As Gov. Brian Sandoval prepared to put his pen to the official copy of Senate Bill 303 in the old Assembly chamber on the second floor of the Capitol Friday, he declared it “a very historic bill for the state of Nevada.”
WATERBURY, Conn. — A 45-year-old man in Connecticut is accused of posing as a member of the popular boy band One Direction to entice young girls into performing sex acts online.
Sony Corp. is taking a deeper dive into ultrahigh-definition video as it comes out Friday with “After Earth,” the first of Sony’s three movies this year both shot and presented in the emerging 4K digital format.
A Clark County’s teachers union executive director is facing a federal hearing prompted by accusations that he fired an employee because she wanted to unionize.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Just back from his part-time home in Mexico, former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura dangled the idea Friday that he could run for the U.S. presidency in 2016.
Supporters of a bill that would require background checks on nearly all Nevada gun purchases on Friday intensified their efforts to get the measure through the Legislature despite a veto threat from Gov. Brian Sandoval.
As the all-important pre-New Year’s sales season approached in December 2002, prominent liquor distributor Larry Ruvo sued to stop Los Angeles area rival Guy Azera from selling three of the priciest champagne labels in Nevada.
NEW YORK — Jean Stapleton, the stage-trained character actress who played Archie Bunker’s far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in TV’s groundbreaking 1970s comedy “All in the Family,” has died. She was 90.
It wasn’t anything UNLV did wrong, but more what Georgia Tech’s Ollie Schniederjans did right that ended the Rebels’ season Friday.
Control of the state Senate was up a tossup Saturday after Democratic Sen. Joyce Woodhouse flew home to southern Nevada to be with her husband who is gravely ill.
Alcoholic beverages soon could have nutritional labels like those on food packaging, but only if the producers want to put them there.
Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa scored in the second period, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Saturday in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.
WASHINGTON — It’s Republican versus Republican in the latest round of political battles over health care.
Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Saturday with bursitis in his left knee.
Fire crews in New Mexico on Saturday fought two growing wild blazes that have scorched thousands of acres, spurred evacuation calls for dozens of homes and poured smoke into the touristy state capital.
It’s a warning as familiar as a daily prayer for Tornado Alley residents: When a twister approaches, take shelter in a basement or low-level interior room or closet, away from windows and exterior walls.
NEW YORK — Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly said Friday that she’s offended by a male colleague’s suggestion that children of working mothers don’t fare as well as children with stay-at-home moms.
Up for auction Saturday at the Las Vegas Convention Center are more than 300 lots of gold and silver bullion, coins, loose diamonds, fine jewelry and luxury watches confiscated during federal crime investigations.
VALLEJO, Calif. — A Northern California man is facing vandalism charges after authorities say he painted a crosswalk on a street, allegedly telling officials it was needed.
BREMERTON, Wash. — When Dusty, a 19-month-old black Labrador, walked past a pipe full of marijuana during a recent police search of a house, he was doing exactly what his handler hoped.
HOUSTON — One Houston firefighter remained hospitalized in critical condition Saturday, a day after a massive motel and restaurant fire killed four of his fellow firefighters.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says a government that works properly can be best-equipped to help and protect the public. Republican believers in a less-is-more government generally disagree.
The Soviet Union disappeared from the map more than two decades ago. But online an `e-vil empire’ is thriving.
Security experts say the .su Internet suffix assigned to the USSR in 1990 has turned into a haven for hackers who’ve flocked to the defunct superpower’s domain space to send spam and steal money.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Emergency officials set out Saturday to assess damage from a series of violent storms and tornadoes that killed nine people as it swept through Oklahoma City and its suburbs with tornadoes, large hail and heavy rain. More than six dozen people were injured.
SUMTERVILLE, Fla. — In many circumstances, a piglet without the use of its hind legs would be put down. But Chris P. Bacon’s unusual condition has made him an international star and an inspiration to those with disabilities.
CLEVELAND — A brawl that started over spilled punch at a kindergarten graduation ceremony Friday resulted in the arrest of eight people, authorities said. Police were called when one participant pulled out a pipe and another a hammer.
NEW YORK — Starbucks customers will soon have to stamp out their cigarettes before approaching the cafes.
DALLAS — A small nook off a dining room with just enough space for a twin bed has made a Dallas boarding house a point of fascination for the past 50 years, because of one man who occupied it for about six weeks in 1963: Lee Harvey Oswald.
In the swarm of opinion that followed a decision by Katin Reinhardt to transfer out of UNLV’s basketball program this week, an important point was lost: This is why the rule exists.