ATLANTA -- Shocking as it may seem, U.S. government doctors once thought it was fine to experiment on disabled people and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, squirting a pandemic flu virus up the noses of prisoners in Maryland, and injecting cancer cells into chronically ill people at a New York hospital.
A cyberattack against two major Las Vegas casino operators, in which a teenage boy is accused of helping carry out, caused millions of dollars in damage, authorities said.
Starbucks said Thursday it’s closing hundreds of U.S. and Canadian stores and laying off 900 nonretail employees as it focuses more of its resources on a turnaround.
It still wasn’t known if Logan Gifford, who said he survived years of sexual abuse by his mother and suspects his brother might also be his son, was the boy’s biological father.
A juvenile accused of participating in 2023 cyberattacks against two major Las Vegas resort operators was released to his parents.
A yearslong ethics case stemming from Gov. Joe Lombardo’s use of his sheriff badge in campaign documents has ended as Lombardo agrees to pay thousands.
She had been accused of defying the Nevada Supreme Court and was suspended from the bench for six months without pay beginning Tuesday.
An abandoned boat discovered at Lake Mead during drought conditions three years ago has been removed, an official confirmed.
The General Services Administration has given the employees — who managed government workspaces — until the end of the week to accept or decline reinstatement.
A shooter opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on Wednesday, killing a detainee, authorities said.
Five Clark County commissioners agreed they committed a violation by failing to disclose their free tickets when hearing matters regarding the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
