The man who died in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday morning near Patrick Lane and Eastern Avenue has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Police arrested a man wanted in connection with the Monday’s slaying of 23-year-old Kenneth Mallet. According to Las Vegas police, Brian Beltran was arrested in Fresno, Calif., on Wednesday on a warrant for murder charges and is facing extradition to Las Vegas.
Two accidents within minutes of each other caused traffic to back up at the intersection of Charleston and Lamb Boulevards.
ATTLEBORO, Mass. — A judge on Thursday denied bail for former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a friend.
Las Vegas SWAT officers fired shots at a man wanted on child pornography charges Thursday morning.
Raising taxes on businesses might not be the most helpful way to diversify your economy and would make it more difficult to attract new companies to Southern Nevada, an economic development official said Wednesday.
Deputy Director Jim Wright was named interim chief of the Nevada Department of Public Safety on Thursday.
Authorities in northwest Arizona are investigating the death of a woman whose body was pulled from a swimming pool in Fort Mohave on Wednesday.
You are a man. You are going to a Beyonce show with your lady. Careful, now. Being a dude in the presence of Sasha Fierce and her army of amped-up female followers means you need to act right or else risk getting a high heel broken off in an uncomfortable place.
uWASHINGTON — High-calorie sports drinks and candy bars will be removed from school vending machines and cafeteria lines as soon as next year, replaced with diet drinks, granola bars and other healthier items.
BOSTON — A federal grand jury on Thursday returned a 30-count indictment against the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, and many of the charges carry the possibility of life in prison or the death penalty.
With the International Bowl Expo under way in Las Vegas this week, executives of some of the bowling industry’s biggest brands have already targeted South Point’s proposed $30 million, 60-lane tournament bowling center as a major business opportunity.
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s oldest son described the frantic efforts to revive his father to a jury, a scene of tears and agony that ended a dozen idyllic years being raised by one of pop music’s superstars.
The white tiger era of Las Vegas magic seems to have come to an end, but Rick Thomas had years in Southern Nevada to convince families he can work without the cats.
Americans celebrate freedom of choice on Independence Day.
The best New Wave was, and still is, posited on contrast, the chilly, detached feel of electronic instruments counterpoised with very human emotional bloodletting.
Part summer camp, part boot camp, part punk rock rite of passage, the Warped Tour is the music festival season’s most unforgiving endurance test.
A dinner featuring Avion tequila pairings is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday at Garduno’s at Fiesta Rancho, 2900 N. Rancho Drive in North Las Vegas. With an entree of New York steak and shrimp Diablo, the four-course dinner is $39.99 per person. For reservations, call 638-5602. …
Rapper Drake headlines the MGM Grand Garden arena on Nov. 22, with Miguel and Future. Tickets are $59.75, $79.75 and $109.75 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at Ticketmaster outlets.
Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with casual American restaurants this week. Restaurants are rated on a letter-grade scale, from A to F. Opinions by R-J critic Heidi Knapp Rinella (H.K.R.) are indicated by initials. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees from $10 to $20; $$$ = entrees from $20 to $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
The summer display debuted at the Bellagio’s Conservatory and Botanical Gardens this month. This season’s theme is full of birds and summery flowers, including giant sunflowers, hydrangeas and chrysanthemums.
I haven’t seen the weather forecast for this weekend, but I’m guessing it will be desert hot.
There are way too many talent contests on TV now, but still there’s one I kind of miss: the one for celebrity impersonators called “The Next Best Thing.”
From a tiny fossil bone found in the frozen Yukon, scientists have deciphered the genetic code of an ancient horse about 700,000 years old — nearly 10 times older than any other animal that has had its genome mapped.
WASHINGTON — The Senate stood poised Thursday to approve historic immigration legislation opening the door to U.S. citizenship to millions and promising a dramatic build-up of manpower and technology along the U.S.-Mexico border.