SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Police have identified the gunman who went on a shooting rampage in Southern California that left five people dead.
WASHINGTON — A self-described conservative Republican who is a manager in the Internal Revenue Service office that targeted tea party groups told investigators that he, not the White House, set in motion the review, the top Democrat on the House watchdog committee said Sunday.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The gunman who went on a chaotic rampage killing four people before being fatally shot by police at a college campus planned the attack and was capable of firing 1,300 rounds of ammunition, the police chief said Saturday.
DULUTH, Minn. — An aspiring half-marathon runner in Minnesota attributed her unbearable back pain to a two-hour training session. A day later, she was cradling a newborn.
PHILADELPHIA — A heavy equipment operator with a lengthy rap sheet accused of being high on marijuana when a downtown building collapsed onto a thrift store, killing six people, turned himself in on Saturday to face charges in the deaths, police said.
PARIS — Serena Williams won her 16th Grand Slam title and her first French Open championship since 2002 when she beat familiar foil Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday.
The great comedian W.C. Fields is credited with the line, “Never work with children or animals.” He would have had trouble on Broadway this season.
WASHINGTON — Risking prosecution by the U.S. government, a 29-year-old intelligence analyst who claims to have worked at the National Security Agency and the CIA was revealed as the source of The Guardian’s and The Washington Post’s disclosures about the U.S. government’s secret surveillance programs, the newspapers reported Sunday.
Archie Comics announced Thursday that Warner Bros. will produce a live-action film based on the comic’s characters, including Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead. It will be the first feature film for the 72-year-old comic.
Things are not all peaceful down on the farm. Social gaming giant Zynga Inc., which has a grand vision of converting its platform into a real money pay-to-play online gambling format in Nevada, slashed 18 percent of its workforce and closed multiple offices to cut costs this past week.
PHILADELPHIA — In a city that has become renowned for its hip and innovative restaurant scene, a local tourist attraction is offering decidedly different fare: prison food.
LANCASTER, Calif. — A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was suspicious. When he heard two women were spotted near a Lancaster, Calif., intersection, and one of them was holding an alligator, he didn’t buy it.
To step into club XS at Wynn Las Vegas is to enter the dreamscape of a modern artist with fetishes for gold and bronze and bodies in motion.
Last month, dozens of celebrity impersonators were supposed to descend on Las Vegas in all their fake glory, just as they had since 2001.
George Jage looks at his computer, a large bottle of Advil sitting on a table nearby.
It’s as much of a given in reality TV as treachery and tears: Cooking contests need a Las Vegas angle.
Federal antitrust regulators had few questions when a trifecta of casino industry mergers — just under $20 billion in combined value — created the Strip’s two largest corporate ownerships and a regional gaming giant nearly a decade ago.
In light of recent events, there are questions about how many members of Michael Jackson’s family will attend the June 29 premiere of Cirque du Soleil’s “Michael Jackson One” at Mandalay Bay.
Assembly Majority Leader William Horne and Sen. Debbie Smith are the best Assembly and Senate members in the Review-Journal’s anonymous poll of legislators and lobbyists and reporters.
Skorkowsky. Pat Skorkowsky. You may have trouble pronouncing the name but have likely heard it during the past couple of months, even if you can’t place it.
Centennial High School, Class of 2013, had 11 valedictorians. Each gave a speech during commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Friday night.
Nevada parents, prepare yourselves: With a 25.6 percent teen unemployment rate heading into the summer of 2013, your jobless kids might be making frequent withdrawals from the Bank of Mom & Dad for their vacation spending cash.
You don’t have to be a financial whiz to know that the economy isn’t good. Times are tough, and they’ve been tough for some time. The middle class has shrunk; wealth has diminished; poverty is up; and unemployment, especially for minorities, is nothing short of miserable.
As Americans, we make a solemn commitment to care for our nation’s brave men and women when they return home from serving our country in the military. But for far too long, we have fallen short of fulfilling that promise.
Here are some questions I dealt with this week. I hope the answers are helpful to you.
If you’ve ever worn headphones with the sound on mute, you might get it. If you prefer a game of Solitaire over Spades, the concept may appeal to you. But, if you’ve ever sat down in a crowded restaurant, placed an order and enjoyed every bite of your meal while staring at an empty chair, you’re already on board.