The question of what exactly is bothering UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre to the point he felt he needed to announce a temporary leave from fighting has been the source of a great deal of speculation on the Internet ever since the words came out of his mouth on Saturday night.
Pennsylvania lawmakers are sending Gov. Tom Corbett a bill that could introduce gambling contests called small games of chance into thousands of bars and bring millions into the state treasury.
A Nevada council hoping to prevent the listing of sage grouse as a protected species debated its next moves Monday just weeks after federal agencies identified preferred alternatives to protect the bird found in 11 states across the West.
Beekeepers are gathering at Lake Tahoe this week to discuss the future of their industry and the challenges it faces.
It’s not often a student turns down what amounts to a free ride to Harvard. But that’s exactly what Alana Cesarz did, choosing to attend UNLV over the prestigious Ivy League school.
The College of Southern Nevada and the city of North Las Vegas have joined efforts to identify ways the Cheyenne campus can better serve the community.
Michelle Obama shared one with her “first dog” Bo, Hillary Clinton tweeted one with her daughter Chelsea. Now “selfie” — the smartphone self-portrait — has been declared word of the year for 2013, according to Britain’s Oxford University Press.
A small New Hampshire coffee producer that operates out of a barn has prevailed in a trademark infringement case brought by Starbucks over a blend called “Charbucks.”
The last time UNLV ventured to Colorado, the Rebels were greeted with a kickoff temperature of 28 degrees and snow during the game.
Child deaths in Clark County have dropped by about 29 percent since 2008, according to a report released Monday, with significant declines in suicides and weapons’ fatalities.
Dangerous drugs left in the offices of the KE Medical Group that abruptly closed earlier this month — leaving hundreds of patients without health care — have been confiscated by state authorities, according to Doug Cooper, executive director of the Nevada State Medical Board.
Air Force Col. Barry Cornish has flown over Tule Springs in the cockpit of an F-15 more times than he can remember, but even the bones of a mammoth are pretty tough to spot at 400 mph.
The Nevada Attorney General on Monday formally joined a settlement with Google over its practices in placing cookies on people’s computers.
One of the defendants in the massive criminal case against the cybercrime syndicate known as Carder.su pleaded guilty in federal court Monday on the day he was to stand trial.
A North Las Vegas behavioral health services company pleaded guilty on Monday to felony Medicaid fraud, while the company’s owners await trial on sexual assault and child abuse charges in separate cases.
A mayor may be part of the City Council, but he or she is so much more.
You were taught the speech in grade school. Perhaps you memorized it. But did you fully comprehend its significance? Probably not.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has one option left to legalize sports betting at casinos and racetracks in his state — the U.S. Supreme Court. But at least one Las Vegas-based analyst is unsure the court will even consider the case.
A conservative student group announced Monday they will play a “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game” this week on the University of Texas at Austin, drawing condemnation from Democrats and a threat of expulsion from campus officials.
Jamie Hein, a Las Vegas woman who killed her aunt’s boyfriend in 2002 claiming he was abusive, failed in her bid Monday to win a pardon for the crime and be immediately released from prison.
An unruly football fan who survived a fall from the top deck of Ralph Wilson Stadium onto a man below has been banned from the stadium and could face charges.
As school kids play at Booker Elementary School on Monday, cars constantly fail to see the bright pedestrian signs and speed through the surrounding intersections at an alarming rate.
French police are hunting for a gunman suspected in a shooting Monday at a Paris newspaper office that gravely wounded a photographer, as well as three other attacks around the nation’s capital.
As a single mom, Josephine Gentry is no stranger to the fact that hard work pays off.
A man died at an Aggregate Industries rock quarry near Las Vegas on Friday.
A San Francisco Bay Area man wants Google Maps to remove a satellite image that shows the body of his 14-year-old son, who was shot and killed in 2009.
A motorcyclist is in critical condition after colliding with another vehicle Monday morning.
A solar tree to power the iconic “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign should be in place by early 2014.
