PRISON HEAD RESIGNS AFTER ESCAPE

The head of Nevada's Department of Corrections has resigned at the request of Gov. Steve Sisolak in the wake of an escape by a convicted bombmaker that went unreported for four days. Six other officers have also been placed on administrative leave. Porfirio Duarte-herrera, pictured, escaped from the Southern Desert Correctional Center outside Las Vegas on Sept. 23 without anyone noticing for four days, before a tip led to his capture at a transit centre in Las Vegas on Wednesday as he prepared to board a bus out of town. State corrections officials didn't realize until Tuesday that Duarte-herrera was not at the medium-security prison where he was serving a life sentence for a deadly 2007 explosion outside a Las Vegas Strip resort. Las Vegas police said they were informed Wednesday night that a person matching the description was in the area.