The North Las Vegas Fire Department on Wednesday was directed to stop the stepped-up transport of emergency patients to hospitals that it began just a few weeks ago.
Timothy R. Hacker, former city manager of Mesquite, will be paid $180,000 a year plus benefits as North Las Vegas city manager, after the City Council on Wednesday approved his contract.
Prosecutors set the stage for an awkward courtroom confrontation Wednesday when they called a Colorado resident as a witness against his longtime friend, a Navy SEAL accused of smuggling machine guns and explosives into the country from Iraq.
A dispute over where Sheldon Adelson should give a legal deposition has provided a quirky look at the billionaire behind the scenes. Earlier this week, Adelson’s lawyers filed court papers seeking to avoid taking the deposition at the offices of attorney Don Campbell for what they called security reasons. Campbell is suing Adelson to recover more than $100,000 in overtimefor former Adelson driver Kwame Luangisa.
With a mystery still swirling around why some pilots became light-headed while flying F-22 Raptors, the stealth fighter jets from Nellis Air Force Base returned to the skies Wednesday nearly five months after the nation’s fleet was grounded. Air Force officials said they felt confident to lift the stand-down order issued May 3 because aircraft inspections and physiological tests determined that planes were safe and pilots were fit to fly.
Seven Clark County residents have been stricken with West Nile virus, the severe form that can result in paralysis from inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. The Southern Nevada Health District said some victims are undergoing physical therapy at rehabilitation centers to help them regain their mobility and muscle strength, according to a health district disease investigator.
Medical experts at the state’s mental hospital in Sparks have found Dr. Dipak Desai competent to stand trial on criminal charges in the hepatitis C outbreak, District Attorney David Roger confirmed Wednesday.
Three years after investing more than $1 billion to keep Las Vegas Sands Corp. from filing for bankruptcy, company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon Adelson is back in the Top 10 of Forbes Richest People in America.
He can thank the folks in Macau and Singapore for that distinction. Adelson’s net worth grew by some $7 billion this year, moving him up five places on the annual list.
After listening to Republican and Democratic lawyers for three hours, District Judge James T. Russell decided Wednesday that a panel he appointed — and not he — will be the first to decide whether some election districts in Nevada should have majority Hispanic populations. Russell issued an order telling the panel to prepare a report on whether white bloc voting has so diluted the power of Hispanics that majority Hispanic population districts must be created.
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Two police officers were charged Wednesday in the death of a mentally ill homeless man in Southern California who was beaten and repeatedly shocked with a stun gun during his arrest, authorities said.
