Nevada

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo has signed a bill enshrining existing protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers.

Human remains found at diminished Lake Mead in Nevada have been identified as those of 52-year-old Claude Russell Pensinger, of Las Vegas, who disappeared in 1998, Clark County said in a statement Wednesday.

A former “Dances With Wolves” actor pleaded not guilty Wednesday to state charges that he sexually abused Indigenous women and girls for a decade in Nevada.

All five people aboard a small medical plane died when it crashed Friday night, shortly after disappearing from radar, officials said Saturday morning.

Nevada prosecutors told a judge Wednesday that a former “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls for decades should remain in custody because he was “grooming young children” to replace his older wives when he was arrested last week.

Nathan Chasing Horse is accused of abusing his position as the leader of a group called The Circle to physically and sexually assault Indigenous girls and women and take underage wives.

Las Vegas police on Tuesday arrested and raided the home of a former actor turned alleged cult leader accused of sexually assaulting young indigenous girls during a period spanning two decades, according to police records obtained by The Associated Press.

A federal lawsuit is seeking class-action damages for countless hotel patrons who booked rooms in Las Vegas since 2019.

The plow, called a Pistenbully, started sliding down a hill so Renner got out but without putting the emergency brake on, the report says. The plow — which runs on a track — was then sliding toward his nephew, who was in his truck. 

NBC News has obtained partially redacted audio from a 911 call made after Jeremy Renner got run over by a snowplow on New Year’s Day in Reno, Nevada, close to where the actor has a home.

Add Burning Man to the list of plaintiffs challenging one of the growing number of “green energy” projects in the works in Nevada.

A tiny Nevada toad at the center of a legal battle over a geothermal project has officially been declared an endangered species.

An 18-year-old girl has been found by Las Vegas Police after allegedly being locked in her bedroom by her mother and grandmother for over a year, authorities said.

The outcome follows days of protracted mail-in ballot counting, with the results hinging largely on Clark County, the state’s most populous.

Nevada’s ballot count is entering its final act and may determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. If Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto finishes ahead, her party will have a majority in the upper chamber thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaking vote. If Republican challenger Adam Laxalt wins, the GOP will have a shot at picking up its 51st...

Joe Gloria, Clark County registrar of voters, gave an update on the state’s ballot counting following Tuesday’s election.

A Las Vegas man who was fired from a McDonald’s for fighting with a customer now faces attempted murder charges after returning to the restaurant and shooting a former co-worker in the head. According to Telemundo affiliate KBLR-TV, Victor Villanueva, 28, of Las Vegas was arrested Saturday on a charge of attempted murder with a deadly weapon in connection with...

The nail-biting race between Democratic U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican challenger Adam Laxalt remained too early to call

Investigators said the woman’s 6-year-old son rushed to a neighbor’s house pleading for help and the neighbor then called 911.

An eleven-year-old bottlenose dolphin named K2 died Saturday, weeks after another dolphin died at the same facility and within months of the third.