Some Nevada Republicans believe Las Vegas can and should compete with Kansas City, Mo., and other potential suitors to host the 2016 Republican National Convention.
The California Amber Alert issued for two abducted children following the death of their mother has extended to Nevada.
A biker gang leader convicted of murder in a shootout with a rival gang at a Nevada casino will be sentenced in October for the killing of the man known as the “Godfather” of the Hells Angels in San Jose, Calif.
Close to 3,000 hip-hop and street dancers will compete Sunday at the Orleans Arena, where crews from Japan and New Zealand will defend their titles.
Video released of a deadly bus crash last week in China shows the violent impact between a tourist bus and a truck that killed one and injured 23 others.
A growing wildfire chewed through a rugged Southern California mountain range on Thursday, damaging buildings, threatening as many as 600 homes and forcing 1,500 people to flee.
Brantley Gilbert played the parking lot of the Orleans Arena in April. This time, he gets to see what the place looks like inside.
Music icons Brian Wilson and Jeff Beck team up at The Pearl at the Palms on Oct. 18. Tickets start at $69 and go on sale at noon Monday at The Pearl box office, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, and Ticketmaster outlets.
B.J. Thomas has been an unheralded Las Vegas performer since Elvis was still alive, and has played suburban casinos since they started booking headliners in the 1990s.
It’s a moderately busy week at the nightclubs and day clubs.
Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art always makes art fun when they add wine.
Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with ethnic restaurants this week. Restaurants are rated on a letter-grade scale, from A to F. Opinions by R-J critic Heidi Knapp Rinella (H.K.R.) are indicated by initials. Price symbols are based on the cost of an average entree: $ = entrees less than $10; $$ = entrees $10 to $20; $$$ = entrees $20 to $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
When it comes to sweet talkin’ the ladies, the Jonas Brothers’ words may as well be carved from Jolly Ranchers.
Some really important stuff happened in the ’80s — the wacky wall walker was invented, Pam Ewing awoke from a dream, Alf ate a cat, etc.
Beginning as part of the Carnevale summer festival and continuing into the fall, The Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South, has teamed up with Le Cordon Blue College of Culinary Arts to offer the Blue Ribbon Kitchen Program, hands-on workshops that cover an array or cuisines and techniques. The schedule is as follows: Aug. 17, the tastes of Northern Italy; Aug. 24, Southern Italy; Aug. 31, French bistro; Sept. 7, hors d’oeuvres; Oct. 5, sushi making; and Nov. 2, steakhouse at home. The workshops, which run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., are $250 per person. To register, go to www.Venetian.com or call 702-414-9000. …
Chris Isaak may be a Vegas kind of guy. But not necessarily the kind of Vegas guy you think.
MC Chris sounds as if he has a canine’s squeak toy for a voice box and drops rhymes that betray an intimate knowledge of “Star Wars,” 12-sided dice and nacho-flavored Combos.
The woman killed in a car accident involving a concrete mixer dump truck on Wednesday in northwest Las Vegas has been identified.
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut and the United Auto Workers Union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract for nearly 2,000 table games dealers that increases pay and allows dealers to decide how tips are distributed.
Dr. Bob Robinson wasn’t one to sit on his hands and watch life pass him by.
NASA researchers found evidence in 2011 that the building blocks of life — DNA — may have originated in space.
First, it’s not the Austin, Texas, event. Las Vegas’ version is all about the entrepreneur looking for help and the venture capitalist looking for the next great idea.
In a couple of weeks it’ll be football season again, and then Friday night at high school games it’ll be the three P’s again: pork, poi, pineapple.
Tinker Bell flies around inside and the interior slowly begins to illuminate, while pseudo fireworks are projected throughout the space. That is just a typical morning ritual at the Disney Store.
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What’s that massive building going up near Ikea in southwest Las Vegas?
Woman suing Las Vegas Strip resort after vehicle stolen from valet
Downtown Las Vegas pizzeria is opening a shop in the suburbs
More affluent visitors finding their way to Vegas — and staying
Eagles’ Sphere strategy: High prices, high expectations