Brent Hathaway, dean of the University of Wyoming College of Business since 2004, will take the reins as dean of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ Lee Business School on Oct. 1, the university announced Wednesday.
David Schubert, a former prosecutor who once fled to Mexico to avoid time behind bars for a drug conviction, was found dead at his Las Vegas home Wednesday.
Researchers in Utah said Wednesday they discovered a new type of big-nosed, horned-faced dinosaur that lived about 76 million years ago in the area of what is now the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
You can drive, but you can’t hide.
A rapidly growing network of police cameras is capturing, storing and sharing data on license plates, making it possible to stitch together people’s movements whether they are stuck in a commute, making tracks to the beach or up to no good.
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles’ chief wants everyone to know you don’t need to pay for basic information about vehicle registrations or driver’s licenses.
RENO — The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld the city of Reno’s annexation of 7,000 acres in Cold Springs.
Vincent Faraci, a mob-connected player in the racketeering days of the old Crazy Horse Too strip club, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to filing a false 2006 tax return.
Cantor Fitzgerald L.P., a New York-based financial services firm, and several key executives are accused of taking crucial technology out of a subsidiary to benefit its Nevada gaming business, according to a recently released lawsuit.
Patrick Trundle need look no further than the Sazerac to back up his assertion that rye whiskey has made a comeback.
Federal and local authorities raided a storage facility just west of the Strip Wednesday in an ongoing synthetic drug investigation. Police said they were not targeting the Power Exchange sex club, which happened to share space with the facility.
The Italian court trying the captain of the Costa Concordia heard grim details Wednesday about how the 32 victims of the shipwreck drowned, some after diving or falling into the sea from the capsized cruise liner when lifeboats were no longer accessible.
If you are looking for hard-to-find tickets to a big concert or event, there are an extra 1,000 or so people in Las Vegas this week who could probably help you.
Citing concern over the killing of Trayvon Martin in central Florida, Attorney General Eric Holder said stand-your-ground laws, which allow people who believe they are in danger to use deadly force, should be reassessed.
A strange glow in space has provided fresh evidence that all the gold on Earth was forged from ancient collisions of dead stars, researchers reported Wednesday.
Ruth Kizer left her home in Lee Canyon the day after lightning ignited a fire south of Carpenter Canyon, on the opposite side of Mount Charleston from her home. She was headed to the hospital for heat exhaustion.
A recent Las Vegas transplant has found herself smack in the middle of the bitter, long-standing labor dispute between Station Casinos and Culinary Workers Local 226 as she looks to host the 2013 National Nurses Health Institute.
ESPN personality Colin Cowherd is heading for the Nevada Broadcasters Association’s Hall of Fame.
LOS ANGELES — Packs of young people rampaged through Hollywood, knocked down people and stole cellphones and other items before a police sweep halted the marauding and arrested a dozen people, police said Wednesday.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — After winning the support of a majority of Springfield voters, MGM Resorts said Wednesday it was expanding the scope of its casino campaign to include the rest of the western Massachusetts region.
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive in his home for more than a decade pleaded not guilty Wednesday on an expanded indictment charging him with 512 counts of kidnapping and 446 counts of rape, among other crimes.
Q: I hand-water my trees with a hose. How often should I water my California pepper tree, Mediterranean fan palm and my Canary Island date palm with the extreme temperatures we are having? These are the only trees I have on my property.
Q: I recently had a break-in at my house. The intruder kicked in my front door, which split the jamb where the door latch locks. My friend and I want to replace the jamb ourselves, but fear we will get in over our heads. After all, this is a matter of security.
“Alternatives, and particularly desirable alternatives, grow only on imaginary trees.” Saul Bellow (1915-2005), American writer, “Dangling Man” (1944)
Las Vegas police have located 8-year-old James Gonzalez, who went missing around 6:30 p.m. yesterday near his home on Sunrise Avenue at 28th Street.
As fire crews worked round the clock to battle the Carpenter 1 Fire, area residents could look to the skies to see its devastating effect.
NEW DELHI – At least 22 Indian children died and 25 others were hospitalized after eating a contaminated lunch at a state-run primary school in the eastern state of Bihar, prompting violent protests.
Britain on Wednesday legalized gay marriage after Queen Elizabeth II gave her royal stamp of approval, clearing the way for the first same-sex weddings next summer.
A Rolling Stone cover story on Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is generating controversy online.
HAVANA — Cuba’s explanation that it buried antiquated weapons systems under thousands of tons of sugar and sent them back to North Korea for repair is potentially credible but leaves troubling questions unresolved, international arms experts said Wednesday.