A report released Tuesday by the nonprofit Violence Policy Center says Nevada had the highest rate of domestic violence killings of men against women in the nation. Nevada’s rate of homicides per 100,000 people was 2.7. Alabama was second with a rate of 2.64 per 100,000 people.
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Without much discussion, the County Commission unanimously approved Tuesday a $225,000 settlement with Roshunda Abney, who didn’t know she was pregnant when she unsuccessfully tried to get treatment at University Medical Center in 2009. The agreement was dated Sept. 9.
The government’s crackdown on Internet poker ensnared two of the game’s best-known superstars Tuesday while a prosecutor accused one website of being a “massive ponzi scheme,” defrauding players of more than $443 million. Poker professionals Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson were added as defendants in a civil money laundering complaint against online gaming company FullTilt Poker, saying the players and executives funneled money to their own accounts, rendering FullTilt insolvent.
If Paris Hilton can make it to about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday without getting arrested, her current Las Vegas legal woes will be over. Barring a midnight malfeasance, the hotel heiress’s one-year probation is up.
A High Desert State Prison inmate who attempted to escape early Sunday morning is recovering from gunshot wounds, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
The Henderson police officer who shot a Las Vegas man armed with two handguns about 9:30 a.m. Friday has been identified as Keith Massenburg. He was hired in 2008, according to the department.
A federal prosecutor told a jury Monday that Nicholas Bickle abused the power of the Navy SEAL uniform he wore to court on the first day of his arms-smuggling trial.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the male teen found shot dead in a southeast valley Kmart parking lot early Saturday morning as 17-year-old Martin Jefferson Jr., of Las Vegas.
A man was pronounced dead early Sunday at University Medical Center a few hours after Las Vegas police officers responded to a shots-fired call at the Avila Park Apartments in the 1800 block of North Decatur Boulevard.
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