Anybody got $5 billion laying around?
A controversial hard money lender has a deal for you — and it involves investing in one of the highest-profile pieces of undeveloped desert in Nevada.
When Utah Gov. Gary Herbert announced last week that he would not sign a water-sharing agreement with Nevada, he highlighted a persistent public relations problem for Las Vegas: Despite major conservation gains in recent years, Sin City is still viewed as a water hog.
The FBI and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in Washington are investigating allegations of excessive force by a corrections officer more than four years ago at the now-closed North Las Vegas Detention Center.
Inside the juvenile division of the Clark County Public Defender’s office, Nikki Krieger was known as a true believer with a gifted spirit.
Mental health became a focus of the Nevada Legislature in a very personal way this session because of expelled Assemblyman Steven Brooks’ public difficulties.
WASHINGTON — The Senate agreed last week to begin debating gun safety legislation, clearing the way for votes on a range of new controls in the wake of the mass shooting in December in an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
When James began hearing voices, the unseen others would simply call his name. Then they began to feed his fears. James, now 19, thought people were following him to his Las Vegas high school. To avoid detection, he began leaving his house as early as 5:30 a.m.
The Review-Journal takes an in-depth look at Nevada’s broken system for helping those who have a mental illness and a new approach that could help ease the crisis.
Three men led police and federal authorities on a high-speed chase through valley streets Saturday afternoon, moments after they robbed a Bank of America in the 2400 block of East Centennial Parkway in North Las Vegas, the FBI said.
Uriah Hall spent much of the week cautioning everyone who would listen to temper the soaring expectations and out-of-control hype surrounding his official Ultimate Fighting Championship debut on Saturday night.
Three Las Vegas residents were hurt when a wind-fueled fire that started in a patio swept through a mobile home Saturday.
A 20-year-old woman told detectives that three men beat Nevada’s chief insurance examiner to death and robbed him while she waited in a vehicle, according to court documents.
Nevada legislators are expected this week to hold long and multiple floor sessions to consider 30 bills in the Assembly and 22 in the Senate that are awaiting a second reading.
The Foothill High School band in Henderson will be one of 10 taking to the streets of New York City for the 2014 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The Keep Memory Alive Power of Love Gala red carpet was packed with celebrities ranging from Whoopi Goldberg to chef Gordon Ramsay. The gala held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena honored producer Quincy Jones and actor Michael Caine. The annual event raises money for Alzheimer’s disease awareness and research.
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LONG BEACH, Calif. — Police say a homeless man set a 63-year-old California man on fire outside a 7-Eleven store by throwing a flammable substance inside the man’s parked SUV.
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Five people, including three teenagers, were killed Saturday in Florida after their car was hit by another vehicle that jolted through an interstate exit ramp, authorities said.
BEIJING — Bound by threats from North Korea, the U.S. and China agreed Saturday to rid the bellicose nation of nuclear weapons in a test of whether the world powers can shelve years of rivalry and discord, and unite in fostering global stability.
LONDON — Hundreds of opponents of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher partied in London’s Trafalgar Square to celebrate her death, sipping Champagne and chanting “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead.”
MIAMI — Guards clashed Saturday with prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay prison as the military sought to move hunger strikers out of a communal section of the detention center on the U.S. base in Cuba, officials said.
It’s not normal, but it’s normal for now. That was the word Friday on Southern Nevada’s residential real estate market, with a panel of experts at the Las Vegas Housing Outlook telling an audience of sales agents, builders and lenders they can expect more investors and higher prices in the next year.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s governor has taken The Flaming Lips’ “Do You Realize??” out of rotation, pulling the tune as the state’s official rock song in a move her office says has more to do with priorities than musical taste.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis named eight cardinals from around the globe Saturday to advise him on running the Catholic Church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, marking his first month as pope with a major initiative to reflect the universal nature of the church in key governing decisions.