Animal rights activists rallied outside a Nevada courthouse Thursday before a judge scheduled another hearing next month for a 24-year-old man accused of beheading and dismembering several dogs.
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A man is dead following a barricade situation near downtown Las Vegas. Las Vegas and SWAT responded to a home at 805 N. First St. just after 1 p.m. Thursday where a man locked himself inside, possibly with a weapon, said Metro spokeswoman Laura Meltzer.
Additional arrests and new twists are reported in the aftermath of the slaying of an 8-year-old girl in Bullhead City six weeks ago.
Las Vegas police reported Thursday that War Machine, the former MMA fighter facing dozens of domestic battery-related charges, tried to commit suicide this week in jail.
The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday said the state’s implied consent law, which permits law enforcement officials to force a motorist to submit to a blood test to determine impairment, is unconstitutional.
A man was sentenced Thursday to 7 to 20 years in prison in connection with a North Las Vegas crash on Halloween night 2013 that left a 17-year-old mother dead.
Las Vegas doctor Victor Bruce was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison Thursday for trafficking in the prescription painkiller oxycodone.
A judge set bail Thursday at $200,000 each for a man and woman accused in an attack on a 64-year-old school crossing guard.
Despite opposition from prosecutors, a federal judge Thursday ordered the release of a Phoenix woman charged with throwing a shoe at Hillary Clinton during a speech in Las Vegas.
A judge set bail at $250,000 Thursday for a 73-year-old man authorities said shot a lawyer inside the state Department of Administration’s Hearings Division building.
Henderson police plan to crack down on impaired drivers from Sunday through Nov. 3, the department announced Thursday.
A young boy suffered a head injury and a driver was arrested Thursday morning after a truck hit a pedestrian in northwest Las Vegas, Las Vegas police said.