A young boy is in critical condition after being hit by a truck Monday evening at Woodfield Drive and Minden Way, near Sahara Avenue and Nellis Boulevard.
A young man who bought a handgun from a Reno police sergeant was adjudicated as mentally ill by a judge and prohibited from purchasing a weapon, but his name was never entered into a background check system because of a coding error, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported Tuesday.
More than 850 people were without power for almost two hours Tuesday afternoon, according to NV Energy.
The Las Vegas region is tied for second when it comes to how much banks and credit unions charge customers for overdrawing their checking account, according to a survey by Moebs Services.
Zoo Atlanta officials say two giant panda cubs are being rotated between their mother and an incubator to ensure the newborn twins are properly fed and getting an equal amount of nurturing.
An accident on the U.S. Highway 93 caused a road closure in Boulder City Tuesday afternoon.
Clark County commissioners directed staff Tuesday to prepare a proposal for boosting the salaries of about 750 nonunion, nonmanagement employees.
A North Korean ship carrying weapons system parts buried under sacks of sugar was seized as it tried to cross the Panama Canal on its way from Cuba to its home country, which is barred by United Nations sanctions from importing sophisticated weapons or missiles, Panamanian officials said Tuesday.
Las Vegas immigrant rights groups will join those in several other U.S. cities Wednesday to protest what they call the “militarization” of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Call them crazy, but researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are investigating how to build electronics that vanish in water.
The Nevada’s Public Employees Retirement System saw a 12.4 percent increase in value in the fiscal year that ended June 30, beating its 8 percent goal and bringing the total assets to $28.7 billion, an official with the agency said Tuesday.
How do you come up with a set of interesting and positive images to promote downtown Las Vegas without breaking the bank? The Downtown Marketing Initiative harnessed the power of crowd sourcing with the annual Capture Downtown! photography contest.
Three air conditioning units were stolen from the roof of the 10-year-old, 53,000 square foot the Donald W. Reynolds clubhouse, part of the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Nevada.
Gasoline at U.S. pumps jumped this week by the most since February, boosted by refinery upsets on the East Coast and crude prices above $100 a barrel in New York for the first time since May 2012.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel, parent of Allegiant Air, on Tuesday announced it would start new service between Las Vegas and Austin, Texas.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A coroner says “Glee” actor Cory Monteith died of an overdose of heroin and alcohol.
A 19-year-old man was killed after his motorcycle collided with a car late Monday near Durango Drive and Sahara Avenue.
Disturbances spiraling out of Los Angeles street protests against the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin will not be allowed to continue, city leaders vowed Tuesday after a spate of vandalism and assaults that led to 14 arrests.
In one of the most harrowing spacewalks in years, an astronaut had to rush back into the International Space Station on Tuesday after a mysterious water leak inside his helmet robbed him of the ability to speak or hear and could have caused him to choke.
Fugitive U.S. ex-security contractor Edward Snowden has agreed to Russia’s demand that he stop anti- American activity and asked for temporary asylum, a Russian lawyer advising him said.
From autograph sessions to pick-up games, the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas aims to provide a “complete fan-friendly experience” for fans.
While firefighters fought the blaze, almost 200 American Red Cross volunteers were seeing to the needs of residents. Officials said the fire, the worst natural disaster in the county many could recall, also produced one of the largest responses in donations and offers of help.
WASHINGTON — The Senate stepped away from the brink of a meltdown on Tuesday, clearing the way for confirmation of one of President Barack Obama’s nominees long blocked by Republicans, nearing a deal to fill several other vacancies and finessing a Democratic threat to overturn historic rules that protect minority-party rights.
The fearsome bite of a hungry Tyrannosaurus rex left behind new evidence that the famous beast hunted for food and wasn’t just a scavenger.
With the help of informants wearing a wire, an undercover sting by federal agents and Las Vegas police foiled a 2008 plot to rig a homeowners association election, according to an FBI affidavit that surfaced in court documents late last week.
The federal trial of Dr. Dipak Desai and his clinic manager, Tonya Rushing, on conspiracy and health care fraud charges stemming from the hepatitis C outbreak has been reset for Feb. 11.
A fan on her way to a Dave Matthews concert in Pennsylvania pulled over to help a stranded bicyclist who turned out to be none other than the singer himself.
A homeless man is in critical condition after suffering burns in a Tuesday morning house fire near the Stratosphere.
Andrew Dice Clay took a big risk by telling Woody Allen a movie scene wasn’t working while they were filming Allen’s new drama “Blue Jasmine.”