WASHINGTON — In a first, working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps, a switch from a few years ago, when children and senior citizens were the main recipients.
Five homicides involving domestic violence have happened in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson so far this year. In 2012, 25 of the 84 homicides within Las Vegas police’s jurisdiction were related to a domestic dispute.
Much is being said about the two teams, but one quarterback is the topic of all of the talk, and it’s not Russell Wilson. Maybe that’s a positive sign for the Seattle Seahawks, and maybe Wilson will sneak up on everyone.
Mickey Gilley — the “Urban Cowboy” country-music star who revolutionized mechanical bulls by putting drunken women on them — will sing free lounge shows in Vegas this week, an unthinkable proposition in our expensive-ticket town.
When Cheryl and Richard Sheffield opened Sheffield Spice &Tea Co. in May in a shopping center off Eastern Avenue, they quickly realized the co-star in the business had been misjudged.
A new Nevada poll suggests that expanding gun background checks is as popular as pizza.
Alfonso Cuaron was awarded the top film honor from the Directors Guild of America for “Gravity” on Saturday night, giving the lost-in-space saga an edge on the journey to the Academy Awards.
Familial ties can be daunting. What family doesn’t have that batty aunt or cuckoo grandma who, through negative attention-seeking, rains on the parade of every family gathering? Taken to the extreme, that idea is at the center of local playwright and director Edward D. Padilla’s own black comedy, “The Hunger,” currently running at Las Vegas Little Theatre.
New casino development in Las Vegas is on lockdown.
The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline meets today to consider whether suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones is fit to serve on the bench.
The Thunderbirds team at Nellis Air Force Base is at the top of the world when it comes to showcasing the Air Force’s flying feats, so it makes sense that the team’s line chief is from North Pole, Alaska.
Some people live life on the edge. Some live it on the ledge. Las Vegas resident Tom Moulin does both.
Studying abroad can be a fun and different adventure for many American teenagers. One Las Vegas teen who has embraced that adventure is Erika Reiter.
Minigolf as a kid and some long drives out in the desert as a teenager are about the extent of my golfing experience.
It’s a simple way to keep people healthier while also saving billions of dollars a year in health care spending.
A brain-dead, pregnant Texas woman’s body was removed from life support Sunday, as the hospital keeping her on machines against her family’s wishes acceded to a judge’s ruling that it was misapplying state law.
Henderson police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that happened Saturday morning near Van Wagenen Street and South Major Avenue.
Opera star Denyce Graves was the special guest during the gala to kick off the 2014 season for Opera Las Vegas. The party, themed “Divas in Diamonds After Dark,” took place in the Anthem Country Club home of Bruce and Barbara Lee Woollen.
Fast-rising TV personality Mackenzie Warren, terminated last week by KSNV-TV, Channel 3, won’t be able to return to local television until August 2015 under terms of her noncompete clause.
Pope John Paul II’s secretary “did not have the courage” to burn all of the pontiff’s notes after his death, and is now having some of them published, he said Wednesday.
Las Vegas police discovered an alligator Friday during the investigation of a marijuana grow house near South Decatur Boulevard and West Windmill Lane.
Call some big cities by their nicknames, and most folks know just where you mean.
It’s not as surprising as, say, George Foreman’s transition into the grill-hawking star of a family sitcom, or Mike Tyson’s reinvention as a Broadway song-and-dance man.
As his 7-year-old son Mikey lay in a hospital bed on life support, the victim of a drunken driver who had smashed into his family’s car, Paul Cortez took the boy’s hand and made a solemn promise to God: If his son survived, no matter in what condition, he and his family would always be there for him.
Firefighters discovered two bodies after putting out a fire in a travel trailer early Sunday morning.
For founder Tim Arnold, the Pinball Hall of Fame is a twofold labor of love. It combines his love of pinball and helping others in the community.
A second woman was arrested Friday in the killing a woman who was beaten to death outside of an Orange County nightclub.
Bishop Gorman’s Nick Blair had just one thought on his mind when he got the ball with time running down in regulation on Saturday.
Before heading to a team walkthrough Wednesday morning, Seattle Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman felt the need to write.
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