I’m not sure if Judge Linda Riegle is a fan of magic shows, but I can say she is a tough crowd.
WASHINGTON — After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.
If you could save a life by donating only $1.80, would you do it? That’s how much it costs to vaccinate a woman in a global South country to prevent death to her and her newborns from maternal and neonatal tetanus. That’s the driving force behind the Eliminate Project, part of Kiwanis International’s Global Campaign for Children.
The Glenn Group, a Nevada-based marketing firm, has been hired by the Nevada Sesquicentennial Planning Committee to promote the state’s 150th anniversary celebration.
Drafty old buildings in downtown Las Vegas wouldn’t need to meet modern energy codes under a proposal the city council approved Wednesday.
U.S. senators sought cost-cutting opportunities Wednesday in the Pentagon’s $400 billion program for the next-generation F-35, a fighter jet with a troubled testing record that military leaders said America couldn’t afford not to build.
A man found dead in an industrial park about a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez’s house was a semi-pro football player with connections to Hernandez, his family said Wednesday.
Summoning the harsh history of this once-divided city, President Barack Obama on Wednesday cautioned the U.S. and Europe against “complacency” brought on by peace, pledging to cut America’s deployed nuclear weapons by one-third if Cold War foe Russia does the same.
Hopes dimmed for talks aimed at ending the Afghan war when an angry President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended security negotiations with the U.S. and scuttled a peace delegation to the Taliban, sending American officials scrambling to preserve the possibility of dialogue with the militants.
Debating a major immigration bill, the Senate agreed Wednesday to give Nevada a seat on a federal commission that would form if authorities fail to secure the border with Mexico in the next five years.
Konami Gaming is more than doubling the size of its Las Vegas-based North American headquarters, signaling a potential challenge to industry’s largest slot machine manufacturers.
The 37 rest areas along major highways in Nevada might soon become cleaner and more friendly for visitors under a new state law.
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said a report released Wednesday by the monitor of the National Mortgage Settlement shows that more work needs to be done by the largest U.S. mortgage servicers, who are failing to comply with several key aspects of the settlement designed to regulate how struggling homeowners are treated.
How many of us have heard the tale about a friend or relative who was house sitting and watered a fake plant because it looked real? Yes, modern faux botanicals are that realistic.
Some old chairs have very strange added parts that can confuse today’s collectors. A Windsor chair from the 18th century might be made with an added piece at the end of the arm because it is a “writing arm” Windsor. There can be a drawer beneath the seat of a Shaker sewing chair.
Prosecutors on Wednesday played for a jury the videotaped deposition of hepatitis C outbreak victim Rodolfo Meana that was taken several weeks before his 2012 death.
The newly renamed New Orleans Pelicans will tip off the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas against the New York Knicks at 1 p.m. July 12 in Cox Pavilion.
Two inmates from rival groups at the Warm Springs Correctional Center were transported to the hospital after a stabbing Tuesday afternoon.
Henderson homeowners may now schedule Saturday inspections for a variety of projects, including water heaters and pools.
Q: We’ve finally saved enough money to landscape our backyard. We have a lawn and sprinkler system in mind, but we’ve never installed such a system. Any suggestions?
BOSTON — Las Vegas casino operator Steve Wynn is bankrolling an effort to convince Everett, Mass., voters to support a proposed casino in the city, while nothing has been spent in opposition to the plan, according to campaign finance records.
“A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.” Victor Hugo (1802 –1885) French poet, novelist and dramatist, “Saint Denis,” “Les Miserables” (1862)
The November 2014 election is still more than 16 months away but the Nevada State Education Association on Wednesday kicked off its effort to win voter approval of its business margins tax with a $1 million donation to the effort.
Q: I attached a couple of pictures of my peach tree. It’s growing like gangbusters (I did a pretty good job pruning it back after your class), but something is going on with it because it’s dropping leaves and has this brown-leaf-edges thing going on. It had major growth (about 3 feet) after I harvested the peaches this month. Thank you for any help you can give.
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Seven al-Qaida-linked militants on a suicide mission attacked the U.N. compound Wednesday with a truck bomb and then poured inside, killing at least 13 people before dying in the assault.
Several children in Las Vegas won’t go hungry this summer as community organizations partner to provide free summer meals.
BOSTON — An ex-hit man who admitted killing 20 people insisted Wednesday that he told authorities the truth when he implicated James “Whitey” Bulger in 11 of the slayings, but he acknowledged lying in the past, including to his close friend just before he shot him in the head.
At its second year back at the annual Licensing Expo, Coca-Cola is looking for a repeat. Last year the company deemed its presence at the trade show successful after a seven-year hiatus, so it returned this week to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center for more.