Capping a lengthy and politically charged search, President Barack Obama will nominate Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve’s vice chair, to be chairman of the nation’s powerful central bank, succeeding Ben Bernanke at a pivotal time for the economy and the Fed’s monetary policies.
Just vote, says President Barack Obama. And now, there may be a way to do just that.
Mama Mia! Steve Epstein is looking for Mama Mancini’s Meatballs. Fellow readers Ken Wolt and Stephen Salchenberger reported finding them in the frozen section of separate outlets of Whole Foods Market, which has four stores in the valley.
Buddy V’s, from “Cake Boss” star Buddy Valastro, opened Monday, offering updated versions of Italian-American dishes, including Valastro family favorites.
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones was found not guilty on Tuesday of an assault charge accusing him of punching a woman in the head at a nightclub.
If any football team was to prevent Boise State from winning the Mountain Division, it figured to be Utah State. But probably not anymore.
It wasn’t part of the Obama administration’s shutdown theatrics, but healthcare.gov had to close for the weekend, and it was closed again early Tuesday. The website was taken offline because of myriad glitches that have plagued the national health insurance exchange (and state exchanges across the country) since the Oct. 1 rollout.
Noah Jefferson didn’t need to beg for the football. Liberty coach Rich Muraco already knew the junior tight end was being under utilized.
UNLV center Khem Birch was voted to the preseason all-Mountain West first team, and the Rebels were picked to finish in a second-place tie with Boise State, according to a basketball media poll released by the league.
A former downtown hotel-casino could become apartments for employees at the new headquarters for online retailer Zappos.
It was a move the Los Angeles Lakers likely would have made years ago — had their new Las Vegas preseason home had a basketball court.
A former Henderson man has filed a lawsuit alleging he was the victim of excessive force in a videotaped February 2012 confrontation with Family Court marshals.
UNLV president Neal Smatresk has ended a five-month search for a new athletic director by picking Tina Kunzer-Murphy, who took over for Jim Livengood in May on an interim basis, and extended her contract through Dec. 31, 2014.
Since a woman who gave birth to twins in a Clark County hospital later died from tuberculosis, 26 people with whom she came in contact have tested positive for the disease. About 200 people had been tested before Monday.
Three people convicted of murder in deadly crashes urged New York’s highest court Tuesday to throw out their convictions, arguing they were too intoxicated to know the threat they posed to others.
A continued federal government shutdown could turn into a real Halloween nightmare for tens of thousands of Nevadans and the state’s struggling economy, Gov. Brian Sandoval was told Tuesday.
Scot Silber and his Henderson pharmacy, Green Valley Drugs, are named in the federal court complaint filed in September. According to the complaint, the pharmacy sold oxycodone and hydrocodone under suspicious circumstances and manufactured the drug compound fentanyl for “general use rather than to fill patient-specific prescriptions.”
ABC says Kanye West is appearing on Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show, less than two weeks after the pair got into what Kimmel called a “rap feud.”
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ effort to reduce a staggering backlog of claims by having its staff work overtime came to a halt Tuesday when more than 7,000 employees at VA benefits offices nationwide, including workers in Reno and at an outlet in North Las Vegas, were furloughed because of the congressional budget impasse.
