Aiming where it hurts, Senate Republicans warned Sen. Harry Reid on Tuesday that efforts to curb the filibuster could boomerang on him and lead to the resurrection of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project in Nevada.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: Padres Kevin Quackenbush (1-0); 51s, Greg Burke (1-1)
UNLV’s baseball program will host five camps this summer directed by the Rebels coaching staff.
Star chef Jose Andres’ midrecession gamble in Las Vegas continues to pay off.
If you consider yourself a law-abiding citizen, think again. In the era of ever-expanding government power, the rockers of Judas Priest provide a perfect refrain for the plight of average Americans: “Breakin’ the law, breakin’ the law.”
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson will probably return to the witness stand next month.
Zack Wheeler lived up to the hype in his major league debut, pitching six scoreless innings to lead the New York Mets to a 6-1 victory over the first-place Atlanta Braves and a doubleheader sweep on Tuesday night.
Clark County commissioners voted 5-2 on Tuesday to hire a more expensive food service provider for the Clark County Detention Center after the company protested the bid outcome.
Brushing the hair out of his eyes, Julian Elias tilts his head back and gazes up at something most Las Vegans have seen. The Hoover Dam.
MIAMI — LeBron James led a title-saving charge, and now his crown will be on the line one more time in Game 7.
WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a GOP war on women.
WASHINGTON — Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated 8 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully.
Follow the link for Nevada Youth Baseball Association American Legion standings as of June 18.
Follow the link for Southern Nevada Connie Mack Baseball Association standings as of June 18.
Here’s something you don’t see in Southern Nevada every day: Three young adults, 19 to 20 years old, working in the blistering June sun, up to their ankles in dirt, clearing weeds from a plot of eggplant. They weren’t being paid, and no, it wasn’t part of a sentence, criminal or otherwise. These labors were bearing fruit strictly by the choice of the laborers.
Teacher preparation programs in Nevada are not adequately training the next generation of educators, according to a national study that reviewed more than 1,000 programs and was released Tuesday.
An engineering firm will provide design services for the Boulder Creek Park project in the amount of $132,500 under an agreement approved Tuesday by the Henderson City Council.
Quick question: What do Gwyneth Paltrow, a Las Vegas startup and Coca-Cola have in common?
Celebrity chefs and landmark restaurants continue to come and go in Las Vegas. One of the latest is Carmine’s, based on New York’s Upper West Side and with locations also in Times Square, Atlantic City, Washington, D.C., and the Bahamas. Carmine’s is scheduled to open in July at the Forum Shops at Caesars. Here’s a recipe from the restaurant’s cookbook.
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Daniel Hernandez, who helped save the life of Gabrielle Giffords after the then-Democratic congresswoman from Arizona was shot in the head two years ago, is taking his gun control battle to a Hispanic rights group convention in Las Vegas.
SAO PAULO — Protest leaders called for another huge demonstration in Brazil’s largest city Tuesday, building on historic turnouts spawned by widespread frustration over decades of government red tape, high prices and shoddy services even as the nation’s economic fortunes have risen.
A six-year Las Vegas police officer resigned after taking a deal from prosecutors in his pending felony drug possession case, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Tiger Woods has now gone five years without winning a major championship — 1,828 days to be exact — and remains stuck on No. 14 in his pursuit of equaling and passing the 18 won by Jack Nicklaus.
While the Department of Veterans Affairs scrambles to reduce a staggering backlog of disability claims, another problem has come into view: a backlog of appeals.
The Clark County Commission approved without comment on Tuesday a 70 percent rent credit to Michael Gaughan to bring in a new generation of slot machines at McCarran International Airport.
The World Series of Poker has become so successful that it seems all organizers need to do is turn on the lights and step out of the way.
Populous, one of world’s powerhouse sports architectural firms, has won the job of designing MGM Resorts International’s proposed $350 million 20,000-seat arena slated for a site between New York-New York and Monte Carlo just off the Strip.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Mystery deepens: Monolith outside Vegas may have been in desert for years
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people