A man claims he was suffering from a stroke in January 2013 and Las Vegas police falsely arrested him and jailed him for several days without providing medical attention.
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A 42-year-old Nevada man was sentenced to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty in a 2013 hatchet killing and attack.
For the first time in its eight years of existence, Las Vegas police will teach their Hispanic Citizen’s Academy will be based at the Mexican Consulate.
Markiece Palmer was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the beating death of his wife’s 7-year-old son, Roderick “RJ” Arrington.
“Extremely rugged” mountains near the California-Nevada border are making it tough for search and rescue crews to reach wreckage of what could be a small plane that disappeared on its way to Henderson.
A woman who acted as a getaway driver for several robberies in southern Nevada could face up to 127 years in prison on robbery and firearm convictions, the U.S. attorney’s office said Wednesday.
Medicaid expansion has dramatically reduced Nevada’s general fund costs for providing mental health services, state officials told a panel of lawmakers Wednesday.
When Air Force veteran Merle Voight was diagnosed with breast cancer early last year, the 49-year-old was in shock. The former nurse recalled working on the oncology floor, seeing chemotherapy patients vomit as they also lost weight and most of their hair. That image frightened her, but a Non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical care program helped turn a scary event into one of hope.
Two dozen third graders from Reynaldo Martinez Elementary School were given a full scholarship to the college or higher education institute of their choosing by The Rogers Foundation, a non-profit organization formed by Beverly Rogers in honor of her late husband Jim Rogers.
Las Vegas Councilman Bob Beers said Wednesday that he plans to sue the city over the number of signatures needed to put a publicly subsidized downtown soccer stadium on the June ballot.
Five employees of Disneyland have been infected with measles in an outbreak traced to the California amusement park, although three of them have recovered from the viral disease and are back on the job, company officials said on Wednesday.
They say comedy is a funny way of being serious, but whether it’s booking, performing or teaching, Henderson resident Philip Peredo is serious about comedy.
Ammar Harris, a self-proclaimed pimp charged in a shooting that left three people dead on the Strip, was sentenced Wednesday to an extra two to five years in prison for a scheme to smuggle cellphones into High Desert State Prison.
The United States and Cuba clashed over immigration policy on Wednesday at the first session of high-level talks seeking to restore diplomatic ties between the Cold War adversaries
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the man who was struck and killed by a car Sunday night in the southwest valley.
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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.” […]
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Decades in the making, residents now have another option to cross the Colorado River between Laughlin and Bullhead City, Arizona.
A political action committee says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ineligible to appear on the November ballot unless he resubmits his petition to comply with Nevada law.
The temporary Flamingo Road bridge over Koval Lane will be reduced for this year’s Formula One race to lessen impacts on area businesses, officials said.
Vegas Stronger CEO Dave Marlon said the most effective members of the organization’s street team have personal experience with homelessness, substance abuse and mental illness.
