Nevada

A man who was captured on video attacking a judge in a Las Vegas courtroom after vaulting over her bench and desk has been sentenced to decades in prison.

Authorities say a man fatally shot five people and wounded a 13-year-old girl before shooting himself as he was confronted by police near Las Vegas.

“How did it get up there?” The Las Vegas Police Department is investigating a mysterious monolith that appeared on a hiking trail.

United States District Court judge Larry R. Hicks was hit by a car and killed outside the federal courthouse in Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. He was 80.

Abortion access advocates in Nevada say they have submitted almost twice the number of petition signatures needed to qualify a measure for the November ballot that would enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution. Officials still have to verify signatures.

John Matthew Chapman admitted leading the woman to believe the two were taking a road trip to Las Vegas for a photo shoot, prosecutors said. Instead, they said, he brought her to a Nevada desert, tied her up and suffocated her. They added that he admitted killing her for her money.

The boy’s school contacted police requesting help with a “truancy issue,” which prompted officers to perform a wellness check at his home.

A 17-year-old Nevada girl has been arrested on charges that include murder after she called police in Reno and said she’d fatally shot her father and younger brother because she “couldn’t control the urge to kill somebody,” court documents say.

A Nevada jury has awarded about $130 million in damages in a lawsuit filed by five people who suffered liver damage before bottled water marketed by a Las Vegas-based company was recalled in 2021.

A person is in custody after climbing to the top of the Sphere in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said.

The city’s distinctive nickname has its origin in the early 1900s when illicit activities, including gambling and prostitution, became prevalent in Clarks County.

In a violent scene captured by courtroom video, the judge fell back from her seat against a wall and suffered some injuries but was not hospitalized, courthouse officials said.

A Las Vegas judge was attacked during a sentencing hearing on Wednesday.

A suspect and two other people are dead following a series of shootings, carjackings and pursuits involving both local and state police in Las Vegas.

A preliminary investigation suggests there was confusion among pilots just before a fatal mid-air collision at the National Championship Air Races last month but sheds little light on why.

Scientists charged with making sure the United States’ aging stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go, if needed, say they’ll start shipping key components to the Nevada desert next year.

Tens of thousands of hospitality workers in Las Vegas have voted to authorize a strike that could disrupt dozens of hotels and casinos.

Aviation experts say it was likely a visibility issue that caused two racing pilots to collide in mid-air while preparing to land in Reno last weekend. The first- and second-place winners of the National Air Race Championships could have crashed due to an aircraft blind spot, glare from the sun or even a moment of lost focus.

A Las Vegas newspaper is being viciously attacked online for its coverage of an alleged murder of a retired police chief, either because of a misunderstanding or a deliberate attempt to mislead.

Officials say two veteran California pilots were killed when their World War II-era planes collided in midair after completing a race and preparing to land over the weekend at the National Championship Air Races north of Reno.