Assembly passes sweeping criminal justice reform bill
A sprawling criminal justice reform bill that aims to curb the state's growing prison population has inched one step closer to becoming law. Democrats in the state Assembly passed the amended ...
View ArticlePolice: Stolen fuel scheme a potentially explosive act
Thieves using counterfeit credit cards bought thousands of gallons of fuel at valley gas stations, dangerously storing it in residential neighborhoods and reselling it for pennies on ...
View ArticleToddler OD'd on fentanyl, heroin; CPS deems family 'safe'
Months before her second birthday, a Las Vegas girl became a fatal victim of heroin and fentanyl, the potent opioid that is increasingly contributed to a U.S. epidemic, according to the Clark County...
View ArticleFinancier Jeffrey Epstein arrested on sex charges
Epstein, a wealthy hedge fund manager who once counted as friends former President Bill Clinton, Great Britain's Prince Andrew and President Donald Trump, was taken into federal custody and is...
View ArticleMetro touts advances of high-tech policing in Las Vegas
Policing has drastically changed since Joe Lombardo joined the force. Early in his tenure, the Clark County sheriff recalls technology was limited to clunky and ...
View ArticleRep. Susie Lee, senior citizen advocates discuss tackling phone scams
The robocall epidemic in America has hit almost everybody, but one demographic is highly targeted — senior citizens. U.S. Rep. Susie Lee, D-Las Vegas, held an event today to discuss the issue with...
View ArticleGenetic-testing scam targets seniors and rips off Medicare
The 86-year-old woman in rural Utah doesn’t usually answer solicitations from strangers, she said, but the young couple who knocked on her front door seemed so nice. Before long, she had ...
View ArticleEx-Aryan gang leader Wallis dies while serving 66-year prison term
An ex-leader of a white supremacist gang who was serving 66 years in a Nevada prison for multiple crimes, including attempting to kill a fellow inmate, has died. Nevada Department of Corrections...
View ArticleNevada congressional delegation remains mostly on hold on Trump impeachment...
Rep. Dina Titus is the sole congressional Democrat from Nevada to explicitly call for an impeachment inquiry, though other Nevadans in Congress are leaving the option …
View ArticleFBI: Male prostitute tried to extort Las Vegas gambler for $100K
FBI agents arrested a man who they say was trying to extort $100,000 from a man he thought to be a prominent gambler and who he claimed to have recorded during sex ...
View ArticleDomingo to return to the stage amid harassment allegations
The 78-year-old singer has received the full support from Salzburg Festival management and his co-stars ahead of Sunday's performance of Verdi's "Luisa Miller," in which the famous tenor will …
View ArticleSlain UNLV student Paula Davis remembered at emotional vigil
Despite her young age, Paula Marie Davis was well-rounded. She was a singer, dancer, actor and runner. She could play the piano and the flute. She was also a pingpong ...
View ArticleNew Nevada law grants sex-assault victims access to their rape kits
Not having access to rape-kit results is harmful “because the kits belong to them and to not have that information negatively impacts the healing process,” advocate Ilse Knecht said.
View Article'It’s a wound': Survivors still struggle two years after Las Vegas shooting
Just after the two-year anniversary of the day that irrevocably changed Leslie Collis’ life, the native Las Vegan will say goodbye to the city she has called home for 15 years. Traumatized by what she...
View ArticleTwo years of every mass shooting in the US
From Oct. 1, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2019, 723 mass shootings — an incident involving multiple victims of predominantly firearm violence — have taken place in the United States. Of those 723 tragedies, 54...
View ArticlePompeo acknowledges he was on Trump call at center of probe
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged at a news conference in Rome on Wednesday that "I was on the phone call" on July 25 between Trump and the Ukraine president, saying that as America's chief...
View ArticleFamily moves to sue over in-custody death, which Lombardo says has spurred...
Byron Lee Williams was profiled because of the color of his skin, his family alleges. They also say officers ignored Williams’ repeated pleas that he couldn’t breathe and acted with ...
View ArticleCampaign finance case involving Giuliani associates reaches into 2018 Nevada...
While the indictment unsealed Thursday identifies the Nevada political candidates only as “candidate-1” and "candidate-2,” campaign finance records show that one of the indicted businessmen ...
View ArticleAddict finds his redemption in drug court program
Nevada has taken in thousands of participants since it started using drug courts in 1992. To get into the program, a defendant will plead guilty or no contest to drug-related charges. A judge will...
View ArticleThreats against staff prompt Nevada prison lockdowns
Threats against staff at two state prisons prompted officials to lock down yards and “problem areas,” according to the Nevada Department of Corrections. The safety precautions, which ...
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