Two people are dead and two are injured after a house fire early Friday morning in northwest Las Vegas, near North El Capitan Way and Iron Mountain Road.
Well, here’s something unexpected. An American R&B star is cutting an album that may be released only in Japan.
The nastiest, most significant division on the Clark County Commission has been healed. After years of fighting over the governance of University Medical Center and using the valley’s public hospital as leverage in political turf wars, commissioners finally have agreed to transfer oversight of the money-losing operation to a new board of directors.
Pinch runner Giovanni Battistoni scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error in the bottom of the eighth inning as Liberty rallied to defeat Helper (Utah) 4-3 on Friday in the second round of the American Legion Western Regional in Surprise, Ariz.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: RedHawks, Bobby Doran (1-0); 51s, Matt Fox (5-4)
Three sure signs that the college football season is not far away: a Heisman Trophy winner is under investigation, Bret Bielema has his windbreaker in a twist about Ohio State, and we’ve had a Shirtless Spurrier sighting.
This is a different type of training camp for UNLV’s football team as it shifts to Ely Saturday for 12 days of practices.
Because most of the lineup is experienced and in place, the Rebels won’t spend as much time teaching and trying to decide positions.
Sheriff’s officials say a child’s body found in a burning house in Southern California is an 8-year-old boy whose mother was killed and whose sister is believed to have been abducted by a family friend.
A car belonging to a man suspected of killing a California woman and her young son and then fleeing with the 16-year-old daughter was found in the Idaho wilderness on Friday after a horseback rider reported seeing the man and girl hiking in the area two days earlier, authorities said. The discovery came as authorities in California positively identified the charred body of the girl’s younger brother five days after its discovery.
Responding to critics, President Barack Obama promised on Friday to work with Congress on “appropriate reforms” for the domestic surveillance programs that have stirred criticism at home and abroad. He also said it is time to recalibrate the United States’ relationship with Russia, which is harboring NSA secrets leaker Edward Snowden.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. said Friday it sold its Macau golf course property for $438 million to an Asian developer.
As seven of the eight churchgoers struck Thursday night by an 18-year-old driver were released from the hospital, North Las Vegas police attention shifted to the whereabouts of the driver’s 1-year-old son.
Rep. Steven Horsford, back at work after heart surgery, plans to use his recent scare to push for improved health care options in Southern Nevada, including starting a local medical school.
Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital’s ability to participate in Medicare could be terminated on or before Nov. 6 if deficiencies found by a federal agency are not corrected or evidence of compliance is not submitted, according to documents released by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services late Friday.
My theater snobbery against Broadway musicals adapted from Hollywood movies was dealt a serious blow by “Legally Blonde, The Musical,” produced and directed by Philip Shelburne at Super Summer Theatre. The 2007 Broadway show is not only funnier than the original 2001 film comedy with Reese Witherspoon, but, thanks to the music, it also has more heart — except for one little part.
CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta says he spoke too soon in opposing the medical use of marijuana in the past and that he now believes the drug can have very real benefits for people with specific health problems.
Ex-Rebel Adam Scott followed Thursday’s 65 with a 68, but it wasn’t enough to hold off Jason Dufner, who matched a major championship scoring record with a 7-under 63 in the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday
Anti-nuclear activists from the Nevada Desert Experience and Code Pink commemorated the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan with a peace vigil outside the Nellis Air Force Base main gate.
The North Loop Trail to Charleston Peak in the Spring Mountains is open again, roughly a month after lightning sparked the blaze that scorched almost 28,000 acres.
Casino plans a weekend of activities, including karaoke and giveaways, to honor the king of rock ‘n’ roll.
Jerry Rice certainly didn’t go out of his way to bring attention to himself, but even at a secluded location at Rebel Park, someone will notice the presence of the greatest wide receiver in football history.
A 7-year-old girl escaped serious injuries after a U.S. Postal Service truck backed into her as she was walking across the entrance to an apartment complex Thursday, according to her family and a Postal Service spokesman.
On Thursday, Derek Medina’s Web-based persona took a nefarious turn: First he apparently posted a message on his page in which he confessed to killing his 26-year-old wife, Jennifer Alfonso.
Industry associations have settled into a new normal. Sure, things aren’t nearly what they were. But the market has stabilized, and even slight gains in sales and development mean the rebuilding of the real estate networking event.
Thomas Devoe kept seven sheds’ worth of Christmas decorations in his backyard. Devoe died last month at the age of 70.
Power at portions of the Flamingo have been out most of Friday in connection with construction of the neighboring $180 million Gansevoort Hotel.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
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Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
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Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people