Three bail bondsmen were indicted on charges they robbed and extorted a female client they claimed owed them money, state prosecutors said.
Swiss airline Edelweiss has announced that it will launch twice weekly flights to Las Vegas starting in May.
U.S. births may be leveling off after dropping for four years in a row, suggesting that the economy and other factors aren’t stopping couples from having more children.
A woman ousted from her job as Carson City Animal Services manager amid public outrage over a dog’s euthanasia is suing the city.
Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge Friday following his indictment in the killing of a friend authorities say was shot five times in an industrial park.
About 50 members of the Nevada National Guard and others from the community participated in a memorial run Friday to honor the victims of a mass shooting at the Carson City IHOP restaurant on the second anniversary of the incident that took the lives of three guardsmen and another woman.
Boston dropped its bid to be considered a host community for a $1.2 billion gambling resort project proposed for the banks of the Mystic River, the state’s gambling commission announced Friday.
The Dallas Zoo will raise a pair of cheetah cubs with a Labrador retriever puppy, believing the dog will be a calming influence on the big cats as they grow to adulthood.
Week 1 picks from Chuck Edel and Ken Thomson of Pregame.com and Erin Rynning and Ted Sevransky of Sportsmemo.com.
William Rinne, a former Southern Nevada resident who started as a fisheries biologist for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and rose to serve as acting commissioner for the agency, has died in Massachusetts at age 68.
Virgin Galactic says it successfully conducted a second rocket-powered, supersonic test flight of the passenger spaceship it is developing.
In the 1939 movie version of “The Wizard of Oz,” the Cowardly Lion wistfully sings, “If I only had the nerve.”
A driver has confessed in a video posted online that he’s to blame for a wrong-way car crash stemming from a night of heavy drinking that killed another man and says he’s willing to take “full responsibility.”
We planted three creepers this spring, and all but one is thriving. The leaves are being stripped. I’ve checked at different times of day for bugs, but all I can see are a few ants. Any suggestions?
The big news at North Las Vegas’ Parks and Recreation department these days hasn’t yet gone public.
A summer that began with a string of hits whimpered to its conclusion after a run of underachievers. But with the arrival of autumn, grown-ups are finally welcomed back to the multiplexes.
Resilience is one thing, but creativity is another.
President Barack Obama acknowledged deep divisions at home and abroad on Friday over his call for military action in Syria — and conceded the possibility he’ll fail to sway the American public. He refused to say whether he would act without passage of congressional authorization for a strike in response to chemical weapons use.
The Black Mountain Aquatic Complex in Henderson will host the city’s annual Doggie Paddle & Play Day from 9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on Sept. 14.
Something familiar, from Shakespeare to Sondheim, from “A Streetcar Named Desire” to “The Wizard of Oz.”
Here is a list of upcoming motor sports events. Times and events are subject to change.
A man faces murder charges after police said he shot a man during an altercation in the south part of the valley late Thursday evening.
Poker bars have been, well, raising the bar as far as food during the past few years. No longer is it enough to serve the world’s best wings or nachos; if you want to draw ’em in for your food as well as for the shots, cold beer and poker machines, you need to get creative.
A red vehicle sitting in a Bountiful driveway was flattened Thursday morning after it was hit by a runaway semitrailer carrying 45 tons of sand.
The Henderson Bowl kicks off at 7 p.m. Saturday as Basic visits Green Valley in a game that is being featured as part of iHigh Inc.’s 10th annual Great American Rivalry Series.
Las Vegas police believe additional women may be victims of sexual assaults committed by a 19-year-old in late August.
Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro said he called the mother of one of his captives and told the woman her daughter was alive and had become his wife, according to interrogation videotapes.