A bicyclist struck by a vehicle driven by a Douglas County judge has died, authorities said.
To the right, black marble floors give way to the open butcher block at Echo & Rig Butcher and Steakhouse, opening Friday at Tivoli Village, 440 S. Rampart Blvd. Immaculately butchered lamb leg roast, chicken feet and London broil rest among sprigs of rosemary inside a walk-in refrigerator, viewable to the public through a floor-to-ceiling glass door. To the left, black vest-wearing bartenders stand behind Mason jars filled with orange and lemon slices, and a glass breaking behind the bar, purposeful or not, signals the start of business.
Efforts to get a medical marijuana dispensary program established in Nevada moved forward Thursday when state lawmakers approved staff and funding to implement regulations and set up a tax collection process.
Mel Shapiro knew Steve Wynn’s dirty laundry. Elvis Presley’s and Frank Sinatra’s and Don Rickles’, too. Shapiro gave up a budding career as a stand-up comic to go into business with his brother, Phil. He died at 83 of complications from Parkinson’s disease.
Government scientists have successfully completed two drop tests of an aging and unarmed nuclear bomb at the Tonopah Test Range, National Nuclear Security Administration officials said Thursday.
The NFL agreed to pay more than three-quarters of a billion dollars to settle lawsuits from thousands of former players who developed dementia or other concussion-related brain disorders they say were caused by the very on-field violence that fueled the game’s rise to popularity and profit.
President Barack Obama faced deep resistance Thursday to plans for a possible military strike against Syria, with U.S. lawmakers demanding more proof that Bashar Assad’s government perpetrated a deadly chemical weapons attack and Britain’s Parliament rejecting military action in a stunning late night vote.
Lawmakers from Nevada on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to consult further with Congress as he considers a military strike to punish Syrian leaders for suspected use of chemical weapons.
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie will not seek a third term, he announced in a press release Monday.
Does your workplace have the right stuff to win the coveted Top Workplace award? The Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Las Vegas Business Press are extending the deadline for nominations from companies in Clark and Nye counties to Sept. 20.
For years, there’s been a sure-fire way to sound like a film snob without actually putting in the effort: Tell anyone who asks that your favorite director is Wong Kar Wai.
The Marine Corps’ Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft that made a hard landing Monday during a training exercise caught fire after it impacted the high desert terrain near Creech Air Force Base, a Marine spokesman said Thursday.
Bottles of Tylenol sold in the U.S. will soon bear red warnings alerting users to the potentially fatal risks of taking too much of the popular pain reliever.
Summer comes to a roaring close with a gigantic weekend of international DJ-producer stars — plus hip-hop powerhouses, Playmates and a Kardashian.
A year ago, Dutch DJ Hardwell and I were sitting in a booth in a nightclub and catching up while a documentary crew filmed us. Hardwell had just arrived in Las Vegas after performing in Poland and Germany. He had been awake for 30 hours.
If there was an NCAA men’s basketball-style tournament to crown the nerdiest band of all time, Coheed and Cambria would be a lock for the final four.
A woman who committed Medicaid fraud was sentenced to a month of jail time Thursday.
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the nation’s first-of-its-kind law in California prohibiting health practitioners from offering psychotherapy aimed at making gay youth straight.
Mark Wallington, UNLV’s sports information director for football, asked coach Bobby Hauck for the season’s initial injury report to hand out to the media on Monday. Hauck didn’t have any names to put on the sheet.
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Help famed defensive tackle Warren Sapp celebrate his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend at Rockhouse in the Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian.
Authorities have confirmed that remains pumped out of a septic tank north of Virginia City are human. Storey County Sheriff Gerald Antinoro said the case is being investigated as a homicide. The body might have been in the tank for up to 25 years.
Earlier in the month, L.A.’s Fitz and the Tantrums opened for Bruno Mars at the MGM Grand, a fitting pairing: Both look to the past in an attempt to dominate pop music’s present.