Las Vegas Herald news Las Vegas Herald news Rss feed

  • Rape Crisis Center celebrates new volunteers new location

    Brenda Carter wants to make a difference in the lives of women who have been sexually assaulted. The 53-year-old was once in their shoes when she became a victim at the age of 16. "I had too much to drink and I wasn't able to fight back," she recalled. "I don't think we ever completely heal. The feelings are always there." Carter was among 14 new volunteers who took ...

  • Protesters at Las Vegas tech show take aim at Mexican billionaires corrupt practices

    Jessica Padron, left, and members of Two Countries One Voice protest against Carlos Slim, a Mexican businessman listed as the second richest man in the world by Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, in front of the Venetian Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The group accuses Slim’s telecommunication companies of engaging in predatory and monopolistic practices. The protest coincides with CTIA, a ...

  • Jurors return guilty verdicts in capital case involving 2010 crime spree

    Family members of victim Prisma Contreras, from left, cousin Gabby Luna, sister Denise Espitia, and mother Josefine Contreras, react during the reading of the guilty verdicts against defendant Gregory Hover in courtroom 3E at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on ...

  • Slugger Jose Canseco accused of Vegas sexual assault

    (1 hr 4 mins ago) Slugger Jose Canseco accused of Vegas sexual assault Former baseball slugger Jose Canseco Jr has been accused of sexual assault in Las Vegas, in an investigation he made public with postings on a social media website claiming that a woman falsely accused him of rape. No arrest was made and police said no charges were immediately filed against the 48-year-old former Oakland ...

  • Wedding Chapel Celebrates 70 Years in Las Vegas

    LAS VEGAS -- After more than eight years of delays, a sex offender who worked as a nurse is going to prison for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old patient. The nursing board gave Paul Santiago a ...


partlycloudy
Las Vegas Weather
78°F Scattered Clouds
Winds: From the SW at 2 MPH Gusting to 13.0 MPH
Thu
clear
94° 64°
Fri
clear
84° 61°
Sat
clear
88° 63°
Last Updated on May 22, 10:03 PM PDT
Weather sourced from Weather Underground

Movie Review

Quai des Orfèvres [DVD]

Quai des Orfèvres [DVD]

Mistrust and sexual jealousy are the two poisons that fuel that plot of Henri-Georges Clouzots Quai des Orfvres, an early French film noir that was originally released in the U.S. under the title Jenny Lamour. The story carries the trademarks of Clouzots generally pessimistic outlook on human nature, although it is carried off with a sense of humor and a richness of character ... ...

On Facebook

  • Former Las Vegas youth soccer coach sentenced in rape of teen

    A former youth soccer coach who was accused of raping a team member has been sentenced to at least 23 years in prison. Court records show that Marvin Geovanny Juarez, who coached the Atleticos Club Las Vegas soccer team, pleaded guilty in March to attempted sexual assault of a minor, lewdness with a child, and use of a minor in the production of pornography. On Monday, District Judge Kathleen ...

  • Not a good alfalfa farming year for Nevadas Sen. Heller

    WASHINGTON -- It was a down year for the alfalfa farm owned in Nevada by Sen. Dean Heller. Heller reported $13,545 in hay sales off the family property in Smith Valley in 2012, a drop from $34,110 the year before. A financial disclosure report the Nevada Republican filed with the U.S. Senate this month suggested in a notation the "Heller Hay Farm" had a loss for 2012. The ...

  • Salmonella creates complications hard choices for pregnant Las Vegan

    Lyudmyla Radchenko is seen in a recent undated photo. Radchenko, who is nearly nine months pregnant, became ill with salmonella after eating at the Firefly on Paradise restaurant. Her pregnancy limits options for treatment and a C-section has been scheduled in the hopes of minimizing the baby's exposure to the ...

  • First wave of summer Wet n Wild ready to welcome crowds

    With thousands of season passes already sold, Wet 'n' Wild is bracing for a large turnout when it opens to VIP and select pass holders this weekend. The hotly anticipated water park in the southwest part of the valley can accommodate around 6,000 ...

  • Congress completes work on Stolen Valor Act

    WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday put the final touch on a bill to punish people who falsely pass themselves off as war heroes and try to profit from it. The Stolen Valor Act passed without dissent, two days after it was approved overwhelmingly by the House. Now it goes to the White House where President Barack Obama was expected to sign it into law. The pending law would make it a federal ...

More Las Vegas Herald news