A 15-year-old Southern California girl died of her injuries two days after she jumped onto the speeding car of a robber who snatched her iPhone, and detectives are asking for the public’s help in finding two suspects.
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A state panel has settled two civil rights lawsuits with a Las Vegas woman who alleged a Clark County District Court marshal groped her in August 2011.
A game warden and a park ranger “miraculously” found a woman without a life jacket in the middle of Lake Mead about 8 p.m., more than three hours after she started treading water.
Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for bribery, money laundering and other corruption that spanned his two terms as mayor — including the chaotic years after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.
Faced with potentially hungry — and grumpy — passengers, a Frontier Airlines pilot treated them to pizza when storms diverted a Denver-bound flight to Cheyenne, where the plane was stuck for a couple of hours.
Two-year-old Kayden Elijah Kinckle was born with a crippling birth defect, but despite these physical disabilities, the toddler has managed to beat the odds and walk again … and his joy is infectious.
The head of the California Highway Patrol said he was shocked and the agency’s reputation is hurt by a video showing an officer repeatedly punching a woman he pinned on the side of a Los Angeles freeway. CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow vowed a prompt comprehensive investigation.
A Yankees fan has filed a $10 million lawsuit against two ESPN announcers contending they mocked him when he was caught on national television sleeping in his seat during a game at Yankee Stadium.
Joey Kadmiri tried to steal the props and costumes — even the underwear — of “Thunder From Down Under” performers and fought violently when they caught him, a prosecutor told jurors Monday as Kadmiri’s trial opened.
Priscilla Presley is asking fans of her late ex-husband Elvis Presley to “please calm down” after a report that two jets — the Lisa Marie and the Hound Dog II — could be removed from Graceland.
A Henderson woman’s find of more than $11,000 feeds increase in the number of Nevadans claiming their abandoned property, according to the state treasurer’s office.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s scorched-earth campaign to “demonize” the libertarian-minded Koch brothers hasn’t hurt them, Tim Phillips, the president of the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity, said Tuesday.
A North Carolina mom was temporarily banned from Facebook for posting a picture of her 2-year-old daughter and her friend that she thought resembled a 1953 Coppertone picture.
A woman accused of abandoning her baby at a Manhattan subway station was arrested Tuesday after telling detectives she was homeless and felt she could no longer take care of the little girl, a police department spokesman said.
The Israeli military launched a major offensive Tuesday in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, striking more than 100 sites and mobilizing troops for a possible ground invasion in what Israel called an operation aimed at stopping a heavy salvo of rocket attacks from the Palestinian territory.