Reader Lori Osmany is looking for scungilli, also commonly called conch. I decided to do a little research to determine the differences between the two, because some people insist that scungilli are strictly American, never eaten in Italy. Not true, it appears.
Two federal magistrates on Wednesday are to take up the subject of the massive evidence in the long-running criminal investigation into corruption at Las Vegas Valley homeowners associations.
Soup, when it’s 110 degrees out? Sure. Nobody said soup has to be served hot.
One hundred years and three generations later, a combination of family ties, unusual geology and years of exploration appears to be on the verge of turning around the fortunes of the Quartette Mine.
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A man linked to the murder case against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez told police Hernandez admitted firing the fatal shots, and a vehicle wanted in a double killing in Boston a year before had been rented in Hernandez’s name, according to documents filed Tuesday in Florida that provide the most damning evidence yet against the star athlete.
A UNLV law professor has been appointed by the Obama administration to fill a role at the U.S. Department of Interior.
One person is dead after their 2009 Toyota Matrix struck a light pole early Tuesday morning in Summerlin, according to Las Vegas Police.
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A man is dead after a double shooting at a mobile home park in the 3600 block of Las Vegas Boulevard North.
The last holdout on allowing the public possession of concealed guns, Illinois joined the rest of the nation Tuesday as lawmakers raced to beat a federal court deadline in adopting a carry law over Gov. Pat Quinn’s objections.
Three Family Court marshals who witnessed a 2010 case of alleged excessive force involving their supervisor testified Tuesday before a federal grand jury.
Two flight attendants in the back of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 survived despite being thrown onto the runway when the plane slammed into a seawall and lost its tail during a crash landing at San Francisco’s airport, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.
UNLV law professor Bret Birdsong has been tapped by the Obama administration to lead a team of lawyers for the Bureau of Land Management.
On a day filled with speeches from dignitaries including the vice president, the words of the lone survivor of a fire crew overrun by flames resonated deepest in an arena packed with firefighters from around the nation.
Las Vegas attorney Jennifer Dorsey survived a suggestion of scandal and won U.S. Senate confirmation Tuesday to become a federal judge in Nevada.
The Sparks City Council has approved 11 labor contracts with employee groups that give back many concessions workers agreed to during the recession.
Canadian authorities said Tuesday they have opened a criminal investigation into the fiery wreck of a runaway oil train in this small town as the death toll climbed to 15, with dozens more bodies feared buried in the burned-out ruins.
A man who bombed a Mormon church building in 1988 and sparked a 13-day standoff at a polygamist compound that left a corrections officer dead was released from prison on Tuesday after more than 25 years behind bars.
Western Nevada College President Carol Lucey announced Tuesday she will step down from her position, saying she is unwilling to serve as president through another legislative session.
The Nevada Board of Examiners on Tuesday agreed to pay $920,000 to settle a dispute over a 2003 law that sought to protect lands near Red Rock Canyon.
The trajectory of the bullet and gunpowder on Trayvon Martin’s body support George Zimmerman’s account that the teen was on top of him when the defendant shot and killed Martin, an expert on gunshot wounds testified Tuesday.
A man committed suicide Sunday shortly after being released from a protective custody hold by St. Rose Dominican Hospital, according to officials.
Three women held captive in a Cleveland home for a decade issued a YouTube video Monday night in which they thanked the public for the encouragement and financial support that is allowing them to restart their lives.
Here’s mud in your eye. And your hair, back and legs.
The Air Force has pulled a brochure circulated at a South Carolina base after a lawmaker complained about some objectionable advice to sexual assault victims — such as submitting to an attack rather than resisting.
There’s little special about MLB’s All-Star game anymore, as evidenced by the fact it has lost half its television audience in the last 20 years, but Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig could make the mid-summer classic fun and interesting.
Authorities in northwest Arizona have released the names of tourists from England involved in a fatal accident about 10 miles north of Kingman Saturday.
The Nevada Division of State Parks announces that both launch ramps at the state recreation area near Fallon are closed because of low water levels.
