There’s a whole lot of man-made thunder coming for folks in the north Las Vegas Valley and it’s coming in the form of Red Flag military exercises.
A federal judge is slowing down the proposed $765 million settlement of NFL concussion claims, questioning if there’s enough money to cover 20,000 retired players.
Slot machine maker Bally Technologies Inc. settled a 28-count complaint with state gaming regulators on Monday, agreeing to pay a $125,000 fine and admitting to each of the allegations that it failed to register employees with the state.
A 12-year-old New Mexico boy drew a shotgun from a band-instrument case and shot and wounded two classmates at his middle school Tuesday morning before a teacher talked him into dropping the weapon and he was taken into custody, officials and witnesses said.
The westbound ramp from the 215 Beltway to McCarran International Airport will be closed for construction from 9 p.m. Wednesday until 5 a.m. Thursday.
Video shows a British woman’s car being flipped over by a rampaging elephant in South Africa.
The race for Nevada attorney general officially turned competitive Tuesday with the announcement by former federal prosecutor Adam Laxalt that he will run as a Republican for the top law enforcement job in the state.
The revenue figures showed the state’s fledgling Internet gambling industry being dominated by two main players: the Borgata and Caesars Interactive, which together won $6.1 million of the $8.4 million that was taken in by the New Jersey Internet gambling sites over the final five weeks of 2013.
Scott Zeiger, chief creative officer of Base Entertainment, is joining Cirque du Soleil to take the Canadian show producer to Broadway with a new theatrical division.
A man has died following an early morning shooting Tuesday in the 1600 block of White Skies Court, near Owens Avenue and Nellis Boulevard.
A UNLV grad and self-taught chocolatier is making a name for himself online and is now looking to expand his business.
First the police targeted the gay men, then tortured them into naming dozens of others who now are being hunted down, human rights activists said Tuesday, warning that such persecution will rise under a new Nigerian law.
A man doing some work in the attic of a golf shop takes a misstep and crashes through the ceiling. He then proceeds to have the most casual of conversations with a co-worker while still lying on the floor.
A London man is searching for a kind stranger who in 2008 talked him out of jumping off a bridge into London’s Thames River.
Nadya Suleman, who gained fame as “Octomom” after giving birth to eight babies, has been charged with welfare fraud after failing to report $30,000 in earnings while she collected public assistance, authorities said Monday.
Detectives searched Justin Bieber’s home looking for surveillance footage that might serve as evidence the pop star was involved in an egg-tossing vandalism case that caused thousands of dollars in damage to a neighbor’s home, an official said Tuesday.
Taking no chances, Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval is building a re-election campaign organization designed to boost GOP voter turnout for himself and the entire Republican ticket this November.
About 20 million DirecTV customers nationwide lost The Weather Channel because of a dispute over fees between the channel and the satellite service. The channel campaigned on social media to protest DirecTV.
A simple test that involves poking the feet of people with diabetes in predetermined, nerve-sensitive areas of the foot can help avoid future problems, including amputation. The painless test is done with a special nylon filament that resembles a short piece of fishing line. The layperson might call it “Poke a Foot, Save a Leg.”
The husband of a brain-dead, pregnant Texas woman on Tuesday sued the hospital keeping her on life support, saying doctors are doing so against her and her family’s wishes.
A fire at a restaurant under construction near the Monte Carlo on the Las Vegas Strip caused an estimated $100,000 in damages early Tuesday morning.
Over the last three years, the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas has emerged as the luxury Strip resort known for its sexy and edgy advertising — a corporate philosophy that has set the property apart in a crowded gaming landscape.
Palms comedian Lisa Lampanelli is the queen of news. She has lost 107 pounds, is going to Broadway this year and just cut off most of her hair. “I got my hair all chopped off because I was mad at my husband,” Lampanelli says.
Horace Spencer isn’t the highest-profile recruit on the Findlay Prep basketball team, and he was far from the leading scorer for the Pilots on Saturday.
At a minute past midnight, Debra Wagner was suddenly unemployed. A housekeeper for 23 years at the Atlantic Club, she was one of 1,600 workers who lost their jobs early Monday when the struggling casino shut down, the victim of a glut of casinos in the northeastern U.S.
Suspended Family Court Marshal Steve Rushfield, already under investigation by local and federal officials, is now accused of covering up another marshal’s groping of two teenage girls in 2010, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.
Faith Lutheran Theatre Company’s International Thespian Society is set to present “The Drowsy Chaperone,” a five-time Tony award-winning musical that promises to take audiences back to the Jazz Age of the 1920s.
Embattled Assemblyman Jim Wheeler, R-Gardnerville, has been directed to amend past financial disclosure statements to correct discrepancies pointed out by a potential opponent.
Attorney Adam Laxalt, the grandson of former U.S. Sen. Paul Laxalt, R-Nev., plans to formally announce on Tuesday he’s running for attorney general.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the kidnapping suspect who shot himself in the head during a confrontation with Nye County’s SWAT team Sunday morning.