Army Pvt. George J. Peters never wore the Medal of Honor he earned for his heroic actions when he stormed a Nazi machine gun nest in a farmer’s field along Germany’s Rhine River in 1945.
Islamic militants attacked a boarding school before dawn Saturday, dousing a dormitory in fuel and lighting it ablaze as students slept, survivors said. At least 30 people were killed in the deadliest attack yet on schools in Nigeria’s embattled northeast.
Meet the happy couple — Frank Marino and his fiance, Alex Schechter. They met when Schechter was 20 and Marino was 29. Now after two decades of love, they are getting married.
The Bryan Slam is complete. Twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan captured their fourth straight major Saturday at Wimbledon with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo.
The minions have overtaken “The Lone Ranger.” Universal’s animated sequel “Despicable Me 2” created box-office fireworks on the Fourth of July, earning $24.5 million.
Penny-stock company Las Vegas Railway Express Inc. unveiled an audacious national expansion of its party train concept even as its recently filed annual report detailed that more promises to start Las Vegas-to-Los Angeles service have evaporated.
Psst, hey pal — watch out for the woman lurking behind those chic Oakley sunglasses in the hijack seat.
The blaze that until late this week crept along rugged rims of Mount Charleston grew to as many as 9,000 acres Friday and swept into Kyle Canyon, threatening hundreds of homes and businesses.
Marion Bartoli won her first major title Saturday, defeating Sabine Lisicki 6-1, 6-4 in the Wimbledon final.
One by one, they stepped up to the mic and peppered Dana White with questions. The president of Ultimate Fighting Championship, the Las Vegas-based MMA fight promotions company, enjoyed swatting the questions over the fence like a big-leaguer in a tee-ball league.
It’s colorless, odorless and deadly, and safety officials say carbon monoxide poisoning likely contributed to more drowning deaths over the past decades than imagined.
His friends were going out that night, but Dana White chose to stay home.
This Fourth of July made me think about risk-takers, the positives and negatives about being one.
Chris Weidman, the unbeaten Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight contender, has insisted he would upset longtime champion Anderson Silva since the day their fight was announced.
An animal advocate says emergency responders were not well-prepared to help families on Mount Charleston with pets.
As more than 500 residents of Mount Charleston evacuated their homes while a blaze crept into the canyon, two American Red Cross shelters on either side of the Spring Mountains provide food, water and information.
PAHRUMP — Smelling of smoke and sweat, Capt. Randy Martinez’s five-man crew pull into Pahrump at 8:30 p.m. Friday, calling an end to a 16-hour day of firefighting. They trudge over to the town’s park where 400 firefighters have made camp to eat dinner in the dark.