The situation surrounding 809 Palmhurst Drive in the western Las Vegas Valley shows that anyone can file papers with Clark County to take ownership of a house, and the havoc this can cause.
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A Nevada man was sentenced Wednesday to more than 12 years in prison for distribution of child pornography, the Justice Department said.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Wednesday the appointment of Dayle Elieson as interim U.S. attorney for Nevada.
A judge is taking action against two men who took part in the occupation of an Oregon wildlife refuge after Facebook photos showed they violated their release conditions by visiting the Bundy ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada, without permission.
Kirstin “Blaise” Lobato walked out of the Clark County Detention Center on Wednesday after spending more than 15 years behind bars for the killing of a homeless man.
A paralyzing drug could cause “cruel pain and suffering” and lead to a “horrifying experience” for a condemned inmate, an anesthesiologist testified Friday, just 11 days before convicted killer Scott Dozier is scheduled to die by lethal injection.
Jurors are expected to hear opening statements early next week from lawyers representing the lead defendants in a 2014 standoff with federal agents, including rancher Cliven Bundy and two of his sons.
In the wake of Sunday night’s massacre in Las Vegas, a defendant has asked to postpone next week’s trial for for seven Bunkerville ranch standoff defendants.
The mother of a North Las Vegas toddler whose decomposing body was found stuffed in a box in 2015 pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder and child neglect.
In an effort to accelerate the sometimes-slow wheels of justice, a team of four Clark County judges will oversee almost all murder cases starting this week.
Michael Lasher is a death row lawyer gone literary. He has written a book about his experiences as a federal public defender who represent inmates in capital punishment cases.
Two California women testified as prosecution witnesses Wednesday in the rape trial of a former nightclub promoter, and fought back tears as they described similar sexual assaults that occurred in 1997 and 2002.
Brian Wright, the convicted felon who walked free on a string of armed robbery charges last year, was indicted again — this time for backing his BMW into a police car when authorities arrested him for violating his probation.
Lawyers representing rancher Cliven Bundy’s supporters accused a judge of eviscerating their defense case Monday by effectively prohibiting several planned witnesses from testifying.
A death penalty appeal in a 1998 quadruple homicide conviction became the Nevada Supreme Court’s first case in its new building Monday.
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The 10,000-square-foot Electric Playhouse, which bills itself as “a social gaming destination, opens this weekend at the Forum Shops at Caesars.
The North Las Vegas Police Department provided new information about the fatal police shooting of a man tied to a four-vehicle crash.
Daily highs around 110 and morning lows near 85 are forecast by the Las Vegas office of the National Weather Service from Saturday through Thursday.
A woman who died in a fatal crash on Cheyenne Avenue near the 215 Beltway has been identified.