A climber was found alive a few hours after being reported missing at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on Wednesday, Las Vegas police said.
A man was hit and killed by a train in North Las Vegas at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
A Las Vegas police gang crimes officer fired his weapon at a suspect and missed Wednesday night. The gang unit was on routine patrol and stopped two people who then fled near Edmond Street and Flamingo Road. Police said an officer fired one shot after one of the men showed “some sort of movement” while running away.
Pets and their homeless owners lined up early Wednesdy for free vaccinations at
Project Homeless Connect. The annual event brought together dozens of agencies that help the homeless in search of jobs, housing, free food and clothing, haircuts, dental screenings, legal help and other services. Since 2006, their pets have gotten free vaccinations and medications.
The Personhood Nevada organization will push ahead with its initiative petition drive to outlaw abortion, despite a crushing defeat Tuesday of a similar initiative in Mississippi.
Clark County commissioners next week will consider a more than $30 million Electronic Medical Records system that is expected to streamline patient information and billing records into an online database at University Medical Center.
The Federal Aviation Administration says authorities have located the wreckage of a small plane in west-central Arizona and all three people aboard died.
A Las Vegas police officer is being treated for what appears to be minor injuries after a vehicle crashed into his patrol car Wednesday afternoon.
LOS ANGELES — Eddie Murphy has bowed out of his gig as host of the Academy Awards, following pal Brett Ratner’s decision to leave the show as producer because of an uproar over a gay slur.
Dr. Conrad Murray’s felony conviction for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson could stop him from obtaining a medical license to practice again in Nevada.
While Las Vegas tourism numbers rose 5.5 percent in September over the same month in 2010, convention attendance soared with a 49.1 percent increase over the same period. In all, 3.29 million tourists visited Las Vegas in September, but 434,373 attended conventions.
Another former homeowners association board member pleaded guilty Wednesday in the federal investigation into fraud and corruption at Las Vegas Valley associations. Daniel Solomon, who served on the board of the southwest valley’s Vistana condominium complex, is the ninth defendant to strike a deal in the investigation, which has targeted lawyers, judges and former police officers.
Cable companies said Wednesday that they will offer Internet service for $9.95 per month to homes with children that are eligible for free school lunches.
The contents of the home at 100 North Carolwood Drive in Los Angeles — where pop star Michael Jackson was living when he died on June 25, 2009 — sit neatly on display, awaiting the auction block.
Bil Keane, the cartoonist whose “Family Circus” mixed humor with traditional family values, entertaining readers for nearly a half-century, died Tuesday.
The final 15 minutes of the World Series of Poker’s Main Event was as furious and bizarre as the night’s initial four hands some six hours earlier. In the end, 22-year-old German college student Pius Heinz stood at the top of the poker universe, earning $8.715 million for his win in the $10,000 buy-in No Limit Hold’em World Championship at the Rio.
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