As Flight 214 descended over San Francisco Bay, both Asiana Airlines pilots were trying something new.
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, said Wednesday the United States should cut all aid to Egypt because of the military takeover of the country and President Barack Obama is breaking the law by not calling it a coup and halting $1.5 billion in annual financial assistance.
Las Vegas firefighters will get $7.2 million in additional pay and benefits over three years under a new labor contract approved by the City Council on Wednesday.
MOAPA — Jean Ervin Soriano was vilified in the media.
When I heard that Gary Player was going to pose naked for ESPN The Magazine’s annual Body Issue, the first thing that came to mind was those cardboard boxes with pinholes the smart kids made in third grade so they could safely view a solar eclipse.
The Navy successfully landed a drone the size of a fighter jet aboard an aircraft carrier for the first time Wednesday, showcasing the military’s capability to have a computer program perform one of the most difficult tasks that a pilot is asked to do.
His arm in a cast and his face swollen, a blase-looking Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing in a seven-minute proceeding that marked his first appearance in public since his capture in mid-April.
MGM Resorts International announced three senior level promotions in the company’s government affairs, corporate communications and public relations departments.
As House Republicans weighed their next steps on immigration Wednesday, former President George W. Bush nudged them ever so gently from the Texas sidelines to carry a “benevolent spirit” into a debate that includes a possible path to citizenship for millions living in the country illegally.
San Francisco Giants pitcher Chad Gaudin has been charged with lewdness after police say he touched the breast of a woman on a gurney at a Las Vegas hospital earlier this year.
The head of the U.S. railway company whose runaway oil train crashed into a Quebec town blamed the engineer Wednesday for failing to set the brakes properly before the train hurtled down a seven-mile (11-kilometer) incline, derailed and ignited a fire that killed at least 15 people and left dozens missing.
Penn National Gaming’s plan to split the regional casino giant into two publicly traded companies was granted preliminary approval by Nevada gaming regulators Wednesday.
Rep. Dina Titus peppered the Department of Energy with more questions Wednesday about nuclear waste plans for its Nevada landfill.
A second effort to water down a pro-Yucca Mountain bill in the House of Representatives was squashed on Wednesday.
U.S. mining operations had the lowest death and injury rates in their history last year with 36 on-the-job fatalities, federal regulators said Wednesday.
Vivian Wilson, who is 2 years old, could use some pot. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie isn’t sure she should get it.
The selection of paintings and other types of art is usually left for the final stage of the interior design process. A recent project for the lobby of a high-end residential building in Las Vegas was no exception to that pattern.
An effort to restore lower interest rates on student loans has failed in the Senate.
Berry bushes and squash vines, apple and pear saplings, and inches-high corn plants growing are envisioned to blossom into an “edible forest garden” in urban Cincinnati for the benefit of joggers, bicyclists, hikers and those who simply want to relax along a waterway.
We recently survived the hottest June on record in Las Vegas. My car’s thermometer, which has always been fairly accurate, registered an outside temperature of 121 degrees as I drove across town one day. It remained there for several miles before it slowly dropped down, barely into the one-teens. It was still only June! I’ve been writing about the likely effects of climate change for years but the reality of the experience is deeply disconcerting.
Q: Is using wood from a commercial orchard safe for smoking meats? I don’t know whether you use any of these, but I figured you might have an answer .
Las Vegas police arrested a man in connection with a double shooting Tuesday morning in a mobile home park on Las Vegas Boulevard.
Clark County lawyers have until Aug. 12 to participate in the 2013 Judicial Performance Evaluation sponsored by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation has replaced its management partner for more than 30 years, Reed Exhibitions, after the company earlier this year decided to restrict the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines at its Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, Penn.
After taking less than a week to call 18 witnesses, George Zimmerman’s defense attorneys rested their case Wednesday in the neighborhood watch volunteer’s second-degree murder trial without the defendant ever taking the stand.
Teenage female characters are sexual fodder for broadcast network TV series, especially comedies, according to an advocacy group’s new study.
If you were one of the unsuccessful applicants in Nevada’s big game tag draw you may not have to sit this season out after all. Utah still has more than 3,300 buck mule deer permits available and they go on sale at 7 a.m. PDT Thursday, July 11 . (That’s 8 a.m. in Utah, which is in the Mountain time zone and observes daylight saving time.)
The Pentagon is eyeing plans to eliminate danger pay for service members in as many as 18 countries and five waterways around the world, saving about $120 million each year while taking a bite out of troops’ salaries, The Associated Press has learned.
Business travel spending is expected to continue to grow throughout 2013.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Las Vegas teen killed in minibike crash had 10 times legal limit for pot, report says
Mom killed in fatal crash near 215 Beltway identified
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school