The Clark County coroner’s office identified an armed motorist who was shot and killed by seven North Las Vegas police officers Saturday.
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.
Two teenage twins accused in commercial firework attacks in a Henderson church in March were indicted last week on several felony charges.
A gunman shot and killed after police said he appeared to threaten a motorist in a Henderson shopping center Thursday was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Six journalists joined the ranks of the Review-Journal’s newsgathering and production operations as part of the media outlet’s long-running summer internship program.
A 15-year-old boy fatally wounded in northeast Las Vegas during what police classified as a “drug transaction” earlier this month was identified Thursday.
The Clark County coroner’s office identified a teenager shot and killed early Sunday at a west valley house party.
A suspect accused in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian told investigators that she had struck construction equipment, according to her arrest report.
Two of three races for seats on the Las Vegas City Council may have been resolved in Tuesday’s primary election, according to early results.
Two tax measures in North Las Vegas were enjoying strong support in early voting results.
Former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley was the top vote-getter in the Las Vegas mayoral primary race, followed by Las Vegas Councilwoman Victoria Seaman.
Las Vegas police investigated a fatal crash and a killing at a house party, and two officers shot a person they said tried to stab someone.
Antisemitism will be officially defined in the Nevada System of Higher Education handbook, the state’s Board of Regents ruled.
Until recently, Las Vegas mayoral candidate Irina Hansen had never aspired to run for office.
It’s an ordinance some Las Vegas City Council members acknowledged would be nearly impossible to enforce.
A man accused of beating a victim to death and mutilating his face in downtown Las Vegas might go to trial.
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