Writer: Ken Ritter

August 19, 2016
10:46 pm

A US MH-60S Seahawk helicopter launches flares during a drill in the skies above the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Mediterranean Sea on July 25, 2012. (photo credit: Seaman Joshua E. Walters/ US Navy, Department of Defense)

2 US crashes, no serious injuries, at joint air exercises with Israel, Pakistan

4 hurt when chopper goes down, hours after jet pilot forced to eject; no confirmation of nationalities of wounded

By Ken Ritter

December 24, 2015
3:33 am

In this Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, file photo, an exterior sign for the Las Vegas Review-Journal is seen in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Vegas newspaper editor steps down after sale to Adelson

‘My resignation probably comes as a relief to the new owners,’ says Mike Hengel after paper bought by casino tycoon

By Ken Ritter

December 24, 2015
3:26 am

Sheldon Adelson, 2014 (Ethan Miller/Getty Images, via JTA)

Feud with Nevada judge said linked to Adelson newspaper purchase

Las Vegas Review-Journal editor Mike Hengel steps down after refusing to publish story about judge

By BRADY McCOMBS and Ken Ritter

May 10, 2015
8:08 pm

Casino magnate and Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2014. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP)

Beheading plot raised during Adelson court testimony

Casino magnate defends his multibillion-dollar empire from accusations of bribery, organized crime links

By Ken Ritter

January 18, 2013
10:55 pm

Mazen Alotaibi appears in Las Vegas Justice Court for a hearing at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Thursday. Alotaibi faces kidnapping, sexual assault with a minor and felony coercion charges. (AP Photo by Leila Navidi/Las Vegas Sun)

Bail $1.22M for Saudi sergeant in Vegas rape case

Aircraft mechanic jailed since New Year’s Eve on charges of raping a minor will plead not guilty, says defense attorney

By Ken Ritter

July 19, 2012
1:40 am

Businessman Sheldon Adelson, left, and his wife, Miriam, on a trip to Israel (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)

Adelson fires back at prostitution claim

Casino magnate blasts former exec for ‘inflammatory and personally derogatory’ accusation

By Ken Ritter