The Nevada Supreme Court did not render a decision after hearing arguments regarding a challenge to the Oakland Athletics’ public funding bill.
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Prosecutors told a judge that they do not want to move forward with a trial this month for Robert Telles, who is accused of killing R-J reporter Jeff German.
A woman filed a federal lawsuit against comedian Bill Cosby, claiming he sexually assaulted when she was a teen in the Elvis Presley suite at the former Las Vegas Hilton in 1986.
A change in Nevada law has allowed the Las Vegas Justice Court to establish it’s own mental health court, replicating an existing program in District Court.
Four teens arrested in connection with the fatal beating of a Rancho High student have been formally charged with second-degree murder. Also, about 100 people remembered the teen during a vigil.
A graduation ceremony celebrated 22 people who completed a diversion program for those who need help with mental health or substance abuse.
Lawyers for the late Ashley Green accuse Amusement Pine LLC and Westland Real Estate Group, both of Long Beach, California, with wrongful death and negligence in the woman’s killing.
A former patient of Dr. George Chambers, the subject of a separate state medical board inquiry, has accused him of sexual assault and battery.
A federal grand jury indictment charged Dr. David James Smith with conspiring to manufacture and distribute controlled substances and healthcare fraud.
Anthony Chiaramonti, 40, was killed along with three others in a crash above North Las Vegas Airport in July.
Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man who spent decades in prison after he was convicted of acting as a getaway driver in a bank robbery that ended in a FBI agent’s death.
A woman suffering from “locked-in syndrome” was awarded $47 million by a jury this week, although her lawyer said a Nevada law will severely limit the amount of money she will receive.
Las Vegas-based Unforgettable Coatings Inc. was ordered by a federal court to pay an estimated $3.6 million for unfair pay practices, but the company denies wrongdoing.
Clyde Harris, 21, who allegedly ran a red light causing a crash that killed 36-year-old Marie Leatham-Davis in 2021, was arrested this month.
Two hours into a long-awaited reception on April 23, more than a half-dozen Metropolitan Police Department officers showed up to shut down the party.