Two-thirds of rapes are committed by someone the victim knows, according to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network. The Rape Crisis Center is looking to empower women so they can avoid becoming a statistic by expanding its Your SPACE program.
The Strip has awakened from its recession-induced coma, and signs of life are writ large in the $2 billion in construction projects along the resort corridor, but today’s construction frenzy can teach any small company a few lessons on how — or even whether — to land those big fish.
Thirty of the 32 NFL teams made Forbes’ list of 50 most valuable sports teams, but it is European soccer clubs that dominate the Top 5.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The plan by MGM Resorts International to build an $800 million casino in Springfield is about to be put to the test with city voters.
The Nevada Bankers Association has elected its new officers and board of directors for 2013-2014, the Las Vegas-based trade group said Monday.
It didn’t take long for Lulu’s Bread & Breakfast to go from a downtown Las Vegas food truck to a brick-and-mortar breakfast spot at 6720 Sky Pointe Drive in Centennial Hills.
Proposed language changes to clarify a 1954 law in a chapter on “weapons and missiles” have Henderson residents and the Firearms Coalition upset.
Haleyann Hart is using her talents as a singer, actress and dancer to raise money for Family Promise, which helps families dealing with homelessness.
Public meeting to discuss downtown pedestrian and bicycle circulation
Tennessee Williams’ classic play “The Glass Menagerie” is filled with drama and it’s easy to guide with a heavy hand. Happily, this production at the Onyx Theatre, directed by Ernie Curcio, manages to bring a lightness that deftly counterbalances the desperation that simmers beneath the surface of the characters.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy appears to be weaker than many economists had thought after a report Monday showed consumers spent cautiously in June at retail businesses.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Harry Reid on Monday dismissed Republican threats to open Yucca Mountain for nuclear waste if he changes Senate filibuster rules, saying he doubted they would follow through on them.
Your family is going on vacation this year. It’ll be a lot of fun.
Upcoming book events include a presentation by Mercedes Yardley, Mason Bundschuh, Billie Bundschuh and Ryan Johnson, members of The Illiterati critique group, at the Las Vegas Writers Group.
The city of Las Vegas shut down James Gay Park after several vagrants got into a fight that led to the stabbing of a woman Friday night, police said Saturday.
He already brought sexy back, so what’s Justin Timberlake to do for an encore?
Find things to do in the Summerlin and Summerlin South areas.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Edward Snowden has very sensitive “blueprints” detailing how the National Security Agency operates that would allow someone who read them to evade or even duplicate NSA surveillance, a journalist close to the intelligence leaker said Sunday.
An additional case of West Nile in Clark County was reported by the Southern Nevada Health District Monday.
A motorcycle racer trying to top 300 mph died Sunday after losing control and zooming off a runway at a former air base in northern Maine.
A respected New York rabbi has been arrested in one case and is being investigated in at least two more in which authorities say the apparent reason for trying to pull people over was to rage at them for cutting him off or driving too slowly.
Washoe County has paid $75,000 to settle a civil case involving a college student who claimed a sheriff’s deputy “manhandled” her and used excessive force during an arrest at Lake Tahoe.
Laura A. Bucheit has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Las Vegas Division.