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There’s at least one constant in a government shutdown: The 532 members of Congress continue to be paid — at a cost of $10,583.85 per hour to taxpayers.
LINTHICUM, Md. — Two Nevada men are facing charges in Maryland after dozens of fake identification cards were found in checked luggage at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, according to the Transportation Security Administration.
For tens of thousands of immigrants across the United States with pending immigration cases or legal procedures, the federal government shutdown will put some urgent matters on hold and allow others of less importance to move ahead.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the Pentagon is trying to reduce the number of civilian employees who were slated to be furloughed starting Tuesday and that some could eventually be called back to work even if the federal government shutdown persists.
Hans Seibt, a Pahrump developer accused of bilking hundreds of aging investors of their life savings in a Ponzi scheme, has pleaded guilty to a single felony theft charge.
A collection of the Review-Journal’s local and national coverage of the government shutdown and how it impacts you.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. said Tuesday it sold more than 10.34 million shares of its common stock to the underwriter of its public offering in two separate transactions, collecting more than $200 million in proceeds.
Americans got their first chance Tuesday to shop for health insurance using the online marketplaces that are at the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, but government websites designed to sell the policies struggled to handle the traffic, with many frustrated users reporting trouble setting up accounts.
It wasn’t a tsunami but it had the same effect: A huge cluster of jellyfish forced one of the world’s largest nuclear reactors to shut down — a phenomenon that marine biologists say could become more common.
Dozens of veterans barricaded outside the closed World War II Memorial because of the government shutdown were escorted past the barriers Tuesday by members of Congress so they could see the monument.
Nye County Sheriff’s deputies arrested one of three suspects they were looking for after a home robbery in Pahrump Sunday night.
First slowed, then stalled by political gridlock, the vast machinery of government clanged into partial shutdown mode on Tuesday and President Barack Obama warned the longer it goes “the more families will be hurt.” Republicans said it was his fault, not theirs.
Derek Stevens didn’t have much competition at the county’s auction of its old courthouse on Tuesday.
BOSTON — More than 30 religious leaders from a variety of faiths have joined a new group to fight a proposed casino at Suffolk Downs in East Boston.
A new report shows Nevada led the country in home price gain in August. Corelogic reported Tuesday that prices were up 25.9 percent over last August. The nation overall saw prices rise 12.4 percent year-over-year.
Back in its heyday, Arabian horses, lemurs, South African penguins and flamingos roamed the 40-acre property dubbed Casa de Shenandoah. After years of legal issues, disputes and plans of turning it into a museum, Wayne Newton’s former estate is now up for sale.
A 13-year-old girl said her father shielded her as boulders crashed down on them on a Colorado hiking trail — an action that authorities say probably saved her life even as her father and four other family members were killed.
A man driving with his family along a New York City highway was attacked and beaten by a large group of motorcyclists who first surrounded his SUV and stopped it on the road, then chased him for miles after he plowed through the blockade of bikes in an attempt to escape.
Amazon.com says it is hiring 70,000 full-time seasonal workers around the U.S. to fill orders during the holiday season.
Summerlin resident Maura Bivens does not like December, not since 2007. December is when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer.
A man who left the island nation of Kiribati six years ago, relocating to New Zealand where he started a family, is fighting to stay as a “climate refugee.” The case could have wide implications for governments dealing with rising sea levels.
The digital domain is creeping off our desktops and onto our bodies, from music players that match your tunes to your heart beat, to mood sweaters that change color depending on your emotional state.
Boyd Gaming Chief Executive Officer Keith Smith was one of two new board members appointed Tuesday to SkyWest Inc., a St. George, Utah-based company that operates regional airline operators SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines.
A former local representative for taxicab drivers filed suit against his former union for accepting a contract earlier this year with Las Vegas largest cab company.
Global Cash Access Inc. will provide payment service products to GameAccount Network for its online gaming systems, the Las Vegas-based payments and cash access company said Tuesday.
The 17-year-old who died in a motorcycle crash Monday morning was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
A crew worked Tuesday to remove four bodies found inside the burned wreckage of a private jet that crashed into a hangar while landing at the Santa Monica Airport on Sunday night, a coroner’s official said.
CARSON CITY — The Northern Nevada Development Authority said Monday that its efforts have attracted companies that hired 4,000 workers and produced $1 billion in economic impact in the last three years.
A 30-year-old infertile woman gave birth after surgeons removed her ovaries and re-implanted tissue they treated in a lab, researchers report.