The Clark County coroner’s office identified a woman who was found dead Friday on the side of an east Las Vegas road in a suspected homicide.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
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Ricardo Torres-Cortez covers the city of Las Vegas and Clark County. He returned to the Review-Journal, where he’d interned, after a five-year stint at the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. A Mexican-born graduate of UNLV, he’s passionate about soccer, video games, books and coffee.
Henderson and Las Vegas had signed onto an amicus brief after a lower court ruled that camping bans amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
A relative of the driver, who may have been racing him before the fatal crash in central Las Vegas, was arrested.
The gunman who killed five people at an apartment complex took his ex-girlfriend hostage after he fatally shot her daughter and the daughter’s girlfriend in her presence, police said.
The oldest Latino civil rights organization in the U.S. kicked off its national convention on the Strip.
After a gunman killed five people in North Las Vegas, mourners gathered to remember the victims. About 100 attended the vigil at the Craig Ranch Villas complex.
A 41-year-old man shot by Las Vegas police on Tuesday during a burglary call at a home is facing a half-dozen felony charges, according to court and jail records.
The economy remains the top issue among registered Latino voters in Nevada, according to pollsters, but another issue is also shaping voter sentiment.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified a man who was shot and killed by police after he allegedly pointed a rifle at officers in a downtown apartment complex.
A federal judge approved a $10 million settlement with the family of an autistic boy who had been abused by his teacher.
Do children in your household need a free and safe reprieve from scorching temperatures? Public parks have you covered.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Thursday identified one of two victims Las Vegas police said were shot to death in a southeast valley home earlier this month.
A jury returned a guilty verdict in the murder trial of a retired Metropolitan Police Department detective who killed her former son-in-law at her home in 2019.
Advocates with Make the Road Nevada on Monday called on President Joe Biden’s administration to expand the DACA program.
A Henderson man accused of firing 112 bullets in his condo on Friday night told police he was protecting himself from robbers. Investigators found no such evidence.
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