Navy veteran freed from Iran detention

WASHINGTON — Michael White, a U.S. Navy veteran whose family said his only crime was falling in love, left Iran on Thursday after nearly two years of detention, winning his freedom as part of a deal that spared an AmericanIranian physician any more time behind American bars.

White flew from Tehran to Zurich. White’s mother said “the nightmare is over” now that her son was out of Iranian hands. In

Atlanta, a federal judge approved a sentencing agreement for Florida dermatologist Matteo Taerri, who had been charged with violating U.S. sanctions on Iran. As White flew to Switzerland, U.S. prosecutors completed the American part of the arrangement by asking a judge to sentence Taerri to time served. White, of Imperial Beach, California, was detained by Iranian authorities in July 2018 while visiting a woman he had met online and fallen in love with. He was convicted of insulting Iran’s supreme leader and sentenced to a decade in prison.

Vegas casinos reopen

LAS VEGAS — The casino coronavirus closure has ended. Hotelcasinos in downtown and suburban Las Vegas were the first to open at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, followed later in the morning by a restart of the Bellagio fountain and several resorts on the Vegas Strip.