Emotions shouldn’t guide public policy. However, emotional arguments are the favorite currency of a fast-rising lobby: animal lovers. Time and again, that currency pays off.
Clark boys basketball coach Chad Beeten didn’t have to scream at senior forward Diontae Jones after a subpar first half Monday night. The coach was pretty sure Jones would provide all the motivation himself.
Denver Broncos coach John Fox returned to work Monday, four weeks after open-heart surgery, his newfound energy matching his renowned enthusiasm.
Lying just south of Carson City, here one finds the lush, green, 20-mile long Carson Valley dotted with ranches covered by grazing cattle. And 1,400 feet above the valley floor lies the southern half of Lake Tahoe, with some of the most beautiful scenery in the world.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. announced plans Monday to refinance the company’s existing debt using a consortium of banks.
Canada is the new home each year for hundreds of small abandoned dogs from Las Vegas, the result of a special program carried out by Foreclosed Upon Pets Inc.
Alabama football fans across the nation returned to work on Monday morning. All, at last report, had managed to survive the weekend without jumping off a bridge following the Crimson Tide’s stunning defeat to arch-rival Auburn in Saturday’s Iron Bowl.
Doctors are reporting an epidemic — of twins. Nearly half of all babies born with advanced fertility help are multiple births, new federal numbers show.
Steve Sarkisian was named the head coach at Southern California on Monday, leaving Washington to return to the Trojans’ storied football program for another run at national titles.
A woman was hospitalized after two pit bulls attacked her while she was walking her dogs in the southeast valley Monday night, Las Vegas police said.
A traveling medical technician who stole painkillers and infected dozens of patients in multiple states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes was sentenced Monday to 39 years in prison.
An attorney for the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline Monday described how suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones began dating former Deputy District Attorney Lisa Willardson in October 2011 while she appeared before him on the bench.
Redskins coach Mike Shanahan spoke Monday with the NFL’s director of officiating after the league said Sunday night’s crew made an error on Washington’s final drive.
Around 6:30 p.m. on the other side of the park, a field isbecomes bombarded with young adults drinking beer while warming up for their weekly game of kickball.
A kayak fisherman died Monday after a shark attack off Maui, local officials said.
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On perhaps the busiest online shopping day of the year, the Supreme Court refused to wade into a dispute over state sales taxes for purchases on websites like Amazon.com, an outcome likely to prompt more states to attempt to collect taxes on Internet sales.
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A woman charged with killing a fellow Alabama fan after the end of last weekend’s Iron Bowl football game was angry that the victim and others didn’t seem upset over the Crimson Tide’s loss to archrival Auburn, said the sister of the slain woman.
The head of Las Vegas’ effort to win the 2016 Republican National Convention said Monday he’s confident the city can meet all bid requirements set by the national party, including the need to raise $55 million to $70 million for the event.
Millions of Americans took advantage of online deals ranging from free shipping to hundreds of dollars off electronics and half-price clothing Monday, which was expected to be the busiest online shopping day of the year.
The neighborhood where “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker died in a one-car crash is known to attract street racers, according to law enforcement officials.
A northwest Arizona homicide suspect was arrested last week while trying to enter the United States from Mexico. Nora Sandoval, 35, and Chase Salveson, 42, both of Bullhead City, Ariz., are charged in the August 2011 homicide of Raymond Sanchez.
West Virginia super middleweight Jordan Moore was suspended for one year Monday by the Nevada Athletic Commission after he failed to show up for a disciplinary hearing in Las Vegas following a positive test for anabolic steroids.
An Olympic medal won by track star Jesse Owens at the 1936 Games in Berlin could fetch $1 million. The medal — being auctioned online — is both a cultural and sports symbol.