O.J. Simpson is back in a Las Vegas courtroom to ask for a new trial in the case that sent him to prison in 2008. He and a new set of lawyers hope to convince a judge that trial lawyer Yale Galanter shouldn't have handled Simpson's armed ca...
Former Republican Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a 2012 presidential candidate, is helping launch a new monthly radio talk show on SiriusXM satellite radio aimed at promoting bipartisan politics. The former U.S. ambassador to China and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, of West Virginia, will appear Wednesday on the inaugural edition of ...
A science teacher at Reno's Wooster High School is being honored by the Desert Research Institute. Genevieve Dierenga was selected for the Excellence in Environmental Education Award by the Eastern Sierra Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association. Drs. Judith Chow and John Watson, a pair of international air ...
Gov. Brian Sandoval wants to give businesses a break on payroll taxes for donating money to fund school choice scholarships. SB445 was presented earlier in the session the Senate Revenue Committee, which took no action. Instead the bill was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. A hearing is scheduled Monday. ...
WHY IS O.J. SIMPSON IN COURT? The 65-year-old former football star is serving nine to 33 years in a Nevada prison after a jury found him guilty in 2008 of leading the gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room. Simpson wants a new trial ...
Like a recurring nightmare, the return of O.J. Simpson to a Las Vegas courtroom come Monday will remind Americans of a tragedy that became a national obsession and in the process changed the country's attitude toward the justice system, the media and celebrity. His 1995 trial is the stuff of ...
President Barack Obama on Saturday praised the nation's police officers for everyday acts of courage, saying they often rush into danger to do "some really tough stuff." In a White House ceremony honoring some of the bravest, he said America need look no further than the Boston Marathon bombings to ...
A new report shows 200 people who dined at one of Las Vegas' most popular restaurants about a block off the Strip have reported food poisoning symptoms, making it the largest outbreak southern Nevada health officials have seen in at least a decade. Sick patrons who dined at Firefly, a ...
A California judge declined to refer ex-Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks to a mental health court program that would have diverted him into treatment and held him accountable along the way. The decision came at a court hearing Friday in Victorville, Calif. Another hearing is set for May 31 on the ...
O.J. Simpson will return next week to the Las Vegas courthouse where he was convicted of leading an armed sports memorabilia heist to ask a judge for a new trial on the grounds that his lawyer botched his case. Simpson will take the witness stand to testify that the Florida ...
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