What Ron LaGrande had planned –– a 10-mile ride on his $8,500 Trek Madone racing bike to get some exercise –– did not include seeing winged people flying or being forced to learn how to fly with them in order to earn a thirst-quenching red soda.

Cashel Gardner and his sister Allie have spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic condition that has robbed them of their ability to use their own muscles.

Sunday will be a different sort of Mother’s Day for Stacey Escalante. Not bad-different. Just different-different.

Hours after a new report was released that more than doubled the number of people who reported food poisoning symptoms from his Firefly restaurant near the Strip, owner John Simmons visited another of his tapas eateries and tried to make sense of the fact that his dream come true turned into a nightmare for at least 200 of his customers.

If you show up at Valley Hospital experiencing heart failure and shock with major complications, the charge for treatment is $109,869.45, nearly 2.5 times the treatment charge at University Medical Center, which is just a few steps away.

WASHINGTON — For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city.

A diabetic, mentally ill patient was bused to Oklahoma from the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in February without medication or the equipment needed to check blood sugar levels during the trip.

Sean Willingham figures he’s racked up more than a half-dozen significant injuries during his bull riding career.