A prosecutor in Hopewell, Va., says the case against Donald Long of Las Vegas, who is charged with killing his then-wife in Virginia in 1964, has suffered a setback.
Attorney Rick Newman told The Richmond-Times Dispatch that a Hopewell police worker is thought to have contaminated DNA evidence in the case with his or her own DNA.
Long, now 77, is charged with first-degree murder in the strangulation of 30-year-old Naomi Fulcher Long.
Hundreds of unsealed court documents reveal the contentious custody battle between Ashley Prince and Dennis Houston leading up to a fatal shooting in April.
A Las Vegas woman was arrested Thursday for her alleged participation in the U.S. Capitol riot after the 2020 presidential election.
A Clark County grand jury indicted three men accused of trafficking nearly 45 pounds of fentanyl, the illicit opioid said to be many more times more powerful than morphine.
Former Las Vegas gaming executive Scott Sibella was sentenced for knowingly allowing an illegal bookmaker to gamble at MGM Grand, violating anti-money-laundering laws.
Daniel Rodimer pleaded not guilty to murder in connection with the death of Christopher Tapp, who prosecutors say was fatally beaten at a Las Vegas Strip party.
Clark County commissioners approved the appointment of Nancy Lemcke, a 23-year veteran public defender, to lead the office.
Hicks, the former White House communications director under Donald Trump, is the first close adviser to testify in the criminal case against the former president.
Margaret Rudin, whose 2001 murder conviction in the death of her husband was overturned by a federal judge, filed a lawsuit against the state of Nevada on Thursday.
The Review-Journal has agreed to give prosecutors, police and defense attorneys the majority of files from the phone of slain investigative reporter Jeff German.
Grand jury transcripts provide more details in the murder case against the former pro wrestler and House candidate Daniel Rodimer, who denies the allegations.
