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KEN RITTER

KEN RITTER

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Crime|News

Nevada judge is back to work a day after being attacked by defendant who jumped atop her

A Nevada judge was back to work Thursday after being injured in an attack by a defendant in a felony battery case who charged forward and launched himself over the judge’s bench when it became clear that he was being sentenced to prison

Nevada judge is back to work a day after being attacked by defendant who jumped atop her
Crime|News|US|Videos

Nevada judge attacked by defendant in viral court video finishes sentencing him

A man who was videotaped leaping over a judicial bench and attacking a Nevada judge is being sentenced to up to four years in prison

Nevada judge attacked by defendant in viral court video finishes sentencing him
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|News|US

Former gang leader charged in killing of Tupac Shakur is allowed $750K bail and house arrest

A judge in Nevada has set bail at $750,000 for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with orchestrating the killing of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur in 1996

Former gang leader charged in killing of Tupac Shakur is allowed $750K bail and house arrest
Crime|Education|News|US

Police reports and video released of campus officer kneeling on teen near Las Vegas high school

School officials in Las Vegas have released police reports and body camera footage under court order of a campus officer kneeling on a Black student last year

Police reports and video released of campus officer kneeling on teen near Las Vegas high school
Crime|Entertainment|News

Former gang leader charged with killing Tupac Shakur gets new lawyer who points to 'historic' trial

A former Los Angeles-area gang leader jailed in the 1996 killing of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur has hired a private attorney to represent him ahead of his murder trial

Former gang leader charged with killing Tupac Shakur gets new lawyer who points to 'historic' trial
Business|Lifestyle|Technology|US

Nevada attorney general launches go-it-alone lawsuits against social media firms in state court

Nevada’s attorney general has launched a go-it-alone legal fight accusing TikTok, Snapchat and Meta of creating what one lawsuit calls “an addiction machine” that exploits children too young to have self-control

Nevada attorney general launches go-it-alone lawsuits against social media firms in state court
Celebrity|Entertainment|Lifestyle|Sports|Travel

Taylor Swift could make it to the Super Bowl from Tokyo. Finding private jet parking, that's tricky.

If Taylor Swift is jetting from her upcoming concert in Tokyo to Las Vegas to see boyfriend Travis Kelce play in the Super Bowl, she’d better already have a place to park her plane

Taylor Swift could make it to the Super Bowl from Tokyo. Finding private jet parking, that's tricky.
Crime|News|Sports

Officials tout Super Bowl plans to crimp counterfeiting, ground drones, curb human trafficking

Federal and local officials say they're taking steps to crimp counterfeiting, ground drones and curb human trafficking during Super Bowl week in Las Vegas

Officials tout Super Bowl plans to crimp counterfeiting, ground drones, curb human trafficking
Business|Health|News|US

Nevada jury awards $130M to 5 people who had liver damage after drinking bottled water

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

Business|Celebrity|Entertainment|News

Nevada high court dismisses casino mogul Steve Wynn's defamation suit against The Associated Press

Nevada's Supreme Court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by casino mogul Steve Wynn against The Associated Press

Nevada high court dismisses casino mogul Steve Wynn's defamation suit against The Associated Press
Celebrity|Entertainment

Usher, Goicoechea got marriage license days before Super Bowl halftime show. But have they used it?

Usher and longtime partner Jenn Goicoechea got a marriage license last week in Las Vegas, days ahead of the 45-year-old R&B superstar’s headline performance at the Super Bowl halftime show

Usher, Goicoechea got marriage license days before Super Bowl halftime show. But have they used it?
Environment

Weakening wind but more snow after massive blizzard in the Sierra Nevada

The winds are expected to wane, but more snow is on the way after a powerful blizzard howled through the Sierra Nevada mountains

Weakening wind but more snow after massive blizzard in the Sierra Nevada
News|Technology|Travel|US

TSA unveils passenger self-screening lanes at Vegas airport as 'a step into the future'

Federal airport security officials have unveiled a passenger self-screening checkpoint at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas that they plan to test this year before beginning to use it around the country

TSA unveils passenger self-screening lanes at Vegas airport as 'a step into the future'
Crime|News|US|Videos

UNLV releases video of campus shooter killed by police after 3 professors shot dead

New video has been released of a shootout between a campus police officer and a gunman that ended a deadly rampage last December at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

UNLV releases video of campus shooter killed by police after 3 professors shot dead
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|News|US|Videos

OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in 'trial of the century,' dies at 76

O.J. Simpson has died

OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in 'trial of the century,' dies at 76
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|News

Legendary athlete, actor and millionaire: O.J. Simpson's murder trial lost him the American dream

For a long time, O.J. Simpson had it all

Legendary athlete, actor and millionaire: O.J. Simpson's murder trial lost him the American dream
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|News|US

OJ Simpson was chilling with a beer on a couch before Easter, lawyer says. 2 weeks later he was dead

O.J. Simpson's longtime lawyer in Las Vegas says the end came quickly

OJ Simpson was chilling with a beer on a couch before Easter, lawyer says. 2 weeks later he was dead
Celebrity|Crime|Sports

OJ Simpson has been cremated, estate attorney in Las Vegas says. No public memorial is planned

O.J. Simpson's lawyer in Las Vegas says the former football star and celebrity criminal defendant has been cremated

OJ Simpson has been cremated, estate attorney in Las Vegas says. No public memorial is planned
Technology|Travel|US

From Sin City to the City of Angels, building starts on high-speed rail line

Groundbreaking on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area is just about here

From Sin City to the City of Angels, building starts on high-speed rail line
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|News

Ex-gang leader's account of Tupac Shakur killing is fiction, defense lawyer in Vegas says

The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing music legend Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas says his client’s accounts of the killing are fiction

Ex-gang leader's account of Tupac Shakur killing is fiction, defense lawyer in Vegas says
Business|Crime|US

Former Las Vegas casino executive sentenced to year of probation in bookmaking money laundering case

A former top executive at Las Vegas Strip casinos has been sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty to violating federal anti-money laundering rules

Former Las Vegas casino executive sentenced to year of probation in bookmaking money laundering case
News|Sports

Former NFL coach Jon Gruden loses Nevada high court ruling in NFL emails lawsuit

Former NFL coach Jon Gruden has lost a Nevada Supreme Court ruling in a contract interference and conspiracy lawsuit he filed against the league after he resigned from the Las Vegas Raiders in 2021

Former NFL coach Jon Gruden loses Nevada high court ruling in NFL emails lawsuit
Health|Opinion|US

Nevada abortion-rights measure has enough signatures for November ballot, supporters say

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

Nevada abortion-rights measure has enough signatures for November ballot, supporters say
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|News|US

Ex-gang leader facing trial in Tupac Shakur killing seeking release from Vegas jail on $750K bail

A former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music legend Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas will ask a judge next week to let him out of jail pending trial on a murder charge

Ex-gang leader facing trial in Tupac Shakur killing seeking release from Vegas jail on $750K bail
Crime|Election|US

Fake elector case in Nevada dismissed over venue question, state attorney general vows appeal

A Nevada judge has dismissed a criminal indictment against six Republicans accused of submitting certificates to Congress falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner of the state’s 2020 presidential election

Fake elector case in Nevada dismissed over venue question, state attorney general vows appeal

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