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Details emerge in officer-involved shootings

Las Vegas police released more information on Friday about two police shootings that occurred earlier this month. In both shootings the men who were shot lived.

Ex-Strip employee jailed in death threat case

A fired Strip housekeeper was back behind bars this week in a bizarre death threat case where he’s accused of sending dead cockroaches and pigeon body parts to former employers.

Nevada inmate denied cataract surgery wins ruling

A Nevada inmate denied cataract surgery by the Department of Corrections because he still had one functioning eye has won a ruling in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Man sentenced to life in brothel murder case

A 22-year-old man on Friday was sentenced to life without parole for killing his brothel boss in December 2010.

Jury duty ‘very different’ for Nevada justice

For Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Gibbons, the waiting was the hardest part of serving as a juror in a Carson City criminal case this week.

Man pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter

A 23-year-old Henderson man on Friday pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for shooting a woman in October.

Dice game cheating led to fatal shooting

Last week’s deadly shooting that left a 24-year-old man dead stemmed from a game of dice the night before, according to a Las Vegas police arrest report.

Illegal voter sentenced in Reno

An immigrant living in the country illegally who registered to vote in Washoe County under a false name and cast ballots in the 2008 and 2010 Nevada elections has been sentenced to 103 days in jail.