O.J. Simpson, the NFL great who was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife and her friend in one of the most notorious trials of the 20th century, and was later incarcerated in Nevada for an unrelated robbery, died of cancer.
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Mesquite’s chief of police filed a defamation lawsuit against a former reporter, but the two have reached an undisclosed settlement.
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a member of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe to life in prison for the murders of two women on tribal land.
Three suspected Nevada boogaloo members will not be tried for several more months over an alleged conspiracy to cause violence during Black Lives Matter protests.
Stephen Parshall, Andrew Lynam, and William Loomis, are set to stand trial in federal court on felony charges. They also face a trial in Clark County District Court.
A former security guard for the Nevada National Security Site filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a government security contractor Monday.
Scott Dozier has two months to live, and lawyers for the condemned Nevada inmate are still fighting in court for details about his execution.
Sheriff’s deputies are investigating whether a 26-year-old rural northeast Nevada man arrested with a cache of weapons and explosive devices may have any ties to extremist or terrorist groups.
A man with a rifle who was shot and killed by police Thursday called 911 and acted erratically near businesses off a highway exit north of Reno, according to police.
The Sparks Nugget, overseen for 16 years by Nevada Gaming Commission member Michonne Ascuaga, is under a federal investigation for failing to implement effective anti-money laundering programs at the casino, according to court papers filed Wednesday in relation to the property’s 2013 sale.
Nevada law enforcement groups seem split on a November ballot question proposing to extend gun background checks to private-party sales and transfers.
Boulder City Police Chief Bill Conger has left his post after a blowup with people close to the criminal investigation into the former city animal control head accused of needlessly killing animals, the Review-Journal learned Monday.
The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by O.J. Simpson for a new trial on kidnapping and robbery charges.
A 44-year-old prisoner serving time in Southern Nevada died on Sunday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
A 64-year-old inmate died in a state prison in Carson City on Friday, the Nevada Department of Corrections announced Saturday.
