A North Las Vegas police SWAT officer shot a man while trying to disarm him just after midnight New Year’s Day, the first officer-involved shooting for the department in two years, and the first for the valley in 2011.
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Edward Colucci would laugh after punching and smacking his girlfriend’s 5- and 8-year-old sons. The 33-year-old laughed while forcing the 5-year-old to eat vomit-covered rice.
It was a nationwide story: A Las Vegas judge was so concerned about her own needs that she made jurors in a murder trial pull an all-nighter rather than delay her vacation.
Michael Douglas is the new chief justice of the Nevada Supreme Court, taking over the leadership role at a critical time.
A 46-year-old Las Vegas man has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the smuggling of 161 pounds of khat, a drug commonly found in northeastern Africa and the Middle East.
Casino bosses are serving notice to the bandit who made off with $1.5 million in chips from the Bellagio: Try to redeem those worth $25,000 soon or they’ll become worthless. Bellagio owner MGM Resorts International is discontinuing its standard $25,000 chip and calling for all gamblers to redeem them by April 22.
Station Casinos will cover the $13,000 loss the Salvation Army suffered after its headquarters was burglarized last weekend, officials announced Wednesday.