A veteran skydiver pointed to what he said is the relative rarity of accidents as the industry says statistics point to fewer annual deaths each decade since the 1970s.
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Akiya Dillon joined the Review-Journal as a metro reporter in August 2024. Akiya grew up in Nevada and moved to North Carolina briefly to study political science, English, and journalism at Duke University. After graduating and completing internships with the Los Angeles Times and Newsday, she returned to Las Vegas to cover breaking news. Akiya is also a Chips Quinn Scholar for Diversity in Media, and in her free time, she enjoys collecting limited-edition sneakers and doing puzzles.
A Las Vegas man who killed four people in a July shooting at an office building in Manhattan had Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, also known as CTE, according to the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner.
Alice Martinez filed a lawsuit alleging her middle school student, Flora, faced ongoing bullying and emotional abuse from other students during the 2023-2024 school year.
The malfunction stopped 67-year-old Anthony Polito from firing additional shots at two university police officers.
Two skydivers went into an uncontrollable spin when their parachute malfunctioned before they plummeted into the desert south of Las Vegas, a police report said.
Jaime Bustillos Jr. was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on nine counts, including attempted murder with use of a deadly weapon and other gun-related charges.
A fundraiser posted online by a coworker stated that Peter Sampson had been working in the mental health field since 2019.
Deangelo Sneed, 20, has been charged with one felony count of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with an incident on Aug. 30.
Jose Juarez’s arrest report, provided by the Metropolitan Police Department, said he, one of the unnamed suspects, and the victim exchanged about 15 rounds of gunfire.
Jose Juarez was booked on suspicion of murder, attempted murder, discharging a firearm into an occupied structure or vehicle, and conspiracy to commit robbery.
After the Metropolitan Police Department raided Kim Layson’s home in search of somebody who lived there before she bought the house, police agreed to cover the cost of the damages.
Just before the suspected DUI crash that killed her unborn baby, Rebekah Dauz and her relatives marveled at his heartbeat.
As authorities announced the arrest of a suspect in the public assassination of Charlie Kirk, people of all ages gathered at UNLV on Friday to memorialize the conservative activist, who had spoken on campus within the past year.
Steven Sotero, who was a retiree and motorcycle enthusiast, was in his 70s when he was unexpectedly hospitalized for late-stage liver disease.
Judge Dee Butler, during what would be the teen’s final disposition hearing, informed the court that she had already decided what his punishment would be.