An ex-convict from Mississippi pleaded not guilty in Las Vegas to murder and sex assault charges in the cold case slayings of three women 16 years apart.
Federal prosecutors say the controller for a firm that built several residential high-rises in Las Vegas and an alleged accomplice have been arrested and accused of stealing almost $6 million from the company over a five year span.
Lawyers for a former Las Vegas doctor facing criminal charges in a hepatitis C outbreak in 2007 want a judge to suspend proceedings and determine again whether he's competent for trial.
The 22-year-old father of one of three young children killed in a Las Vegas mobile home fire last June has been arrested on felony murder and child neglect charges.
A Las Vegas firefighter has been indicted, along with a homeless man he's accused of hiring for the fatal hammer slaying of the firefighter's estranged cocktail waitress wife.
A Nigerian immigrant who was tried twice and acquitted of child abuse charges in Las Vegas is suing prosecutors and child protective services officials who he says tried for five months to prevent him from returning to his family.
Clark County Family Court Judge Steven Jones, who was indicted on federal fraud charges in October, now is facing allegations of misconduct stemming from a relationship he had last year with a prosecutor who appeared before him.
Nevada was one of only 19 U.S. states that added construction jobs between October and November but still ranks second to last in the country in terms of loss of construction workers compared to a year ago.
A Romanian man was sentenced to eight years and one month in federal prison and a Russian woman got almost six years for scamming victims out of more than $4.4 million by selling non-existent cars over the Internet.
A federal magistrate declined to order a psychological evaluation for a teenager accused of proclaiming himself a militia leader, collecting guns and explosives and talking about staging a mass casualty attack in Las Vegas.
Officials have banned backpacks at a Henderson high school in a move district officials say is meant to calm families and students jittery after recent shootings.
The House Ethics Committee has concluded that congresswoman Shelley Berkley of Nevada violated House rules and laws by using her official position to benefit her husband's medical practice.