking at u- n-lv... and now it's going to be a little more congested. the closures taking place next week ahead of the third and final presidential debate. the internet didn't fall short of memes and ridiculous videos after sunday's presidential debate. this rendition shows the candidates bonding as if they had the times of their lives. trump and clinton duet

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is election is so much bigger than party. my son max can't live in trump world. so i'm crossing party lines and voting for hillary. i don't always agree with her, but she's reasonable. and she's smart. she can work with people to solve problems. i want to be able to tell my kids that i did the right thing when it really mattered.

fox5 news at 6 starts now. a carjacking in the victim's own driveway. how she fought back against a man who was pointing a gun in her face. plus, a brutal fight at a stop light... witnessed and recorded by other drivers. what the two were armed with during this nasty assault. and we're live in carson city with the latest from state senators... and what they're doing with a bill to fund an nfl stadium in las vegas. this is fox5 news at 6. local. las vegas road rage caught on camera..... i'm christine maddela. i'm john huck. while stuck at a red light.... one driver's cell phone video shows a shocking and dangerous fight between another driver and a