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High Desert prison guards may start using rubber shotgun rounds

Guards at High Desert State Prison may start using nonlethal, rubber shotgun rounds. The proposal came up Tuesday during a Board of State Prison Commissioners meeting in Carson City that was teleconferenced to Las Vegas.

 
‘Serial’ killer a step closer to new trial

Adnan Syed, the convicted murderer at the heart of the hugely popular podcast “Serial,” caught a big break in his fight for a new trial.

NLV teacher faces more child molestation charges

Prosecutors plan to file additional child molestation charges against a North Las Vegas elementary school teacher after detectives interviewed six more students who claimed the suspect touched them inappropriately.

Arrests disrupt medical pot convention in Las Vegas

Las Vegas police and federal agents arrested 10 people and seized drugs over the weekend at Hempcon, a marijuana education convention at the Cashman Center.

 
Conductor critically hurt in derailment sues Amtrak

A conductor critically injured in last week’s deadly train derailment in Philadelphia has sued Amtrak, accusing the publicly funded passenger rail company of negligence, his lawyer said on Tuesday, adding to a string of lawsuits since the crash.

Man who killed himself at gun range identified

The man police said shot and killed himself Monday at a Las Vegas shooting range was from Pennsylvania, the Clark County coroner’s office said Tuesday. He was Rodney Dorm, 58, of Marietta, Penn., the coroner’s office said.

Bribe figure avoids prison in HOA takeover scheme

Sami Robert Hindiyeh is best known in the massive scheme to take over and defraud homeowners associations for plotting to bribe a community management company employee under the watchful eyes of FBI agents.

Man injured in central valley shooting

A man was hospitalized after a shooting Tuesday afternoon in a central valley neighborhood, according to Las Vegas police.