Nevada
Nev. couple sentenced in Ore. welfare fraud case
An Oregon judge has sentenced a Nevada couple who received $229,000 in unjustified payments from state and county agencies and an insurance company. The Oregonian says (http://is.gd/VGh7Tf ) Lakisha Muhammad was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison while her husband, Donte Muhammad, received a three-year sentence. Clackamas County Circuit ...
California fuels $550 million Powerball jackpot
The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it became the newest in the nation to join the madness over Powerball, which saw its jackpot soar Thursday to $550 million. California has sold $83 million worth of Powerball tickets since it started selling them ...
Police shoot man who pulled out replica pistol
Police say a 29-year-old man was critically injured after pulling a pellet gun and being shot by police in downtown Las Vegas. Authorities say their confrontation with Miguel Alejandro Martinez happened about 1:30 a.m. Thursday near Charleston Boulevard and Bruce Street. Officials say trouble began Wednesday evening, when Martinez's roommate ...
Bill creating emergency water permits advances
Permits allowing livestock owners in drought stricken areas emergency access to water moves closer to law with an Assembly committee's nod of approval. The Assembly Natural Resources Committee unanimously passed SB134 on Thursday. It's a response to a system flaw revealed last year when ranchers tried to get water for ...
OJ back in court; Day 4 of bid for new Vegas trial
The lead defense attorney in O.J. Simpson's armed robbery trial had a conflict of interest because he could have been a witness in the case, a lawyer who worked on Simpson's unsuccessful appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court testified Thursday. Witness Malcolm LaVergne said that defense attorney Yale Galanter's conflict ...
Vegas lawyer pleads guilty in $3.6M mortgage fraud
A Las Vegas attorney accused of a mortgage fraud scheme that caused $3.6 million in losses has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge. Authorities say 54-year-old Stanley Walton pleaded Wednesday to conspiracy to commit bank, mail and wire fraud. He faces up to 30 years in prison at sentencing Aug. ...
Senate committee approves 3 judicial nominees
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved three of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees, including one for an influential appeals court, for a full Senate vote. Senators voted 18-0 to move forward with nomination of Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, considered ...
Nevada Tahoe bill clears Assembly committee
An Assembly committee made short work of a bill repealing Nevada's threat to leave the bistate Tahoe Compact. SB229 cleared the Assembly Government Affairs Committee on a unanimous vote Thursday. It now goes the floor. The bill repeals a law passed by the 2011 Legislature that paved the way for ...
Nev. jobless rate down to 9.6 percent in April
Nevada's unemployment rate ticked down a notch in April to 9.6 percent as the state saw a gain of 5,600 nonfarm jobs from the month before, the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported Thursday. The jobless rate is down 2 percentage points year-over-year. It's also down slightly from 9.7 ...
Murder charges sought for man in 5 Nevada deaths
Authorities in northern Nevada are seeking murder charges against a 25-year-old man they believe is responsible for killing five people, carjacking a newspaper deliveryman, and setting fire to an elderly couple's home all in a matter of hours. Lyon County Sheriff Allen Veil said it appears Jeremiah Bean acted alone ...
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