The honesty of a homeless man who handed a lost, cash-filled backpack over to police has inspired more than $150,000 in donations to a fund set up in his honor, the fund’s organizer said Friday.
President Barack Obama went out for a deli sandwich Friday as the shutdown went into day 4, drawing a crowd and taking advantage of the spotlight to blame House Speaker John Boehner for the government pickle.
The downtown Las Vegas resort property once known as the Lady Luck will reopen next month as the Downtown Grand, the property’s chief executive said Friday.
Rosie Chavez left her war-ridden country of El Salvador in 1986 after gunfire broke out in front of her during a shift at a retail store. Under a different circumstance, Javier Chavez arrived in the United States in 1988 with the simple intention of working hard and buying his father a truck. Their search for a better future landed the couple the opportunity to start a business, La Flor de Michoacan, which has since grown into a franchise and four shops.
Alex Rodriguez sued Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig, accusing them of pursuing “vigilante justice” as part of a “witch hunt” designed to smear the character of the Yankees star and cost him tens of millions of dollars.
Many people hear the word “shaman” and connect it with indigenous tribal people. Summeriln resident Bonnie Serratore said that’s not always the case, and she should know. She’s been a master shaman for 28 years. Lately, her focus has been on helping veterans deal with post-traumatic stress disorder.
A 2010 rape conviction against Kenneth Simmons of Las Vegas has been tossed out by the Nevada Supreme Court because the jury panel included only two African-American members.
Glori Spriggs had tried for several years to create new recipes to qualify her for the Pillsbury Bake-Off. This year, her appetizer, loaded potato pinwheels, yielded a different reaction.
Erin Brockovich-Ellis has quietly ended her drunken boating case, pleading no contest to boating while intoxicated charges on Aug. 28, court records show. She was fined $750 and ordered her to complete an online boater safety course and 25 hours of community service.
To help people know where they are going, sometimes they need to look at where they have been. At least that’s the thoughts of the Henderson Historical Society.
More than 150 people recently got together at the DavidBartonGym in Suite 200 at Tivoli Village, 410 S. Rampart Blvd., and performed 108 sun salutation yoga positions. Their goal was to raise money for and awareness of Yoga Gangsters, a charitable organization with branches across the country that bring yoga to at-risk youths.
Over the course of nine years, somebody has stolen about $26,000 from the Oregon prison system — a quarter at a time. That’s about 104,000 quarters.
The College of Southern Nevada has hit a significant benchmark that will allow it to apply for the federal designation of Hispanic-Serving Institution next fall. Other Nevada higher education institutions also saw gains in Hispanic enrollments this fall, according to preliminary numbers. That boost could help those schools become Hispanic-Serving Institutions as well.
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin will furlough 3,000 employees on Monday and potentially more in coming weeks due to the government shutdown.
WASHINGTON — Prospects for a swift end to the 4-day-old partial government shutdown all but vanished Friday as lawmakers squabbled into the weekend and increasingly shifted their focus to a midmonth deadline for averting a threatened first-ever default.
There are worse ways to spend 90 minutes than having Sandra Bullock repeatedly tumble into your lap.
Lyon County prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for the 25-year-old man accused of killing five people in Fernley and Mustang in May.
BOSTON— Three companies have formally applied to operate a slots parlor, the first type of expanded gambling facility expected to open in Massachusetts, state gambling regulators said Friday.
Gary Loveman and Steve Schorr were honored during the Public Education Foundation’s 17th annual Education Hero Award dinner Sept. 21 at Mandarin Oriental.
Experts in eating disorders are concerned about an Internet-fueled trend in which teenage girls and young women pursue an elusive and possibly dangerous weight-loss goal: to become so slender that their thighs don’t touch even when their feet are together.
Survivors of a fiery shipwreck that killed more than 100 African migrants clung to empty water bottles to keep themselves from drowning and were coated in gasoline, an Italian fisherman said Friday.
Former Las Vegan Gerald Riggs, a Bonanza High graduate, on Oct. 7 will become the ninth player in Atlanta Falcons history to enter the NFL franchise’s Ring of Honor in acknowledgment of a remarkable career as a running back.
A Connecticut woman who was shot to death by police after a car chase that began when she tried to breach a barrier at the White House suffered from post-partum depression, her mother said.
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The Avett Brothers’ songs may be laid back, but their live shows are most certainly not.
The fast life of Freddie Glusman: From turning down gangsters to finding a restaurant niche.