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Miranda Du, who came to the United States in childhood as a Vietnamese refugee, took a step Tuesday toward becoming a U.S. District Court judge in Nevada. Sixteen members of Du’s family dotted the audience as she was questioned at a confirmation hearing by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
A 37-year-old California man was arrested Monday night at a resort on the Strip after traveling to Las Vegas with a 16-year-old girl who had been reported missing by her mother about seven hours earlier.
The defense rested its case today in the trial of a Navy SEAL Nicholas Bickle, accused of bringing weapons into the country from Iraq and conspiring with others to sell them. A fellow SEAL testified that the suggestion that a SEAL could bypass customs inspections and sneak so-called “war trophies” into the country “would be laughable if the implications weren’t so serious.”
Las Vegas police are seeking information about a bank robbery that happened near Durango Drive and Elkhorn Road late last month.
The heavyweight influence exerted by Crystals retail mall management proved decisive in gaining U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval on Monday to sell Beso restaurant to a group headed by Landry’s Restaurants for $1 million.
Former attorney Lawrence Davidson pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday and decided against fighting the government’s effort to keep him behind bars while he faces criminal charges, including several tied to his disappearance five years ago.
Defense lawyers for child killer Beau Maestas asked the Nevada Supreme Court on Monday to allow their client a third penalty hearing, alleging that juror misconduct led to his death sentence.