MANCHESTER, N.H. — A Las Vegas billionaire has contributed $5 million to an independent group backing Newt Gingrich, breathing new life into the former House speaker’s struggling campaign for the GOP presidential nomination and casting renewed attention on the role of such groups in the 2012 contest.
Her parents are New Orleans jazzbos, and judging by her blood-warming, vintage-sounding soul, Aijia Lise spent plenty of time raiding Mom and Dad’s record collection.
Tony Ciaglia talks to serial killers. He even calls some of them — Joseph R. Metheny, Ken Bianchi, David Gore, the late Arthur Shawcross — his friends. Ciaglia, 34, knows that may horrify you. He knows you probably wonder how or why he would befriend convicted killers who brutalized, raped, murdered, tortured and even cannibalized dozens of victims.
Dave Simpson sits on the footbridge amid the hustle and bustle of pedestrians near The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. His pregnant girlfriend, Alissa Bennett, sits next to him. She’s due in about six weeks. The young couple — he’s 24, she’s 22 — is homeless.
Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold defended his title with a first-round knockout of Keith Jardine in the main event of a card at the Hard Rock Hotel on Saturday night.
A Las Vegas billionaire with ties to Newt Gingrich has given $5 million to an independent group backing the former House Speaker’s presidential bid.
A 57-year-old North Las Vegas man was charged Saturday with murder for the death of his wife, which authorities said was the result of his beating her last month.
A Las Vegas police officer was seriously injured after the motorcycle he was driving was struck by a government vehicle during a funeral procession Saturday, authorities said.
About 20 Occupy Las Vegas protesters spread out across the valley and spent Saturday knocking on the doors of homes facing foreclosure in hopes of contacting homeowners and their neighbors.
North Las Vegas police have identified two Las Vegas men arrested and charged with the brazen daytime robbery of a pawnshop Friday afternoon.
CASEYVILLE, Ill. — In six years of trapping, one thing has become apparent to Cody Champ: His pursuit of animal pelts isn’t cheap, costing him $100 a week just for gas. So, it’s little wonder the Illinois man welcomed a recent state law that allows him to get a few freebies, even if he needs a shovel and good gloves.
SOUTH RUSSELL, Ohio — Wally the Walmart horse is looking for a new home.
MIAMI — Seven central Florida teenagers were arrested after authorities said they punched and kicked a 13-year-old until she was unconscious while on a school bus.
