This is AP News Minute. Police believe an altercation at a hotel prompted a deadly attack in Las Vegas. Police say a gunman shot and killed the driver of a car, which then crashed into a taxi. The taxi burst into flames, killing the driver and passenger. A winter storm is blanketing the Great Plains with snow. Winter storm warnings stretch from Eastern Colorado through Illinois. Snow's been falling at a rate of up to two inches an hour in some spots. Oscar Pistorius’s murder case is getting a new top detective. He replaces a veteran police officer who himself has now been charged with attempted murder. Pistorius is charged in the shooting death of his girlfriend. And this elderly sea otter has a remarkable talent for basketball. Keepers at the Oregon Zoo had to come up with a way to help Eddie the Sea Otter cope with arthritis. The sport help him exercise his joints. Rita Foley, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.