Las Vegas police have their hands full. In 2024, the number of traffic deaths was up. So was the number of shootings ...

Kirstin Downey, a former Civil Beat reporter, is a regular contributing columnist specializing in history, culture and the arts, and the occasional political issue. A former Washington Post ...

A federal jury has awarded more than $34 million to Kirstin Blaise Lobato, who served nearly 16 years in a Nevada state prison for a 2001 killing in Las Vegas she did not commit. No physical ...

A federal jury awarded $34 million to Kirstin Lobato, wrongly convicted twice and imprisoned for nearly 16 years for a 2001 Las Vegas murder she didn't commit. Las Vegas Woman Notoriously ...