The names of the officers who shot and killed a man in a downtown Las Vegas apartment complex on Thursday were released Saturday.
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The Henderson police officer involved in a shooting Thursday morning has been identified.
The student, who is autistic and nonverbal, was unable to explain how he received the scratch marks after his mother noticed the apparent swastika in March 2023.
The CEO faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison if convicted.
The former chairman and CEO of the Henderson-based company could face prison time when a federal judge sentences him in October.
Las Vegas police are sorting through hundreds of leads from across the nation regarding the possible identity of a slain child found Friday along state Route 160.
On Sunday, police released a “digitally enhanced picture” of the boy. Police said due to the location of the body, the boy may have lived in Las Vegas, Pahrump, Baker, Calif., or other nearby cities.
The body of a young boy was found off the highway between Las Vegas and Pahrump on Friday morning. Police are asking anyone with information to contact detectives.
Data from Las Vegas police shows there were 57 percent fewer recruits last year compared with 2019, and many other local police departments showed a similar trend.
A recently published report shows that a primary caregiver’s partner — typically a mother’s boyfriend — was identified as the suspect in more than half of child abuse and neglect cases in Clark County in fiscal 2016.
Nevada law requires police to have specific information about an abductor or a vehicle used in the abduction before an alert can be issued. Police didn’t have either during their search for 2-year-old Amari Nicholson.
The Nevada Legislature is considering a bill that would require any police officer who interacts with the public to be equipped with a body camera.
It took decades to find a break in the case. But after 27 years on the lam, a tip from the victim’s family led to the extradition of a Nevada fugitive.
A Las Vegas woman has been charged with kidnapping her grandson after police say she failed to return the baby to his mother during a family dispute.
A woman kidnapped in Las Vegas in March was rescued on New Year’s Day in Nye County, where authorities say she was locked in a residence and forced to perform manual labor.
The upcoming European Parliament elections are set for June 6-9. Over 270 pro-democracy organizations, Nobel laureates and political and civic leaders—including former heads of state and government and EU leaders—have signed an open letter urging newly elected EU leaders to defend democracy. Today, the need for immediate action to defend democracy is not just a […]
The North Las Vegas Police Department provided new information about the fatal police shooting of a man tied to a four-vehicle crash.
A man arrested last year on suspicion of committing a fatal DUI, an accusation quickly dropped, has sued Nevada and the trooper who arrested him
A man was shot and killed by police after pointing a rifle at officers in a downtown Las Vegas apartment complex, according to police.
A jury returned a guilty verdict in the murder trial of a retired Metropolitan Police Department detective who killed her former son-in-law at her home in 2019.