Food baskets alone are not enough to conquer the problem of hunger in Nevada, an effort that will take cooperation to help people become more financially secure so they can afford healthy food, participants at a summit were told Wednesday.
DEAR GAIL: We have a very long and narrow bedroom, and have at least seven feet of wasted space at the end of our bed. We don’t know what to put there and, with nothing, it makes the room feel empty. What are some things that we could do? Carol C.
You’re hosting a Thanksgiving gathering for the extended family. You want to set a table that’s refined and elegant but not too fussy. A table that makes loved ones feel merry and comfortable. “Go for maximum impact with minimum effort, keep shapes and forms simple,” says Susan Spungen, author of “What’s a Hostess to Do?” and culinary consultant for films such as “Julie &Julia” and “It’s Complicated.”
Q: During a particularly fierce game of hide-and-seek, one of my kids decided to hide behind the bi-fold doors in the laundry room. Well, you can guess what happened next. The seeker knew he was there, and threw the doors open to surprise him. Now, the doors are no longer on track. How can I make them work again?
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Honoring the legacy of John F. Kennedy, President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the assassinated president’s gravesite and recognized a group of distinguished Americans with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an award created by Kennedy.
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In a parody of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s splits between two moving Volvo trucks, actor Channing Tatum says he is mentally and physically able to “master the most epic of splits.”
On Tuesday, Amie Pellegrini posted on Facebook that she would have to close her unique downtown Las Vegas bicycle shop, Town Bike. But Pellegrini sold 10 bicycles in less than 24 hours and will stay in business.
In about the time it takes to cook an egg, the anger that has been building up inside Freddie Roach for the last three years boiled over in a makeshift gym in Macau Wednesday, fueling the promotion of Saturday’s welterweight fight between Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios.
Frank Schaefer gets to call himself a Methodist pastor — at least for the next 30 days. The United Methodist clergyman convicted of breaking church law for officiating at his son’s same-sex wedding was suspended and ordered to adhere to the laws of the church’s Book of Discipline.
The United States Postal Service released 20 Harry Potter-themed stamps Tuesday, hoping to inspire a new generation of stamp collectors and increase sales, but angering traditionalists in the process.
A tiny Washington high school is home to perhaps the largest running back anywhere in the country — amateur or professional.
Winter weather may finally be on its way to the Las Vegas Valley after fall temperatures have left residents wearing short sleeves and sandals into mid-November.
A federal commission studying U.S. relations with China recommended closer examination of gaming in Macau, saying weak financial controls in the district pose “significant risk” of money laundering and terrorist financing.
More than $137,000 has been raised at local Catholic parishes for Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts in the Philippines, according to the Diocese of Las Vegas.
At about 17 stories tall, a water slide opening this spring in the Midwest is being touted as a contender for the fastest in the world.
An intersection in the northwest part of the Las Vegas Valley will be closed this weekend for construction.
Top pitcher Gabe Gonzalez of Arbor View High School and Liberty High teammates Jesse Keiser and Dan Skelly are among the nine recruits who have signed with the UNLV baseball team.
In a shift in attitude, most young people now say it’s wrong to use racist or sexist slurs online, even if you’re just kidding. But when they see them, they don’t take much personal offense.
The man who shot and killed himself at the Mormon Temple in east Las Vegas Tuesday night is the son of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jay Bybee.
President Barack Obama, who has portrayed himself as surprised by technical problems with the government’s new health care website, was briefed earlier this year on a consultant’s report that warned of possible widespread site failures, White House officials said Tuesday.
Henderson police are searching for a man in connection with a series of bank robberies during the past two months.
Today’s kids can’t keep up with their parents. An analysis of studies on millions of children around the world finds they don’t run as fast or as far as their parents did when they were young.
A small post office in the Northern Nevada community of Sun Valley will be spared from the chopping block.
In honor of Nevada’s 150th anniversary, the Clark County Museum has set up an exhibit called “Welcome to Las Vegas, Arizona” that looks at the founding of Nevada and how close Clark County and Las Vegas were to being part of the copper state.
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, has proposed installing a built-in anti-theft measure known as a “kill switch” that would render stolen or lost phones inoperable, but the nation’s biggest carriers have rejected the idea, according to San Francisco’s top prosecutor.