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.
Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with Italian 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; $$ = entrees from $10 to $20; $$$ = entrees from $20 to $30; and $$$$ = entrees more than $30.
McFadden’s Restaurant and Saloon at Town Square, 6593 Las Vegas Blvd. South, has a happy hour from 4 to 7 p.m. daily with half-priced drinks and appetizers. All day Saturdays, McFadden’s offers $8 Smoke Show burgers, with Guinness barbecue sauce, cheddar cheese and crispy onion straws, and $5 bombs. …
Fantasy sports and football in particular have become widely popular, and even though it’s legal in New Jersey for casinos to offer fantasy games, none of the 12 casinos in Atlantic City are offering fantasy sports betting, according to a gaming industry analyst.
Southern Nevada’s housing market has moved from intensive care into rehab. That’s the word from California-based real estate research firm RealtyTrac, which released a report Wednesday confirming that local housing remains deep in recovery mode.
A man is accused of trying to get marijuana into a Washington state jail by attaching it to an arrow he shot onto the roof.
Tim Cornett, from Houston, enters his senior season 700 yards behind UNLV all-time leading rusher Mike Thomas. If Cornett stays healthy and averages the 94.8 yards he gained last season, he would overtake Thomas on Oct. 26 at UNR.
Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control, curbing the import of military surplus weapons and proposing to close a loophole that lets felons circumvent background checks. Vice President Joe Biden will be on the front lines.
Full House Resorts Inc. confirmed Thursday it has closed on a $10 million loan, which will be used to fund a portion of the $17.7 million cost to build a 142-room hotel at the Silver Slipper in Bay St. Louis, Miss.
Slot machine manufacturer WMS Industries, which is the process of being acquired, grew revenues in third quarter but a decline in net profits.
Las Vegans love tolerating the heat when the tourists can’t, and it got us thinking. What other things — facetious or not — do Las Vegans seem to love, or love to hate? We turned to social media to get answers, and weren’t disappointed. Here’s a look at 13 things locals said Las Vegans love.
A dubious honor? Maybe. But after years in the comedy trenches, Warren Durso is owning his title of “Ugliest Comic in America.”
The law enforcement academy that began with Las Vegas Constable John Bonaventura’s blessing is no longer certified, putting a class of 13 cadets in the middle of training in jeopardy.
A Minton majolica centerpiece was auctioned in May as an “ice stand.” Minton & Polson was established in 1793 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
DEAR HELOISE: Thank you for suggesting a person look inside the seal of front-loading washing machines in search of odors.