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Not guilty plea in waiter’s death

June 5, 2009 - 9:00 pm

The 28-year-old man accused of slaying a Trevi waiter on the Strip pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges in District Court.

Bryan Hall, who is in custody, pleaded not guilty to robbery with a deadly weapon and murder with a deadly weapon.

Authorities said he bludgeoned 27-year-old Brad Flamm with a rock in May. Flamm also had stab wounds about his neck. His body was found near the Caesars Palace loading docks.

Hall has been involved in at least two previous criminal cases, both involving violent incidents with his then-wife.

He is scheduled to go to trial on Oct. 27.

A vacant lot covered in graffiti sits along Spring Mountain Road between Wynn Road and Valley V ...

New shopping center in Chinatown area approved

By Eli Segall / RJ

December 18, 2025 - 2:01 pm

Las Vegas developer Ali Kaveh aims to break ground next year on the project, called Jade Promenade.

Two people are suing MGM Grand Hotel for assault and negligence after they say they were forcib ...

Couple suing MGM Resorts for battery, assault after allegedly being thrown out of property

By Emerson Drewes / RJ

December 18, 2025 - 1:54 pm

In the lawsuit, the couple claims they were “forcibly assaulted” and “physically restrained” after being escorted out of Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club.

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Bickering Colorado River states ‘going nowhere’ with days left for deal

By Alan Halaly / RJ

December 18, 2025 - 1:47 pm

Less than 60 days before a final deadline, negotiators don’t have much to show for years of discussions.

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Police investigate link between Brown shooting and killing of MIT professor, AP sources say

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker The Associated Press

December 18, 2025 - 1:32 pm

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Authorities said Thursday that they’re looking into a connection between last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University and one two days later near Boston that killed a professor at another elite school, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Nevada Legislature flag flies above the Legislative Building in the final days of the 83rd ...

Nevada lawmakers fund oversight of Las Vegas youth clinics

By McKenna Ross / RJ

December 18, 2025 - 1:09 pm

Nevada lawmakers approved nearly $485,000 in funding to regulate an operator of four youth residential mental health facilities in Las Vegas.

The John F. Kennedy Center Memorial Center for the Performance Arts illuminated as part of the ...

Trump’s handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center

By Darlene Superville Associated Press

December 18, 2025 - 12:02 pm

Donald Trump’s handpicked board voted on Thursday to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House said.

President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White ...

Trump signs executive order that would reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

By Lindsay Whitehurst and Bill Barrow The Associated Press

December 18, 2025 - 11:21 am

The switch would move marijuana away from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD.

NASCAR fans wait for autographs from Greg Biffle and Kyle Busch on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, ...

Ex-NASCAR star killed in NC plane crash, sources say

By Grace Galante Parade.com

December 18, 2025 - 1:01 pm

Greg Biffle has died at the age of 55 following a plane crash on Thursday, Dec. 18, according to Rep. Richard Hudson, a North Carolina congressman and a family friend of the Biffles.