A retired Metropolitan Police Department detective pleaded no contest Thursday to one count of attempted libel after being accused of harassing his former supervisor.
Estelle Atkinson

From a visitor center with a view of Red Rock Canyon, BLM Park Ranger Justin O’Dell said it’s often overlooked that outside of the U.S., the threat of dying on the job persists for rangers.
Two of the three inmates who were killed at Ely State Prison were identified by the White Pine County Sheriff’s Office.
The 52-year-old Quebec man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Las Vegas.
Prometric, an educational testing service, announced former CCSD Superintendent Jesús Jara as the company’s new global practice leader.
Three inmates were killed and several others injured in a fight that broke out at Ely State Prison, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
“Shame on Caltrans and California,” said Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman after a truck carrying lithium turned over on its side, causing a weekend shutdown of I-15.
Under the glow of white tabletop lamps, volunteers carefully separated small seeds from dirt and debris inside a small warehouse on Saturday morning.
It’s an issue prospective renters will be all too familiar with: the advertised rent on your apartment might not be telling the whole truth.
Two “travel-associated cases of Legionnaires’ disease” are being investigated at a Strip resort.
The National Park Service is closing a camping site in Lake Mead after an influx of “residential-type visitors” led to damaged natural resources and high rates of crime.
Northbound I-15 reopened early Sunday morning some 44 hours after a truck crash and fire left motorists stuck on two major California freeways leading to Las Vegas.
A man was arrested Wednesday and is now facing a murder charge for a May shooting that left a homeless man dead in downtown Las Vegas, records show.
A man who was taken into custody and is now facing a murder charge in a 2003 cold-case homicide appeared in court Thursday morning.
A man was arrested in connection with a suspected homicide that left a woman dead in the middle of the road in east valley.