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Eduardo Lopez-Hernandez died on Aug. 25, 2010, shortly after he was shot with a Taser multiple times in a confrontation with Nevada Highway Patrol troopers on U.S. Highway 95. His survivors have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Highway Patrol.
A 26-year-old Henderson man was found guilty Friday of second-degree murder and child neglect for the April 2010 slaying of his girlfriend’s 16-month-old daughter.
Former Henderson City Councilwoman Kathleen Vermillion has filed a lawsuit that accuses Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak, her ex-boyfriend and a major contributor to the charity she founded, of disseminating her personal health records.
A 32-year-old woman who was seriously wounded in a shooting at a northeast valley house party last weekend continued to fight for her life Thursday night at University Medical Center.
A month after pleading guilty to battery-domestic violence, boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. said Wednesday he “absolutely” did not kick or punch the mother of three of his children in 2010. Mayweather took a plea deal to end Las Vegas criminal cases that have netted him thousands of dollars in fines, 100 hours of community service, a year of counseling sessions and a yet-to-be-served 90-day jail sentence.