James Henderson Haines, a Las Vegas man who robbed three banks and five other businesses at gunpoint in two weeks last November, was sentenced Thursday to nearly two decades in federal prison.
Las Vegas police last week arrested the husband of state Sen. Elizabeth Halseth on a charge of open and gross lewdness in connection with a dispute between the couple in their home.
After making five minor boundary changes sought by Democratic and Republican lawyers, District Judge James T. Russell approved maps Thursday that create new election districts for Nevada’s four congressional, 21 state Senate and 42 Assembly districts.
WILLIAMSTON, Mich. — An 8-foot wall collapsed in a Michigan high school locker room, killing a 14-year-old student who had jumped and grabbed for the top to do a pull-up, police said Thursday.
TAMPA, Fla. — The estranged father of actress Lindsay Lohan was back in police custody Thursday, hours after being released from a Tampa jail on domestic violence charges.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Authorities say the brother of the man who opened fire with an AK-47 last month at a Carson City IHOP restaurant has been arrested on a domestic battery charge.
A man arrested Monday for attempted murder unsuccessfully tried to escape custody through the right rear window of a patrol vehicle en route to the Clark County Detention Center, according to Las Vegas police.