Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley said Thursday that if Las Vegas wants to expand its global reach beyond the gambling and partying business, then political leaders need to forge alliances, not rivalries, with other cities, nations and even each other.
The last time Wanda Kelton saw Jake E. Goldsborough, he handed her a Hershey’s Kiss and said, “A sweet for a sweet.”
A new Colorado River pact between the United States and Mexico could serve as a model for other countries locked in conflict over water.
Two men, including one from Henderson, who worked for BP during the 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster have been charged with manslaughter and a third with lying to federal investigators, according to indictments made public Thursday, hours after BP announced it was paying $4.5 billion in a settlement with the U.S. government over the disaster.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia outmuscled little green army men for a spot in the National Toy Hall of Fame. “Star Wars” action figures join centuries-old dominoes in the class of 2012, which was announced by the Rochester hall Thursday.
A man was killed in a single-vehicle traffic accident in Kingman, Ariz., early Thursday.
The Nevada Department of Transportation this weekend will implement lane restrictions on Mount Charleston’s state Route 158, also known as Deer Creek Road, to facilitate several projects, the agency announced Thursday.
UNLV will renew its football rivalry with Brigham Young, announcing Thursday that it has signed a home-and-home deal with the Cougars.
MGM Resorts International’s planned online gaming subsidiary was licensed Thursday by the Nevada Gaming Commission to operate an interactive poker website in Nevada.
Ground will be broken Saturday on a memorial to honor the 14 men who died in a plane crash near the top of Mount Charleston in 1955 on their way to test the U-2 spy plane at the government’s secret Groom Lake installation known as Area 51.
Las Vegas police training is scattershot. Poor radio communication and other tactical errors often happen during officer-involved shootings, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study of the agency released Thursday.
SOUTH GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) – Exotic dancers performed lap dances on teenagers at a boy’s surprise 16th birthday party in an upstate New York village, police said, and investigators were trying to determine whether any organizer of the celebration committed a crime.
NEW YORK – NBC says Liz Lemon, the harried heroine of “30 Rock,” will soon be getting married.
