For the first time in 37 years, the Clark County School District will be without any year-round schools when the new school year begins Aug. 30.
Term-limited Republican state Sen. Randolph Townsend of Reno was appointed to the Nevada Gaming Commission on Wednesday, giving the five-person policymaking panel its only member from the northern part of the state.
A former Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stalking a woman who was a victim of child pornography.
Nevada’s taxable sales fell by their smallest percentage in more than a year in February, as several long-suffering retail categories turned sales declines into gains.
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Wednesday finally agreed to debate a Wall Street reform bill, but not before a frustrated Majority Leader Harry Reid charged that an ongoing GOP filibuster was “anti-American.”
A man who volunteered for years at University Medical Center is accused of paying about $8,000 to a trauma unit employee for confidential patient records and then using the information to solicit clients for personal injury lawyers.
Passenger counts at McCarran International Airport fell for the second straight month, but international travelers continued to keep the numbers from a deeper decline.
The funeral for Ian Michael Deutch, the Nye County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was shot and killed Monday in Pahrump, will be Saturday in Las Vegas.
CHICAGO — Four common bad habits combined – smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet – can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests. The findings are from a study that tracked nearly 5,000 British adults for 20 years, and they highlight yet another reason to adopt a healthier lifestyle.
NEW YORK — Sandra Bullock has filed for divorce from her husband, Jesse James, and is adopting a baby boy as a single parent. “Yes, I have filed for divorce,” the 45-year-old Oscar-winning actress said in an interview with People magazine. “I’m sad and I am scared.” Bullock and James, 41, began the adoption process four years ago, the People article said, and brought 3 1/2-month-old Louis Bardo Bullock home in January.
WASHINGTON — Gay rights opponents are asking the Supreme Court to protect the anonymity of the signers of a petition that sought a vote to overturn Washington state’s domestic partnership rights. The case being argued at the high court Wednesday weighs the right to political speech, unfettered by fear of intimidation, against transparency in government.