A new campaign by the U.S. Travel Association is highlighting the negative aspects of coming to America. Yes, the negative aspects.
The Obama administration has come out in favor of special protections for rich fossil beds lying north of Las Vegas, although it says more studies need to determine how best to manage the area.
Las Vegas-based vacation ownership firm Diamond Resorts acquired two rival firms following the company’s initial public stock offering, which closed a week ago.
A photo that has gone viral this week shows an unlikely coupling at a race: a Marine in his gear and a young boy struggling to make it to the finish line of a 5k race.
With U.S. senators bustling about the Senate floor in advance of a vote Thursday, Majority Leader Harry Reid took a rather direct route to restore order. He told them to “sit down and shut up.”
Macau’s casino market during July recorded its second straight month of a 20 percent or better increase in gaming revenues.
A Florida man has been arrested and brought back to Las Vegas on charges of evading hundreds of thousands of dollars in income from the sale of stock in a much-scrutinized diamond company.
WASHINGTON — Allowing the Postal Service to deliver beer, wine and spirits is high on his wish list for raising cash for his financially ailing agency, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Thursday.
Not many groups can cut to the chase and just name their new single “Best Song Ever.”
ST. LOUIS — An Illinois businessman outraged by a court order that he return more than $500,000 in insurance money related to a 2001 wreck that killed his teenage son wanted to pay the money back in pennies in protest, only to recognize that was unfeasible.
Sandy and Les Farris came into Planet Hyundai Sahara for an oil change for their 2006 Hyundai Sonata and left driving a 2013 Hyundai Genesis.
Towbin Dodge Superstore and Towbin Fiat of Las Vegas were named the No. 1 Dodge and Fiat dealerships in the nation for June. It is a first-time accomplishment for Towbin Automotive and Chrysler Corp. No other automotive group has ever achieved both national records simultaneously.
Afraid there may be peanuts or other allergens hiding in that cookie? Thanks to a cradle and app that turn your smartphone into a handheld biosensor, you may soon be able to run on-the-spot tests for food safety, environmental toxins, medical diagnostics and more.
The new Ford Fiesta recently won the overall 2013 Women’s World Car of the Year and Women’s World Car of the Year Economy Car.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list a ground-hugging plant found only in western Nevada and eastern California as a threatened species.
If you were one of those people who couldn’t fathom why regularly scheduled news programming was interrupted because some woman in England had a baby, well, we definitely feel you on that one. But rather than gripe about something we can’t change, we think it’s healthier to get in on the fun.
WASHINGTON — Growing up as a black teen, John Harris III says he wasn’t always sure about what he wanted to do with his life. But the 23-year-old, now part of the first generation of college students who saw the nation’s first black president elected, points to a newfound sense of purpose for him and other black graduates.
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden left the transit zone of a Moscow airport and officially entered Russia after authorities granted him asylum for a year, his lawyer said Thursday.
A 30-year-old Las Vegas man died Thursday morning after his motorcycle rear-ended a car on Desert Inn Road. The unidentified man’s 2012 Suzuki GSXR 1000 hit a 1994 Nissan Altima GXE about 4 a.m. near Tenaya Way, Las Vegas police said.
The Ohio man convicted of holding three women captive in his Cleveland house over a decade and raping them repeatedly was sentenced Thursday to life in prison plus 1,000 years.
Firefighters, police volunteers and others who helped fight the Carpenter 1 Fire were honored on Wednesday night with a “thank you” dinner at The Resort on Mount Charleston.
Artists, rejoice. The First Friday that you knew and loved, a First Friday where art is the focus and everything else is gravy? It’s back. At least for the month of August.
John Oates has new singing partners in cyberspace. But when he comes to the Hard Rock Hotel this weekend, it will be with the one you know.
Imagine if you became famous, but some other famous person used your name, too. This is what is happening with Fergie (the Black Eyed Pea) and Fergie the DJ — who now lists his name as “Fergie DJ.”
Seafood Nights at The Feast Buffet at Green Valley Ranch, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway in Henderson, and Red Rock Resort, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., will continue through August. Every station includes seafood items, including crispy head-on prawns, oyster shooters, fried shrimp po’ boys, stuffed blue crab, blackened redfish and white clam pizza. It’s available from 4 to 9 p.m. Fridays for $29.99 for adults, $24.99 for children 2-9. …
Hard rockers Avenged Sevenfold roar into the Mandalay Bay Events Center on Oct. 26, with Deftones and Ghost B.C. Tickets are $39.50, $59.50 and $69.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at Ticketmaster outlets.