Las Vegas police investigated a fatal crash and a killing at a house party, and two officers shot a person they said tried to stab someone.
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The wounded man died outside a residence where a party took place in northwest Las Vegas near West Oakey Boulevard.
Las Vegas investor and purported billionaire Jay Bloom is accused of taking money from investors to fund a cryptocurrency mining scheme in Arizona that he knew was not viable, according to a recent lawsuit.
A woman was being held hostage at knife-point by a man when two Metropolitan Police Department officers fired their weapons late Saturday night.
A bill co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Susie Lee would put the weight of the federal government behind efforts to prosecute criminals taking part in organized retail theft.
A Las Vegas judge on Thursday vacated the death penalty for a Vietnam War veteran who raped and killed a 68-year-old woman more than 10 years ago.
A Las Vegas teenager who authorities say fired several rounds from a semiautomatic rifle at a Metropolitan Police Department officer while streaming the attack on Facebook Live has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.
District Judge Mark Bailus ordered Clemon Hudson, 23, and Steven Turner, 27, who were convicted by a jury in April of attempted murder and other charges, to serve 14 to 40 years behind bars.
Nicolai Mork, 41, agreed Thursday to a sentence of four to 10 years in prison in exchange for his guilty plea to two counts related to a cache of explosives police found in his Las Vegas home.
Two teenagers faced a judge for the first time Wednesday in connection with the shooting death of a 17-year-old boy inside a vacant Henderson home.
Prosecutors could pull the death penalty off the table for Gustavo Ramos-Martinez, who is accused of killing an elderly man and woman in Las Vegas more than 20 years ago.
A Las Vegas woman was sentenced to 35 years to life in prison Tuesday for imposing years of torture on her three adopted children.
A Las Vegas judge set bail at $75,000 Tuesday for a man charged in connection with the shooting death of his 2-year-old son.
A man charged with child abuse or neglect in connection with the shooting death of his 2-year-old son claims he was asleep at the time and immediately tried to render aid after he heard the gun blast.
Las Vegas is a special kind of resort city. In the city, you get The Strip (along with the Sphere); on the outside, you get the vast Mojave Desert with its nostalgic attractions. In the past, people visiting Las Vegas would do so with the phrase in mind: “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” […]
A woman was being held hostage at knife-point by a man when two Metropolitan Police Department officers fired their weapons late Saturday night.
Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, who is accused of killing Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, appeared in court again.
A 15-year-old was fatally shot in the northeast valley during what Las Vegas police described as a “drug transaction.”
The discovery was made about 9:40 p.m. in a neighborhood near Wetlands Park, police said.