Toronto police said Thursday they have obtained a video that appears to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking from a crack pipe — a video that Ford had claimed didn’t exist.
Nurse anesthetist Keith Mathahs was sentenced to 28 to 72 months in prison Thursday for his role in the 2007 hepatitis C outbreak. Marshals handcuffed Mathahs and led him out of the courtroom after he was sentenced.
Plaza Bank on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings that jumped 62 percent year-over-year.
An Ohio cancer patient has died less than three weeks after attending his daughter’s wedding on a gurney to fulfill his promise to walk her down the aisle.
Coach Bobby Hauck and those within UNLV athletics hope that recent success on the field can turn what at times has been a contentious relationship with students into a positive one.
Plans to auction a rare permit that will allow a hunter to take down an endangered black rhino are drawing criticism from some conservationists, but the organizer says the fundraiser could bring in more than $1 million that would go toward protecting the species.
UPDATE: Police have found Miriam Herrera and her son Abel.
A northern Ohio community is decking the halls to provide an early Christmas for an ailing boy with cancer who said he wanted to be home for the holiday.
The Department of Energy in collaboration with the state of Nevada will hold two public meetings in November to discuss the federal agency’s plans to haul a ton of potent uranium waste from the Oak Ridge, Tenn., national laboratory to the Nevada National Security Site for burial in a landfill.
People who own Dell Latitude 6430u laptops are complaining that their pricey new computers are emitting a smell similar to cat urine. Some of them said on the company’s online customer forums that the odor seems to be coming from the keyboard or palm rest.
In celebration of Halloween, we asked you, our readers, to craft scary horror stories no more than two sentences long. And, in reading your work, we have an observation. You guys are good. Really. A little, um, off, perhaps. But good.
Airline passengers will be able to use their electronic devices gate-to-gate to read, work, play games, watch movies and listen to music — but not talk on their cellphones — under much-anticipated new guidelines issued Thursday by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Galaxy Gaming Inc. has received approval from the Mississippi Gaming Commission to begin distributing its High Card Flush table game throughout the state.
Tommy Wind says it was quite an experience to see pop legend Stevie Wonder perform on the stage of the theater where he was to relaunch his own magic show on Wednesday.
Former Lt. Gov. Lonnie Hammargren, who was a neurosurgeon before he retired, will host his 18th annual open house focusing on Nevada history on Saturday and Sunday.
The lunch crowd went silent. Knives and forks stopped clinking. People stopped eating. A few bowed their heads in embarrassment. The teenager in front of them broke out crying, telling them how her mother pimped her out on the mean streets of Las Vegas and how she eventually contracted HIV.
A scaled-down version of the space shuttle being developed by a Sparks company was drop-tested from 12,500 feet, but a landing gear problem ended in a rocky landing. Still, the test was deemed a success.
Entertainment history is filled with amazing comeback stories, but the return to the stage of Death Valley ballerina Marta Becket just might top them all.
Last week, a Gallup poll said 58 percent of Americans want the government to legalize recreational marijuana. Palms headliner Bill Maher did not miss this news. He memorized it.
Gov. Brian Sandoval pulled the plug Tuesday on a program that offered video chats and lunch with the state’s chief executive in exchange for monthly campaign donations.
The ACLU of Nevada has filed a legal brief supporting a challenge to Nevada’s ban on same-sex marriage.
District Attorney Steve Wolfson kicked off his campaign to remain Clark County’s top prosecutor Wednesday, unsheathing a political machine full of celebrities, judges, mayors, ex-politicos and a half-million dollar war chest.
Once the producers of “Last Vegas” had assembled the actors, there were still two key roles to cast: the hotel that represented the Vegas of old, and the resort that symbolized the new, sleek Vegas.
Black Friday shopping can seem overwhelming, especially shopping online where you must navigate a sea of advertisements, emails, dozens of specialized Black Friday discount websites and a massive selection of sale-priced items. It can be difficult to know you’re getting the best savings possible.
Entertaining with family and friends is one part of the holiday season that we all look forward to. But holiday hosting can sometimes be harried. To keep you and your guests merry this season, consider hosting a wine party that shines.
Certain flavors and foods are strongly associated with the holiday season – seafood, however, isn’t always among those favored dishes. But it could be! The right seasonings and a dash of creativity – along with historically low prices on well-loved options like lobster – could make seafood a centerpiece of your holiday menus.