The long battle over redistricting ended Friday when lawyers for the Republican and Democratic parties accepted the election district maps prepared by a district court-appointed panel of special masters.
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Two more Las Vegas men have pleaded guilty in a scheme to steal $4.4 million in state and federal unemployment benefits, U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden said Friday.
A federal court on Friday set the schedule for a lawsuit that seeks to force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to reopen its review of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site.
Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Eric Goodman set bail at $100,000 for a man charged with drunken driving after his vehicle struck and killed a 12-year-old girl while she was trick-or-treating in Summerlin on Halloween , records show.
A 28-year-old man pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and robbery charges in the beating death of an 82-year-old Henderson man in 2009.
A bench trial for champion boxer Floyd Mayweather on a misdemeanor battery charge scheduled for Friday will be delayed, A new trial date is expected to be set Friday afternoon by Las Vegas Justice of Peace Melissa Saragosa.
A 41-year-old man who was arrested for felony DUI after hitting a 12-year-old girl Monday night in Summerlin failed several field sobriety tests, but also registered under the legal limit in a breath test that was taken nearly three hours after the crash.
A defendant in a federal drug case was sentenced behind closed doors Thursday to about eight years in prison.
A former Chaparral High School mariachi teacher was sentenced to three years probation Wednesday for having sexual conduct with a student.
The U.S. Marshals Service has been ordered to seize $63,720 from Righthaven LLC, a company that files copyright infringement lawsuits, to fulfill a judgment against the company. A writ of execution was requested by lawyers for Kentucky website poster Wayne Hoehn, who obtained the judgment for legal fees after winning a lawsuit Righthaven filed against him.
Several Supreme Court justices made spirited defenses Wednesday on behalf of a Clark County district judge who has been blocked from collecting retirement benefits that he earned earlier in his career. Despite justices’ comments supporting District Judge Douglas Smith, the Supreme Court made no decision Wednesday on whether Smith can collect a full $160,000-a-year district judge salary and retirement benefits.
The founder of the “Girls Gone Wild” video empire has upped the ante in a legal dispute over a $2 million casino debt with Strip casino developer Steve Wynn and the Wynn Las Vegas casino.