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Federal authorities have arrested 19 people in nine states in a sweeping investigation of a transnational criminal organization that bought and sold stolen personal and financial information through online forums.
A young mother from Bullhead City, Ariz., who failed to protect her infant son from fatal abuse allegedly inflicted by her former boyfriend was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday.
North Las Vegas police were searching for a shooting suspect whom they considered armed and dangerous.
Las Vegas’ environment-friendly City Hall has nothing on the recycling efforts of two council candidates seeking to work there.
CARSON CITY — Former Republican secretary of state candidate Rob Lauer has won a default judgment against Jennifer Von Tobel over comments she made about him in his 2010 campaign, according to Clark County court records.
A Kingman, Ariz., man whose abuse of a baby led to her death at a Las Vegas hospital agreed to a plea deal that will send him to prison for at least 10 years.
MODESTO, Calif. — Police are investigating an early morning shooting Wednesday at a motel in Modesto, Calif., that left two Las Vegas residents wounded.
Prosecutors have extended the cloud of secrecy over a grand jury investigating the campaign contribution practices of longtime lobbyist Harvey Whittemore. Security officers even refused Wednesday to allow reporters to stay on the second floor of the courthouse where the grand jury was meeting.
CARSON CITY — A federal appeals court Wednesday upheld a Nevada law requiring sponsors of citizen initiatives to collect a percentage of voter signatures from each congressional district to qualify for the ballot.
A court hearing for a woman accused of killing her 6-year-old daughter was delayed Wednesday when the defendant refused to leave her jail cell.
The family of Erik Scott, who was shot and killed by officers outside a Costco store in 2010, dropped their lawsuit against the Metropolitan Police Department Tuesday, ending one of the most controversial chapters in the agency’s history.
