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Justices pay respects to Scalia in Supreme Court ceremony

Members of the U.S. Supreme Court paid their respects to their late colleague Antonin Scalia during a brief but somber ceremony at the court on Friday.

 
Former Green Valley High school banker sentenced to prison

Family and friends of a former Green Valley High School banker silently sobbed as a Las Vegas judge on Thursday sentenced the mother of three to up to four years in prison for stealing thousands of dollars in student-generated funds from the Henderson campus.

 
Man testifies against brother at death penalty trial — VIDEO

Robert Sitton’s testimony could help determine whether his brother is sentenced to death. Prosecutors say the siblings killed a 68-year-old man, viciously beating him with their fists and stomping on his back, leaving him to die inside his northwest valley home.

 
‘Serial’ killer a step closer to new trial

Adnan Syed, the convicted murderer at the heart of the hugely popular podcast “Serial,” caught a big break in his fight for a new trial.

 
Conductor critically hurt in derailment sues Amtrak

A conductor critically injured in last week’s deadly train derailment in Philadelphia has sued Amtrak, accusing the publicly funded passenger rail company of negligence, his lawyer said on Tuesday, adding to a string of lawsuits since the crash.

 
Ex-LAPD cop wanted for murder likely fled to Texas

A rookie Los Angeles police officer accused of killing a man after a fight in the bar district of a Southern California community was driven to a Texas city on the Mexican border by his father last week and has not been seen since, according to court documents filed on Thursday.

 
Family knows man arrested in shooting initially called road rage

Las Vegas police made an arrest in a so-called road rage shooting death Thursday while the family of the woman killed revealed another detail they hid: They know the accused shooter.

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