A botched execution that used a new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney Tuesday, leading prison officials to halt the proceedings before the inmate’s eventual death from a heart attack.
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There is a reason analysts spent about 40 minutes questioning Las Vegas Sands Corp. officials last week about the company’s results in Macau. More than half of the company’s quarterly revenue came from its Macau resorts.
A teen was hit by a car in the southwest valley Tuesday evening, police say. A 16-year-old boy got off of a bus at Jones Boulevard and Rochelle Avenue, near Flamingo Road, about 7 p.m.
Las Vegas police shot and killed a man who they say fired at multiple officers during a barricade situation in the east valley Tuesday afternoon.
Rancher Cliven Bundy, whose refusal to pay fees for grazing cattle on public lands for 21 years led to a controversial roundup by the Bureau of Land Management, debunked claims Tuesday that militia followers who rallied to his cause continue to stir up this rural community with checkpoints and an armed presence.
Two male students from Greenspun Junior High School allege they were sexually, physically and verbally harassed by other students for months because of their “perceived sexual orientation,” but received little help from school officials, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday against the School District in Clark County District Court.
Defense lawyers launched an opening-day offensive on Tuesday attacking the government’s chief witness in the federal trial of three Cuban immigrants charged with stealing drugs and high-quality merchandise from delivery vans and warehouses around the Las Vegas Valley. The witness, Yordani Corona Del Toro, a 23-year-old felon and “gang-banger,” struck a deal with federal prosecutors in the case to escape a sentence of life in prison in Nevada as a habitual criminal, the defense lawyers said in their opening statements.
A personal pitch from U.S. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada failed on Tuesday to persuade House Speaker John Boehner to move forward on a bill that would extend unemployment payments to more than 2 million Americans whose benefits have expired.
A bill that would require adult film actors to wear condoms during productions anywhere in California and to be tested regularly for sexually transmitted diseases passed a committee vote Tuesday.
Authorities at Grand Canyon National Park have released the name of a Flagstaff woman who died after apparently falling off the South Rim.