NEW YORK — A year ago, if odds were put on a player from Las Vegas being the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, Shabazz Muhammad would have been a heavy favorite.
The buy-in for today’s Ladies No-Limit Hold ’em Championship at the World Series of Poker at the Rio Convention Center is $1,000 for women and $10,000 for men, who are discouraged from entering the event.
Following seven hours of closing arguments, the jury late Thursday received the hepatitis C outbreak case against Dr. Dipak Desai and nurse anesthetist Ronald Lakeman.
Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky awarded a three-year contract by School Board
NEW YORK — Anthony Bennett was stunned at the start. David Stern had a big surprise at the finish.
Delta Academy, a Las Vegas charter school for students with behavioral, emotional and social challenges, will remain open for at least six more years despite posting poor student performance.
Paul Wilkes came to Las Vegas in 1971 as a 6-year-old and never left.
It’s going to be hot today. And tomorrow. And the next day and the next. Not just hot. Like, extremely hot. No. XX-TREEMELY HAWT, so hot you need to make up a new spelling to get your message across.
WASHINGTON — With a solemnity reserved for momentous occasions, the Senate passed historic legislation Thursday offering the priceless hope of citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in America’s shadows. The bill also promises a military-style effort to secure the long-porous border with Mexico.
“I’d like to do this thing drunk. Get hammered,” Terry Bradshaw says.
An eight-person jury on Thursday awarded giant distributor Southern Wine & Spirits of America Inc. nearly $1.1 million in punitive damages against two other companies that infringed upon several exclusive distribution deals, wrapping up a trial that began nearly a month ago.
Molycorp announced Thursday that the Securities and Exchange Commission had concluded a 10-month investigation into its financial statements without taking any enforcement action.
Indiana gaming regulators signed off on Pinnacle Entertainment’s $2.8 billion buyout of Ameristar Casinos on Thursday, putting the deal a step closer to completion.
The intra-family court fight between Las Vegas Sun publisher Brian Greenspun and his sister Susan Greenspun Fine apparently has been settled on undisclosed terms.
A long-awaited bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday charts a new path to dispose of the nation’s nuclear waste, but to the chagrin of many Nevada leaders, it does not seal off the old path to Yucca Mountain.
Engineering company Halcrow Inc. has one less legal headache following a Thursday ruling by the Nevada Supreme Court concerning CityCenter’s unfinished Harmon Hotel tower.
The “Terminator” is coming back.
Paramount announced Thursday that it is rebooting the “Terminator” franchise and planning for a new trilogy of films, but it’s keeping mum on whether Arnold Schwarzenegger would play a role.
SANFORD, Fla. — George Zimmerman’s defense attorney insisted during several testy exchanges with an important prosecution witness Thursday that Trayvon Martin injected race into a confrontation with the neighborhood watch volunteer and insinuated the young woman was not believable because of inconsistencies in her story.
DENVER — An appeals court said Thursday that Hobby Lobby and a sister company that sells Christian books and supplies can fight the nation’s new health care law on religious grounds, ruling the portion of the law that requires them to offer certain kinds of birth control to their employees is particularly onerous, and suggesting the companies shouldn’t have to pay millions of dollars in fines while their claims are considered.
Soon, military servicemen and servicewomen coming through the USO Lounge at McCarran International Airport may receive a little something extra.
Each month, View looks at a place, perhaps a road, a bridge or a building, that’s named for someone.This month, the Oliver Ranch is in the spotlight. Never heard of it? No surprise. It hasn’t been called that since 1993.
A recent gathering of members of Southern Nevada’s automotive market at Collision Authority’s 41,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility at 700 N. Gibson Road, Henderson, drew an interesting collection of people.
Bernie Recenello had just finished lunch with some friends back in 2010 when curiosity caught his attention and he decided to drop by the newly opened Lexus of Henderson dealership . Balloons didn’t suddenly drop from the ceiling when he walked into the showroom, nor did bells and whistles trumpet his arrival. But, unbeknownst to him, Recenello had just earned the distinction of being the dealership’s first customer.
In pickup parlance, the chase isn’t just on, it never really stops. With the arrival of the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado, the pace is definitely quickening.
A child abuse case that stemmed from the accidental shooting of a 5-year-old boy was dismissed Thursday by a Henderson judge who said the charge “does not fit the facts” in the case.