Thousands of dads train their kids to fight, strapping on a pair of oversized boxing gloves and showing them the rudiments of the sport in the garage, the backyard or a gym. From that, a handful have the aptitude to take their sons to the professional level. And from that number, a select few are able to guide their prodigy to a world title.
One child was killed and another injured in a Las Vegas house fire Thursday.
Louis Prima Jr. is drinking vodka in the back of a PT’s pub, and I ask him to tell me about his tattoos. On his right arm, there’s sheet music to Nine Inch Nail’s “Hurt” (“I hurt myself today to see if I still feel”). Left arm: Radiohead’s “Creep.”
Three dozen couples took the plunge in the name of symbolism Thursday in a quickie wedding chapel on the Las Vegas Strip. None of the ceremonies were legally binding, but the participants insisted they weren’t pointless, either.
Good news for NBA player Jason Collins, the first male athlete in a major U.S. sports league to declare his homosexuality: If a company signs him to a sponsorship deal, consumers will likely view him just as effective a product endorser as a straight athlete.
State officials on Thursday placed a full-time psychologist at University Medical Center to help deal with the overflow of mentally ill patients coming through the emergency room.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rick Pitino became a Hall of Famer and an NCAA champion on the same day. Now the Louisville basketball coach is positioned to become a Kentucky Derby-winning owner if Goldencents wins on Saturday.
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie told a panel of state lawmakers Thursday that a hike in the local sales tax of .15 cents will fill a $30 million hole in his budget and ensure 300 current police officers continue to patrol the streets of Southern Nevada.
A home builder was convicted Thursday in Las Vegas of stealing money from a federal housing grant program in 2004.
UNLV is in discussions with Arizona to move its Sept. 7 football game from Sam Boyd Stadium to University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
Nevada lawmakers discussed a bill Thursday that would close a loophole in state law that allows teachers to pursue otherwise illegal sexual relationships with some students by either the student or employee transferring schools after meeting each other.
A salmonella outbreak traced to a trendy tapas restaurant sickened nearly 90 people so far and is considered the worst of its kind in Southern Nevada in a decade, a health official said Wednesday.
The Las Vegas police officers involved in Monday night’s shooting of a murder suspect have been identified.
A convicted slot machine cheat on Thursday became the first nominee in almost four years to Nevada’s Excluded Person List, commonly referred to as the Black Book.
Without ever mentioning the word lawsuit, mining industry representatives told Nevada legislators Thursday that if a resolution expected to lead to higher mining taxes becomes law, then they could take their case to court.
Want to take Mom out for Mother’s Day? You’ll be in good company; it’s the busiest day of the year for restaurants.
The messy lawsuit over the way Wynn Resorts Ltd. forcibly bought back the entire stake of Kazuo Okada, its former largest shareholder, has been put on hold for six months after ensnaring both sides in federal criminal inquiries.
A single penny turned out to be the difference between MGM Resorts International’s first profitable quarterly earnings since 2008 and another net loss.
One person is dead and another is in critical condition following a crash that cleaved the vehicle in two on Thursday.
The motorcyclist who was killed in a crash near Kyle Canyon Road and U.S. Highway 95 has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. blamed reduced visitation at the company’s hotel-casinos nationwide, especially in Atlantic City, for a first-quarter decline in overall revenues and a net loss.
ATLANTA — The mother of rapper Chris Kelly told authorities in Atlanta her son became sick after taking cocaine and heroin on the night before he died, according to a police report.
It’s coming up on almost three summers since Destry Abbott, the five-time national American Motorcycle Association off-road champion, was riding trails in the Flagstaff, Ariz., foothills with his 12-year-old son, Cooper, and the sunshine on their shoulders that had been filtering through tall pines turned to storm clouds. Which can happen just about any day in Flagstaff during monsoon season.
Fellas, you can’t have it both ways.
NEW YORK — Adorned with an American flag that flapped in the breeze, the last pieces of a silver spire were hoisted to the top of the World Trade Center on Thursday as construction workers cheered its ascent.