Army Pfc. Bradley Manning stood at attention in his crisp dress uniform Wednesday and learned the price he will pay for spilling an unprecedented trove of government secrets: up to 35 years in prison, the stiffest punishment ever handed out in the U.S. for leaking to the media.
The phone calls keep coming. Frequently the callers are angry. Often they’re crying.
The family of a man suspected of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl and killing her mother and younger brother has asked for paternity tests to determine if the suspect fathered the children — a suggestion that was quickly refuted by the victims’ family.
The man accused of exchanging gunfire with police at a Georgia school didn”;t seem to have any friends and rarely talked about his family or past during the months he lived with a couple who serve as pastors at a small church.
A brother of the U.S. soldier who slaughtered 16 Afghan civilians last year began making the case Wednesday for why he should one day be eligible for parole, portraying him as a patriotic American and indulgent father who let his son put ranch dressing on chocolate chip pancakes.
The National Security Agency declassified three secret court opinions Wednesday showing how in one of its surveillance programs it scooped up as many as 56,000 emails and other communications by Americans not connected to terrorism annually over three years, revealed the error to the court – which ruled its actions unconstitutional – and then fixed the problem.
A state investigation of sports book operator Cantor Gaming, launched after a company official was indicted for his alleged involvement in an illegal bookmaking and money laundering operation, has gone radio silent.
President Richard Nixon had just delivered his first major national address on the Watergate scandal that would ultimately cost him the White House when the calls of support began pouring in.
As he tells the story of self-respect, fears faced and conquered, boundaries claimed and defended, I notice he seems taller. The timbre of his voice coming deeper. He is absent the anxious energy with which he first walked into my office, months ago.
Colin Cowherd hated his first job in Las Vegas so much that he tossed his wardrobe in a dumpster.
An ancient portal to the underworld continues to emit toxic gases more than 2,000 years after it was built.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to get all of the world’s 7 billion people online through a partnership with some of the largest mobile technology companies.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday it doesn’t intend to round up any more wild horses from a big herd in Northern Nevada for at least two years.
Gerri Frederick is looking for super-sized ice-cream sundaes like the former Leatherby’s used to serve, and I’m guessing she’s going to have a lot of fun checking out the suggestions from her fellow readers.
The soldier on trial for the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood refused to put up a fight on Wednesday, resting his case without calling a single witness or testifying in his own defense.
TV food personality Giada De Laurentiis’ first restaurant will be on the Las Vegas Strip. The still-unnamed restaurant, expected to open early next year, will be on the second floor of the Gansevoort (formerly Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall, formerly the Barbary Coast), in a space that had been a parking garage.
Google has been holding talks with the National Football League, raising speculation that the internet monolith is seeking new inroads into television.
A high school experiment found that Oreo”;s Double Stuf cookies actually contain only 1.86 times the creme filling of an original Oreo cookie.
The insanely difficult Mount Midoriyama — think “Wipeout” by way of the Marquis de Sade — has yet to be conquered in the first four seasons of “American Ninja Warrior.”
Khloe Kardashian has a UFO story, but her stepfather, Bruce Jenner, isn’t buying it.
Suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones lost another bid Tuesday to block disciplinary proceedings against him.
Residents at Nevada’s nursing homes have a way of airing their concerns; that is the role Nevada’s Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is supposed to play.
Pretzel bread went national this summer — and mass-market — when Wendy’s introduced its Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger, following a trend that local bakers have seen building for years.
Torn ACL. Dislocated ankle. Broken fibula. Torn MCL. Fractured hip. Pectoral tear. Torn triceps. Torn PCL. Knee strain. Torn Achilles. Torn hamstring. And that’s just off a cursory glance at the NFL’s injury report for this preseason.
With the first week of the English Premier League completed, bar owners in Las Vegas expect a profitable first weekend to get even better as more fans return to their familiar ritual of waking up early on Saturday or Sunday, putting on their club’s jersey and heading down to the pub to watch the game.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air is expanding its service again, this time with a focus on the East Coast.
Gaming leaders are looking at leveraging the release of a feature film that depicts the seedier side of illegal Internet poker to raise awareness of the need for proper regulation of online wagering.
A white carpet weaves throughout the Las Vegas Convention Center, giving the venue a feel that something chic is happening here. At Mandalay Bay, thousands of young men wearing designer jeans walk the corridors outside the fashion trade shows.
A local think tank has failed in District Court to force the Clark County School District to hand over 18,000 email addresses issued to its teachers.
