Panama’s Copa Airlines will boost its Las Vegas service to twice daily on four days a week starting on Dec. 13.
George Zimmerman helped rescue four people from an overturned vehicle in central Florida last week, just days after he was cleared of all charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, officials said Monday.
Frenzied crowds of Roman Catholics mobbed the car carrying Pope Francis on Monday when he returned to his home continent for the first time as pontiff, embarking on a seven-day visit meant to fan the fervor of the faithful around the globe.
With her passport back in hand, a Norwegian woman at the center of a Dubai rape claim dispute said Monday that officials dropped her 16-month sentence for having sex outside marriage in the latest clash between the city’s Islamic-based legal codes and its international branding as a Western-friendly haven.
That lonely Henderson Hostess bakery has a new owner.
Britain and the world waited for news Monday afternoon, after Prince William’s wife, Kate, checked into the private wing of a central London hospital and palace officials announced that she was in labor.
LONDON — Bookies cashed in big Monday as thousands of Britons placed bets on the name of the child that will be born to Prince William and his wife, Kate.
Sport-Social is now eligible for $100,000 in seed funding and support following its win in a state-sponsored contest to find the next unique Nevada business.
Credit unions first earned their tax-exempt status in 1934 with the passage of the Federal Credit Union Act. The act granted the exemption because “credit unions are mutual or cooperative organizations operated entirely by and for their members.”
If you’ve been looking for the Tipsy Totes store, it didn’t just disappear.
You missed the boat again.
Francis Dumont has been passionate about architecture for as long as he can remember. As a boy in Philadelphia, he designed houses and sketched historic buildings in his neighborhood, and he went on to graduate with a degree in architecture from the University of Notre Dame.
CHICAGO — Falling televisions sent nearly 200,000 U.S. children to the emergency room over 20 years and the injury rate has climbed substantially for these sometimes deadly accidents, a study found.
Unemployment may be on a steady decline in Southern Nevada, but a new survey suggests small businesses aren’t helping curb joblessness.
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Entrepreneurs, compared with people in other occupations, often appear to experience life as a whole in their work. They’re engaged, attentive and open to surprises that lift them up. Sometimes, the natural environment causes them; other times, entrepreneurial drive does.
NEW YORK — Dennis Farina, a onetime Chicago cop who as a popular actor played a cop on “Law & Order,” has died.
CARSON CITY — Las Vegas City Councilman Ricki Barlow announced Monday that he is considering a run for state controller in 2014.
The Clark County District Attorney’s office has received a national award for most improved child support enforcement, which includes doing a better job establishing paternity and obtaining new child support court orders, current and overdue support payments.
A Flying J Truck Stop has opened at Whiskey Pete’s at Primm Valley, expanding the services offered at the casino location on the Nevada-California border.
Peter Dixon was driving his car north on South Jones Boulevard just past Alta Drive when he hit a loose water valve cover. The 7-inch metal discs that rest atop water valves usually are level with the street. Not this one.
LOS ANGELES — Shirley Jones opens the door to her house and appears every inch the ladylike Marian the librarian or sweet farm girl Laurey or cheerfully steady Mrs. Partridge, offering a warm smile and handshake.
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — An Ohio man possibly influenced by a serial killer was charged Monday with aggravated murder after three bodies wrapped in trash bags were found in suburban Cleveland.
A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a car Sunday night on Boulder Highway near Tropicana Avenue.
First there was the tea party takeover of the Republican Party in Nevada.
As rain sluiced through the valley for the second night in a row, and more rain and wind expected in the coming days, Las Vegas can find some relief in cooler temperatures.
I keep seeing the “It Can Wait” public service commercials. There’s a website, itcanwait.com, where you can sign a pledge to never text and drive. I’d go there and sign the pledge, but I don’t need to. I have my mother instead. And my girlfriend. Together, they converted me (through strategic harping) to a “no texting while driving” policy.