Playing hard to get is something Deshaun Thomas might regret if his cellphone is quiet on NBA Draft night.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Carlos Torres (3-3); Bees, Jarrett Grube (0-1)
New Mexico showed Friday why it is the Mountain West’s best hitting team.
PHOENIX — A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.
Legislation to enhance prison sentences for people who commit crimes against transgender people sure was popular. It passed the state Senate with only a single dissenting vote, and just 11 of 42 Assembly members voted against it. Gov. Brian Sandoval quickly signed the bill into law.
The Westminster Concert Bell Choir will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain View Presbyterian Church, 8601 Del Webb Blvd.
UNLV couldn’t reach an agreement to move its Sept. 7 football game against Arizona to Glendale, Ariz., and it will remain at Sam Boyd Stadium as the Rebels’ home opener.
Sunny but possibly smoky skies and warm temperatures are on the horizon for the busy Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas.
The evidence is overwhelming that since 1985, when a certain envelope was “allegedly” knocked against a metal bar in order to create a crease and allow Patrick Ewing to amazingly land at the feet of the New York Knicks, the only thing more certain than annual NBA Draft conspiracy theories being debated is how some draft picks are fortunate and others cursed.
The “More Cops” bill that would allow the sales tax to be boosted in Clark County to put more police officers on the street was approved 18-3 in the Nevada Senate on Friday.
Standing in a black pinstripe suit, 56-year-old Michael Bohan quoted the final lines of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” to 27 men and women who graduated Friday from a week-long leadership workshop that helps newly released prisoners reenter the workforce.
The April passenger count at McCarran International Airport provided little encouragement for a tourism industry showing meager growth.
When the Ultimate Fighting Championship purchased Pride in 2007, the Japan-based organization had several marketable fighters targeted by the UFC.
With a better-than-expected year and a positive outlook, Kroger Co. is reinvesting in its Smith’s Food & Drug division.
The Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital is not at risk of losing millions of dollars in federal funding, at least for now.
U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro overrode the government’s plea deal with Las Vegas bankruptcy attorney Randolph Goldberg and gave him the maximum possible under federal guidelines — two years in prison instead of the agreed upon 18 months. She gave him the maximum fine of $40,000. He paid restitution of $720,719.
With last Tuesday’s reopening of the Cathedral Rock area near Mount Charleston, hikers and picnickers now have access to new picnic and hiking amenities in Kyle Canyon, including a wading pool excavated from old avalanche debris and an event amphitheater.
The May 22 indictment states Powers will face charges of one count of arson and one count possession of unregistered firearms. It alleges that Powers damaged and attempted to destroy an autism sports facility with fire and explosive devices, and that he was in possession of unregistered Molotov cocktails.
Memorial Day weekend travel is expected to be slightly lower this year from 2012, according to a forecast this week from AAA.
Benjamin Kyker is very familiar with the Nevada prisons system, but the veteran prison guard could soon be bunking with the kind of men he’s been guarding.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s assistance as they search for a “Quick Pinch” armed suspect in a series of robberies on the west side of town.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. Ford did not say whether he has ever used crack.
Summerlin favorite Vintner Grill had its banquet location inside Neiman Marcus at Fashion Show Mall shut down as a health hazard by the Southern Nevada Health District.
A Provo couple on a family recreational vehicle trip was killed when their motorhome crashed into several St. George townhomes, authorities said.
Michael Smith, 25, was indicted Friday on a murder charge in connection with the January shooting death of another man. He faces one count of murder with a deadly weapon in the Jan. 14 slaying of Las Vegas resident Carlos Randle, 40.
Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing activists and possible copycat terror attacks by Islamic extremists after the savage slaying of a young soldier, whose grieving family spoke Friday of their loss.