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Memo alleges government misconduct in Bunkerville standoff case

The possibility of a mistrial in the Bunkerville standoff case was amplified this month after defense attorneys received a scathing memo outlining sweeping allegations of misconduct by federal investigators and prosecutors.

CSN professor charged with lewdness

Attorney and College of Southern Nevada professor Mark Peplowski has been arrested on lewdness charges.

Security for Trump, Pence visits after Oct. 1 shooting cost Nevada $34K

Nevada lawmakers on Thursday moved to replenish a state fund earmarked for protecting visiting politicians. The fund was unexpectedly depleted in the wake of the Oct. 1 mass shooting, which prompted visits from President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.

Judge releases 4 more Bunkerville standoff defendants

A judge ordered four more Bunkerville standoff defendants freed from federal detention on Monday, less than a week after rancher Cliven Bundy rejected the conditions of his own release.

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Man who fled Las Vegas shooting is killed by hit-and-run driver

Roy McClellan, who had worked odd jobs, had good days and he had bad days before the festival, his wife said. But the shooting’s aftermath was a blow, worsening his existing troubles. Then, on Nov. 17, she learned he’d been killed. A driver on State Route 160 in Pahrump hit him and sped away.

Ryan Bundy tells Las Vegas jury: ‘I am an innocent man’

Ryan Bundy invoked personal freedom and constitutional rights, God and religion, state history and his family’s deep roots in the desert landscape Wednesday as he proclaimed his innocence to a federal jury.

 
Freed O.J. Simpson will live in Las Vegas, official says

For the first time in nine years, O.J. Simpson is free. Although speculation raged about where the former football star would head next, a state official said Simpson would live in Las Vegas for now.

 
Las Vegas nonprofit embraces victims of sex trafficking

Esther Rodriguez Brown saw panic in the young woman’s eyes. After about 10 years of serving victims of sex trafficking, it is a look she knows well.

Escaped convict caught in Las Vegas awaits extradition

A North Las Vegas man who authorities say escaped from a Minnesota federal prison in 1992 is awaiting extradition at a federal facility in Pahrump, a Nevada U.S. Marshals Service spokesman said Thursday.

In Strohmeyer case, ‘bad Samaritan’ David Cash led to new law

While little Sherrice Iverson’s death 20 years ago was heinous, and Jeremy Strohmeyer’s confession was chilling, a third player in the high-profile case proved controversial: David Cash Jr., Strohmeyer’s best friend.