Two new charges were added Friday against a woman accused of killing a 74-year-old man by pushing him off a bus.
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Attorneys for a retired Las Vegas police detective facing a murder charge said Wednesday that she was acting in self-defense when she shot and killed her former son-in-law.
Jessica Garcia, 31, of Apopka, Florida, has been sentenced in Las Vegas to six-to-15 years in prison for her role in a real estate investment scheme that prosecutors say bilked at least 11 victims.
Federal prosecutors are moving forward with their appeal of a judge’s dismissal of felony conspiracy and weapons charges against Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy, his sons Ammon and Ryan and independent militia member Ryan Payne.
The final moments of pregnant 20-year-old Tinesha Antovia Adams’ life played on a video screen in a Las Vegas courtroom on Wednesday.
The Nevada Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to suspend a ruling that blocks the state from using a sedative in capital punishment.
The award from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation will be used to address incarceration and bail policies with a goal of reducing the Clark County Detention Center population by 20 percent.
The construction crew that built the stage and escape route for Copperfield’s “Lucky #13” illusion offered to settle the lawsuit for $450,000 about a month before the trial started in April, according to a judge’s ruling.
A 32-year-old Las Vegas man was convicted of first-degree murder Friday for fatally shooting a man inside a vacant northeast valley home.
The Nevada Supreme Court has rescheduled oral arguments in the state prison system’s appeal of a decision that halted condemned killer Scott Dozier’s execution.
The Clark County School District is teaming up with the justice system to combat the school-to-prison pipeline under a new program being unveiled Friday.
The sentence for Ocean Fleming, who pleaded guilty to first-degree kidnapping and two counts of assault after cutting a deal with prosecutors this year, was knocked down to seven years and four months to 15 years.
A British tourist suing David Copperfield deceived jurors about injuries he suffered while volunteering for a Las Vegas show, defense lawyers said during closing arguments Thursday.
A Las Vegas judge on Thursday scheduled a June hearing for a police officer charged in the controversial death of an unarmed black man last year.
Illusionist David Copperfield returned to a Las Vegas witness stand Tuesday, testifying about a performance in which an audience member was injured.