DALLAS — American Airlines grounded all flights across the United States for several hours Tuesday after a key computer system crashed, causing thousands of passengers to be stranded at airports and on planes.
RENO — The University of Nevada, Reno is getting into the wine business.
WASHINGTON — U.S. housing starts topped the
1 million mark in March for the first time since June 2008. The gain signals continued strength for the housing recovery at the start of the spring buying season.
Las Vegas High’s Jerome Byndloss was rolling Tuesday until his defense let him down.
Oregon has acknowledged major NCAA violations in connection with football recruiting and proposed a self-imposed two-year probation with the loss of one scholarship in each of the next three years, according to documents released by the school.
The subject was distractions, and Robert Guerrero, a self-professed expert on the matter, was making a convincing case on how to deal with them before his May 4 fight against WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the MGM Grand Garden.
If only aging Cashman Field had the rich history and tradition of, say, Boston’s Fenway Park, the Los Angeles Dodgers might have overlooked the batting cages in the parking lot and remained affiliated with the 51s five years ago instead of leaving Las Vegas for Albuquerque, N.M.
The blueprint for a prep basketball powerhouse was created in the middle of the night over several large pizzas.
From tragedy and terror and incomprehensible grief, came this bit of positive news: “The best way of dealing with this is to get out on the streets to show solidarity with the people in Boston, to celebrate a fantastic marathon and send out a very clear message to those responsible we won’t be cowed by this kind of behavior.”
During his 14-year career, Wally Backman played for an elite collection of managers, including Davey Johnson, Jim Leyland, Lou Piniella, Joe Torre and Tom Kelly — a group that has combined for more than 8,200 victories and counting, 13 pennants and nine World Series titles.
No known threats involving Southern Nevada have been uncovered in the wake of the deadly Boston Marathon attack, which put law enforcement authorities on high alert across the nation, Las Vegas police officials said.
For the fourth time, the city of Henderson is amending its land purchase agreement with the developer of Union Village to extend the escrow closing date.
The approval of a contract with a San Diego-based company to provide specimen collection and drug testing services to the county’s Department of Family Services was tabled by Clark County commissioners Tuesday.
With one exception, Nevada lawmakers expressed little concern Tuesday over a Department of Energy plan to bury bomb-usable uranium waste at the government’s national security site in the state.
Plans for a high-speed train connecting Las Vegas and Southern California have hit a money snag, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said Tuesday.
Tickets for the Rolling Stones’ May 11 concert at the MGM Grand come with what may be the widest range of prices ever, from $85 to $2,100.
An environmental advocacy group has named the Colorado the nation’s most endangered river, just as federal forecasters sounded warnings about lower flows and deeper declines in Lake Mead.
The Metropolitan Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a man wanted in connection with a 2009 homicide.
Craig Cavileer is still baffled and frustrated. Majestic Realty’s former point man on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas stadium project can’t understand why UNLV dumped Majestic on March 26 as its private partner for a proposed $900 million, 60,000-seat domed stadium on campus.
UNLV officials on Tuesday were optimistic about a long-delayed project to build a new home for the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration after it was heard by a joint committee in Carson City without questions or concerns.
Members of the Las Vegas City Council remain divided over how to regulate building-sized advertising wraps downtown. On Tuesday, the council’s recommending committee voted for a bill that would set size and use restrictions on the wraps, but only after shortening the amount of time a sign permit would cover.
One legal challenge to the pending acquisition of Ameristar Casinos by Pinnacle Entertainment was rejected Tuesday.
The demise of the Gold Spike Casino downtown came too quickly for some of its employees.
A resolution that could eventually lead to annual sessions for the Nevada Legislature won approval Tuesday in the state Senate on a straight party-line vote.
A $3 million consulting contract between county Family Services and a North Carolina-based nonprofit, Action for Child Protection, was unanimously approved Tuesday by the Clark County Commission.
UNLV on Tuesday announced that Kim Metcalf will become the new College of Education dean.
LOS ANGELES — Shabazz Muhammad is one-and-done at UCLA.
A teenager riding a bicycle was hospitalized with a head injury after a crash Tuesday afternoon.
Odis “Tyrone” Thompson has his work cut out for him: taking over an Assembly district that became vacant following the historic expulsion of his predecessor.