Model yachts, rustic fishing boats and wooden rafts dangle above visitors as they step into the new Perez Art Museum Miami.
Streets don’t always do justice to their namesake’s historical stature.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is hitting the ski slopes — flying to Sochi to challenge the mountains that will host the Winter Games next month.
Despite Smatresk’s decision to leave UNLV to take over as president of the University of North Texas, Brent Hathaway said he is looking forward to what 2014 has to offer the 3,200 students enrolled in the Lee School of Business.
Sometime this year, Florida will surpass New York in population, becoming the nation’s third-most populous state, and sun-seeking seniors are not driving the growth.
Historians Michael Green, a professor at the College of Southern Nevada, and Claytee White, the director of oral history research at UNLV, are expected to present at the first seminar in the Green Valley Library’s new series “Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle.”
It’s pretty hard to go wrong with an excursion to Valley of Fire State Park this time of year.
The deep freeze expected soon in the Midwest, New England and even the South will be one to remember, with potential record-low temperatures heightening fears of frostbite and hypothermia.
Snapchat says it plans to put out a more secure version of its application following a breach that allowed hackers to collect the usernames and phone numbers of some 4.6 million of its users.
In a valley packed with events, it’s never too early to start planning your year. Here’s a look at some of the entertainment happenings scheduled for 2014 including shows at The Smith Center, Helldorado Days, Electric Daisy and more.
It’s the kind of puzzle that might have amused Sherlock Holmes himself.
On Friday afternoon, Randall Cunningham II made an oral commitment to his dream school, choosing the USC over numerous scholarship offers. Except the son of the former UNLV and NFL quarterback didn’t commit to play for USC’s football team.
A sophisticated, real-world study confirms that dialing, texting or reaching for a cellphone while driving raises the risk of a crash or near-miss, especially for younger drivers. But the research also produced a surprise: Simply talking on the phone did not prove dangerous, as it has in other studies.
Michael Schumacher’s family has provided French investigators with the helmet camera that the Formula One great wore during a skiing incident in which he was critically injured, his manager said Saturday.
By her own admission, Georgia Kate Haege isn’t your typical, “cookie-cutter” musical theater leading lady. Not with the “short, wild, curly hair” — and the tattoos. Then again, “Mamma Mia!” isn’t your typical musical.
Texas has seen the future of the public library, and it looks a lot like an Apple Store: Rows of glossy iMacs beckon. iPads mounted on a tangerine-colored bar invite readers. And hundreds of other tablets stand ready for checkout to anyone with a borrowing card.
Former first lady Barbara Bush has been discharged from a Texas hospital where she spent nearly a week being treated for pneumonia.
An Australian icebreaker carrying 52 passengers who were retrieved from an icebound ship in the Antarctic resumed its journey home on Saturday, leaving behind another two icebreakers trapped in pack ice.
CityCenter will start clearing away loose junk inside the unfinished Harmon Hotel but not taking apart the structure.
A picture of a smiling Armando Quezada with state Sen. Mo Denis at the Sahara Avenue DMV office told one story of success with the new driver authorization card Friday.
Wayne Brady is so busy, he can’t remember chunks of his life. How busy? He hosts “Let’s Make A Deal,” stars on “Whose Line Is It Anyway,” has a recurring role on “How I Met Your Mother,” tours the world and appears on “Real Husbands of Hollywood.”
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to allow people in one place to interact with three-dimensional versions of people or objects in a different location.
Cohorts of Clark County Commissioner Larry Brown may vote to give him another job Tuesday. But they probably won’t.
Police arrested a suspect Thursday in the killing of a respected priest and educator who was found dead on New Year’s Day in a church rectory in Northern California.
Phil Everly, whose high, close-harmony singing with his older brother Don made the Everly Brothers one of the biggest rock and country acts of the 1950s and early 1960s, died on Friday at the age of 74, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Despite strong opposition from residents, Lyon County commissioners have approved land-use changes that will allow a company to pursue mining exploration close to the historic town of Silver City.
Each year, getting fit is one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions that people make and break, according to Time Magazine. Although people start out with good intentions, finding the will power to stick with a fitness routine is more difficult than many anticipate. In fact, research shows that 60 percent of gym memberships purchased during the January rush go unused.
With all the buzz surrounding business use of “cloud computing,” you might think the concept of conducting business anywhere – on the road, in the board room, on a soccer field or in the gym – was a new one. But small-business owners (SBOs) have been working on the go for decades. The arrival of mobile apps has just made things a little easier for them.
