A wrongful death lawsuit alleges negligence in the death of a steelworker who was injured as crews constructed grandstands for the inaugural 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
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A man was stabbed to death during a fight in the northeast Las Vegas Valley on Sunday evening, according to police.
A homicide investigation was underway after a man was found dead at the Burning Man festival in Northern Nevada Saturday night, the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office said.
The former elected Clark County official convicted for the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German three years ago has petitioned for a new trial.
The estate of an inmate who died at High Desert State Prison in 2023 has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Nevada Department of Corrections.
One man died after a shooting Wednesday night at a northeast valley Chuck E. Cheese’s pizzeria, Las Vegas police said.
An unprecedented $500 million jury verdict rendered against two pharmaceutical companies in May was good enough to land Clark County on a pro-business organization’s list of “judicial hellholes” in America.
Attorneys for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals are requesting a rehearing of a Nevada Supreme Court opinion that upheld an $80.7 million award to three women who allegedly contracted breast cancer after taking a hormone drug.
Timothy Hobbs last year was sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison after he spit in his ex-girlfriend’s face. A Nevada Supreme Court panel heard oral arguments Tuesday over whether spitting meets the state’s definition of a battery and if prosecutors failed to establish Hobbs’ criminal history.
Gambling chips stolen from Bellagio in an armed robbery Tuesday morning total $1.5 million, but the man who stole them will have a tough time cashing in, especially the $25,000 chips.
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In police body camera footage of the incident, police officers in the video accused Jermiah Carter of punching an officer in the face.
The jury found him guilty of first-degree murder, despite his protests that he saw the man he was accused of killing in a holding cell after the shooting.
Erick Rangel-Ibarra was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on charges including open murder in connection with the killing of Lesly Palacio.
The father of a pro basketball star stabbed another man earlier this month amid a parking lot dispute that stemmed from the door of one vehicle hitting the door of the other vehicle, according to police.
