Las Vegas News

President Obama has nominated Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Gloria Navarro for a federal judgeship in Nevada.

Taxable sales in Nevada plunged 17.8 percent in October compared with the same month last year, marking the 12th straight month of double-digit declines, the state Department of Taxation reported.

A woman who claims she was ignored in a hospital emergency room so long that she went home and gave birth to a premature baby who died has filed a federal lawsuit against two Las Vegas hospitals.

Three separate fires have raged in Las Vegas this morning, injuring four people and displacing dozens others.

Six alleged gang members pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in the slaying of an off-duty Las Vegas police officer during a shootout in what authorities say was a botched robbery.

LAS VEGAS -- The iconic Las Vegas sign has been vandalized for the second time this year, and a half-naked man wearing a barrel and a Santa hat has been charged in connection with the graffiti.

The American Cancer Society is suing the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, seeking to invalidate a newly enacted state law allowing smoking at some trade shows.

Las Vegas police on Tuesday arrested a 50-year-old man in connection with the discovery of a woman found dead in her apartment on Dec.

A 69-year-old Las Vegas man is apologizing for defacing the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign, weeks before he faces a judge on a misdemeanor property damage charge.

The federal Bureau of Land Management is reopening public comment on plans to transfer land to Clark County for a Las Vegas public shooting park.

An elderly man was found dead this morning when firefighters responded to a fire in a Las Vegas apartment.

Las Vegas illusionists Penn & Teller are again offering free tickets while bringing a touch of the macabre to Christmas with an annual campaign supporting southern Nevada's regional blood bank.

Singer LeAnn Rimes and Dean Sheremet arrive at the 43rd annual Academy Of Country Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 18, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell attends the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 at the Cox Pavilion at UNLV August 10, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The federal Drug Enforcement Administration is one of three agencies investigating the manufacture and distribution of Vegas Mixx - a crudely marketed combination of Valium and Viagra that promised to heal sexual dysfunction and was targeted for the local nightclub scene - sources tell the Las Vegas Sun.

The FBI says violent crimes and robberies decreased slightly in and around Las Vegas in the first half of 2009, compared with the same period in 2008.

Police say Clark County coroner's investigators will have to identify a body found in the trunk of a burned vehicle in the desert northeast of Las Vegas.

A Nevada grand jury has indicted six alleged gang members in the slaying of an off-duty Las Vegas police officer during what authorities say was a botched robbery inside his garage.

A local teacher has been arrested on accusations of sexual misconduct with a student.

A teenager was arrested Wednesday in the shooting death of his mother in North Las Vegas, but the motive behind the slaying is not yet known.