A proposal to change the way Las Vegas funds public art didn’t impress critics on the city’s recommending committee who rejected the idea.
Salmonella made dozens of people sick after eating at the Firefly Tapas Kitchen and Bar on Paradise Road last week, health officials said Tuesday. At least 39 people fell ill after eating at the popular eatery, prompting the Southern Nevada Health District to close the restaurant Friday.
Teppanyaki is a Japanese cooking method where an iron griddle is used to cook food. It is found in traditional Japanese steak houses and at Sakura, where it is served as fast food. However, this fast food is low-fat, healthy and tastes really good.
A second body was found Tuesday at a rugged site in the Santa Monica Mountains where a small plane crashed and burned after a midair collision with another small plane that managed to make a belly landing on a golf course, authorities said.
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday it is sending a team of investigators to Afghanistan to assist local authorities with their investigation of a U.S. cargo airline crash that killed all seven crew members on board.
NEW YORK — The Cyndi Lauper-scored “Kinky Boots” has earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations, with the British import “Matilda: The Musical” close behind with 12. Tom Hanks, making his Broadway debut, earned a nod as leading man in a play.
Las Vegas is home to an impressive 17 comic shops, and on Saturday, every one is participating in Free Comic Book Day.
SAN FRANCISCO — A California woman faces attempted murder charges after police say she tried to sneak orange juice bottles spiked with a lethal amount of rubbing alcohol inside a Starbucks.
WASHINGTON — Las Vegas attorney Jennifer Dorsey’s bid to become a Nevada federal judge is coming under fresh scrutiny after a report of campaign contributions that coincided with her nomination.
SANFORD, Florida — The former neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting a Florida teenager told a judge Tuesday that he agrees with his defense attorneys’ decision not to seek an immunity hearing under the state’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law.
Massachusetts banking and consumer protection officials have ordered five payday lenders and their Las Vegas-based debt collector to stop taking payments on more than 100 allegedly illegal loans.
MGM Resorts International was selected by the leadership of Springfield, Mass., Tuesday to represent the state’s third-largest city in the race for a single casino project in western Massachusetts.
WASHINGTON — The first draft was as mind-numbing as a tax form. Tuesday the Obama administration unveiled simplified application forms for health insurance benefits coming next year under the federal health care overhaul.
If you are driving through a downtown neighborhood, don’t be surprised to find a chicken crossing the road.
A tip to Henderson SWAT officers: Check your tires, or you may be fired.
CHICAGO — A 2-year-old girl born without a windpipe now has a new one grown from her own stem cells, the youngest patient in the world to benefit from the experimental treatment.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he’d consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad’s government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war.
This is what I told Robert De Niro on Sunday in a penthouse suite in Vegas’ new Nobu hotel (which he co-owns).
A fixture in the Las Vegas restaurant scene was shut down by the Southern Nevada Health District after at least 39 people contracted a food-borne illness.
Two Nevada state employees were fired Monday, and three others will receive lesser discipline, in the investigation of alleged cross-border dumping of mental patients, state officials announced Monday.
This is the way he explained it: There are two major aspects of the gay community — one that is extremely open and doesn’t care how others react to another’s sexuality and those like him who, while not completely in the closet, prefer to be identified solely on how they treat others and their contributions to society.
On the morning of Jan. 21, Las Vegas police Lt. Hans Walters called a 911 dispatcher and told her he had killed his family.
Kids at the Natalie Gulbis Boys & Girls Club in the southwest area will have a reason to root for the club’s namesake each week on TV. Gulbis, an Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour professional, made a promise to them at her club’s April 9 dedication ceremony: For every birdie she makes on tour, she will donate $100 to the club.
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center recently began offering a monthly support group for parents and caregivers of children with serious medical conditions.
Sandra Ransel knew something was seriously wrong while walking to her son’s Little League baseball game. She and her husband were carrying a cooler when she tried to lift her leg over a chain barrier. She tripped and fell.
At 41, Ransel was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
One of the best scenic drives in Southern Nevada starts only about a half-hour west of the Strip at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
Menopause the Musical passes its 3,000th performance in Las Vegas.
The seniors of Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada’s foster grandparent program are helping brighten the future of at-risk Clark County students using a tool students are comfortable with — the Internet.
Comedian Ellen DeGeneres was once quoted as saying, “My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She’s 97 now, and we don’t know where the heck she is!”