The state pharmacy board placed two Nevada pharmacists on probation after they dispensed faulty weight loss drugs to local customers.
Estelle Atkinson
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Estelle Atkinson joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a breaking news reporter in May 2024. A native of the Philadelphia area, Estelle graduated with her Masters of Science in journalism from the University of Southern California Annenberg School in 2024 and with her Bachelor of Laws from the University of Oxford in 2023.
Las Vegas has nearly 8,000 homeless people, according to Metropolitan Police Department officer Baron Bybee. “This is the highest we’ve ever had,” Bybee said.
Assistant Sheriff Yasenia Yatomi shared more details Tuesday at Metro’s headquarters about a nonfatal officer-involved shooting last week.
The warden of Nevada’s maximum security prison said in a memo distributed to medical providers that medical care for inmates was neglected.
A man fatally shot inside a McDonald’s east of the Strip last week was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
The newly launched program is the first siblings grief support group in Southern Nevada for children and teens affected by the loss of a sibling to childhood cancer.
Boating guidelines dictate that all vessels should stay at least 100 feet away from a dive flag, but divers said that this is often not the case.
Police said a group of suspects conspired to steal watches worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from guests at a nightclub in one of the Strip’s hotel-casinos.
An Uber driver was shot and killed after he got out of his car on the Las Vegas Strip during a road rage incident Monday evening, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
A Clark County School District police officer dressed up as a turkey to walk pedestrians across a busy intersection, raising awareness for pedestrian traffic safety. More than 100 citations were issued for drivers who didn’t yield to pedestrians, or the turkey, police said.
Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill spoke of enveloping some of Las Vegas’ crime hotspots in a “technology bubble” that would “make it virtually impossible to commit crime.”
Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill said in an interview with two venture capitalists that Las Vegas’ marijuana black market persists, despite the drug’s legalization.
The officer who shot and killed Brandon Durham on Nov. 12 was dispatched to his house after Durham called to trespass a “house guest” on Nov. 10, police records show.
A man who police said drove impaired with a suspended license, hitting and killing an e-bicyclist, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence.
A civil rights activist estimated that hundreds will march the streets of downtown in honor of Brandon Durham, who was shot and killed by a Metro officer.