Two criminal investigators successfully tracked a woman wanted for several fraud and theft charges to the MGM Grand on Tuesday only to see her jump from a balcony and fall 35 floors to her death, according to law enforcement documents obtained Friday.
JOHANNESBURG – Chimpanzees at a sanctuary for the animals in eastern South Africa pulled an American researcher who was leading a tour into their enclosure, bit him severely and dragged him nearly half a mile (kilometer).
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Friday that President Barack Obama’s health care law “will be a dis- aster” and an economic drag on the nation as it imposes a new tax on Americans who refuse to buy insurance.
Giuliani also said U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts blundered by essentially granting Congress the authority to impose new taxes on anything.
NEW YORK – Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are calling it quits after five years of marriage.
Pedro Martinez, deputy superintendent of the Clark County School District, beat out four other finalists to become the new superintendent of the Washoe County School District, Nevada’s second-largest district, officials in Reno said Friday.
SALISBURY, N.C. – Four people have been arrested in North Carolina after they mistakenly called the wrong person about drug purchases.
51s shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria was elected to start for the Pacific Coast League in the 25th annual Triple-A All-Star Game, scheduled for July 11 at Coca-Cola Field in Buffalo, N.Y.
SAN FRANCISCO – Madison Bumgarner’s teammates had something special for him – a shower of beer and shaving cream, a celebration for his first career shutout.
Dr. Kevin Petersen, a Las Vegas surgeon, founded Helping Hands Surgical Care, a nonprofit organization that offers no-cost surgeries to uninsured Southern Nevadans. But even with Thursday’s mostly favorable Supreme Court decision on President Barack Obama’s health care law, Petersen doesn’t expect Helping Hands to go out of business anytime soon.
