Another sure sign that this country’s pet obsession is going off the rails: The Nevada Supreme Court heard 50 minutes of arguments Wednesday about a Henderson dog that killed a 1-year-old boy.
For the 83 men facing capital punishment in Nevada, death by natural causes is a more likely an outcome than seeing their sentences actually carried out.
With apologies to Andrew McCutchen, one of the best center fielders in the major leagues, the Pittsburgh Pirates are basically a team of no-names. Not a lot was expected from them again this season, for obvious reasons.
A heavy atmosphere filled the theater of Centennial High School on Sunday evening as fire officials informed residents of the Spring Mountains and community members about the Carpenter Canyon fire.
Nevada’s political parties, with the exception of the Libertarian Party, saw declines in voter registration numbers in June, the secretary of state’s office reported last week.
One punch created a new sensation in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and changed the fortunes of three of the organization’s biggest superstars.
The Shade Tree shelter for women and children in crisis is experiencing one of its own.
Most people still think the U.S. gambling industry is anchored in Las Vegas, with its booming Strip and 24/7 action, a place where years of alluring marketing campaigns have helped scrub away the taint of past corruption.
BOSTON — Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday while on Massachusetts’ Nantucket Island.
A conservation group is asking a federal judge to set aside federal land managers’ plans to remove sagebrush, pinion pines and junipers across a large swath of public lands in eastern Nevada.
An accident involving a Citizens Area Transit bus and a car left one dead and seven injured Saturday night, according to Las Vegas police.
The North Las Vegas Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a 10-year-old boy.
The minions of “Despicable Me 2” ran away with the July 4th box office, leaving the Johnny Depp Western “The Lone Ranger” in the dust. According to studio estimates Sunday, the Universal animated sequel took in $82.5 million over the weekend and $142.1 million across the five-day holiday window.
When Christine van den Brandt moved to Las Vegas after 16 years in Atlanta she had a hard time making personal connections with her new neighbors.
Staving off the harmful effects of the summertime Southern Nevada sun?
An influential Russian parliament member who often speaks for the Kremlin encouraged NSA leaker Edward Snowden on Sunday to accept Venezuela’s offer of asylum.
Pilots of Asiana Flight 214 were flying too slowly as they approached San Francisco airport, triggering a control board warning that the jetliner could stall, and then tried to abort the landing seconds before crashing, according to federal safety officials.
As a plastic surgeon who performs only facial aesthetic surgery, Goesel Anson noticed the same recurring issue with patients. Instead of ignoring the problem, she came up with a solution — one she could monetize.
English Language Learning, long the heaviest anchor on achievement and graduation rates in Nevada’s public schools, has a higher political profile and higher funding levels than ever before. But will more attention and more money make a difference if schools don’t change the way they teach kids who speak another language at home?
As firefighters doused still burning oil tanker cars, more bodies were recovered Sunday in this devastated town in eastern Quebec, raising the death toll to five after a runaway train derailed, igniting explosions and fires that destroyed the downtown district.
LONDON — Andy Murray needed one more point, one solitary point, to win Wimbledon — a title he yearned to earn for himself, of course, and also for his country.
A flash flood warning issued by the National Weather Service earlier Sunday has been replaced with a flood advisory for the east and southeast areas of the Las Vegas Valley.
Because of the heat and because it was only a “friendly,” as they call exhibition games in soccer, I did not go to the match between the two Mexican sides the other night.
The Clark County Commission is considering an increase in the sales tax rate to prop up police services, but not in a way that honors the will of voters.
Maryland Parkway is one of those streets few people but the 9,000 drivers who use it everyday think about. But it also may be the most important north-south street in the valley, after the obvious exception of Las Vegas Boulevard.
If it’s not one thing, it’s another with the Obama administration.
Man wearing dress. Mystic space between heaven and Earth? Or cheap hotel with no ballroom?
As surely as the sun rises in the East, construction continues on two huge regional solar power projects.
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A famed chef opens his 6th restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip
EDITORIAL: Accountability thy name isn’t Biden
Nevada’s gas prices could soon skyrocket. Blame it on a new California law
Haze from California wildfire clouds Las Vegas Valley
‘Boom!’: ‘Tank’ Davis retains belt in vicious fashion at MGM Grand — PHOTOS