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District attorney: SWAT sniper in 2014 shooting will not face charges

No charges will be filed in the March 2014 shooting death of Ronald Tate by SWAT sniper Charles Moser, the Clark County district attorney’s office said Tuesday. The district attorney’s office concluded that Moser’s actions were “reasonably and legally justified” under the circumstances, according to a 12-page report released on its website.

Gaming agents infiltrated Bitcoin poker site to bring criminal case

A special agent with the Nevada Gaming Control Board infiltrated a Bitcoin-fueled poker website to help launch what authorities on Tuesday said was the first state-level criminal prosecution of illegal online poker.

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Colorado movie theater massacre survivors recall their terror during trial

A woman who survived Colorado’s movie theater massacre found an escape route blocked by bodies, she told jurors on Tuesday in the murder trial of gunman James Holmes. And a nine-months pregnant woman slipped in blood while fleeing with her badly wounded husband.

Mother claims son’s vision deteriorates as prison denies him medical care

Kelly Richards said her son will be blind for life if Nevada Department of Corrections officials continue to deny him the medical care he needs. Inmate Rashaad Williams, 24, sustained eye injuries from birdshot in a shotgun during a prison brawl he was not involved in.