Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) is currently investigating a deadly motor vehicle collision that took place shortly after midnight on Saturday, December 13, 2025, at the intersection of West Oakey Boulevard and Western Avenue. The incident involved a 2023 Nissan Ariya and a 2004 Yamaha 1100 motorcycle. Initial...

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill has delivered a candid and unsettling assessment of the city’s ongoing struggle with traffic fatalities, a core public safety issue where personal accountability appears to be dangerously eroding. Despite setting a clear goal for 2025, the sheriff has had to admit failure,...

The recent, politically-motivated government shutdown—the longest in state history—concluded on the Senate floor Thursday, but not before lawmakers like Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D) secured a vote on extending expensive, temporary federal health care tax credits. These subsidies, which primarily flow through the already flawed Affordable Care Act (ACA)...

The National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas is proceeding under heightened scrutiny due to an ongoing multi-state outbreak of an equine virus, specifically Equine Herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1). The highly contagious virus, which can cause respiratory symptoms or, in its more severe neurological form (EHM), paralysis and death, has infected at...

The U.S. Department of Justice has expanded its legal campaign against state election officials, filing new federal lawsuits against Nevada, Colorado, Hawaii, and Massachusetts for failing to provide statewide voter registration lists when requested. With these filings, the total number of states now facing DOJ action has risen to 18,...

Police in northwest Las Vegas are investigating an incident that resulted in the deaths of two men late Thursday evening. Authorities responded to a residence where they discovered both individuals deceased from gunshot wounds. Preliminary reports indicate the event stemmed from a confrontation between the two men, which escalated to...