Law enforcement agencies will be conducting an anti-terrorism exercise at Meadows Mall later tonight, Las Vegas police said.
Magnificent men on stages equally as magnificent, they were part of the golden age of heavyweight boxing. With Muhammad Ali as the common thread, they fought in faraway places like Zaire and the Philippines, in Yankee Stadium and in the parking lot of a faux Roman palace on the Las Vegas Strip.
For the next few days, this will be U.S. Forest Service employee Mike Papa’s world. Brought in from Alaska, he is part of the Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team that will work on cleanup and prevention following the summer’s nearly 28,000-acre wildfire.
There’s a reason Las Vegas’ Ishe Smith appeared distracted in losing a 12-round split decision to Carlos Molina on Sept. 14 and why he didn’t do interviews in the aftermath of relinquishing his IBF junior middleweight title to Molina at the MGM Grand Garden.
A pair of suicide bombers detonated their explosives outside a historic church in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing over 60 people in the deadliest-ever attack on the country’s Christian minority, officials said.
Catholics around the globe are reacting mostly positively to Pope Francis’ recent remarks that the church has become too focused on “small-minded rules” on hot-button issues like homosexuality, abortion and contraceptives.
Sledgehammers large and small were swung with enthusiasm early Tuesday evening, but they didn’t make much of a dent in the concrete monstrosity that blocks F Street.
Greater efforts are needed to identify and lock up mentally ill people who are dangerous, a top National Rifle Association official responding to the recent Washington Navy Yard shootings said Sunday.
A bloody Jon Jones won a unanimous decision against hard-charging Alexander Gustafsson to retain his light heavyweight title at UFC 165 on Saturday night.
After peaking at $1,900 an ounce in August 2011, gold prices tumbled to $1,181 an ounce in June as the economy improved, inflation stayed low and investors worried less about finding a safe haven for their money. Prices had rebounded to $1,307 an ounce by Wednesday, but that was still 31.2 percent below 2011’s high.
The more adult-oriented fall movie going season got off to a strong start over the weekend, as the Hugh Jackman kidnapping drama “Prisoners” opened with a box office-leading $21.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
LONDON — The attack on the upscale Westgate Mall in Kenya’s capital has killed 59 people and wounded at least 175. The dead include Africans, Europeans, Asians and North Americans. Here are details about some of the victims.
At this week’s Global Gaming Expo, Steve Des Champs won’t be tied down to his company’s booth.
Britney Spears was the “800-pound gorilla” that prompted Planet Hollywood Resort’s dramatic makeover of its cavernous theater.
Fourteen hours per body. That’s how long rescue crews with shovels, hydraulic equipment, anything they can muster, are averaging to find the victims of a massive landslide that took half the remote coffee-growing village of La Pintada, leaving 68 people missing.
“Dog Explosion” is UNLV faculty member and playwright Sean Clark’s darkly humorous take-off on Chekov’s “Three Sisters.” But you can enjoy Clark’s macabrely funny meditation on the accidents of life without reading too much into it.
Buzzing along U.S. Highway 93 at 70 mph, it’s easy to overlook the turnoff for an eco-sanctuary retreat hidden just beyond view in the valley to the east.
The Nevada Democratic Party has an organization superior to the GOP’s, a big voter-registration advantage, a superior ground game, better discipline, more unity, way more money and a vast network of politically active constituencies to help elect its candidates.
Time will tell if Ultimate Poker, which has been accepting wagers since April 30, and WSOP.com can generate enough players within the confines of Nevada’s borders to co-exist. Meanwhile, at least three other real money websites — 888 Poker, Treasure Island and the South Point — could go live by year’s end.
The little railroad town of Caliente welcomes travelers along U.S. Highway 93, a portal to eastern Nevada’s many scenic and historic attractions. Its tree-lined streets mark a change after miles dominated by sage-covered desert.
Randall Cunningham’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Alize Jones with 31 seconds to play Saturday allowed Bishop Gorman’s football team to rally for a 20-17 win over host Bergen Catholic (N.J.) in Oradell, N.J.
Jennifer Mell sat at a table in the Mandalay Bay convention center holding a prosthetic hand.
A 4-year-old Canadian company that already owns two private Las Vegas-area golf courses has launched an aggressive expansion plan to acquire five or six courses in the Las Vegas area and four or five in the Southern California market in coming years.
