Four out of five women are likely to be infected with human papillomavirus, or HPV, at some point in their lives, although most will never know it. Using a condom won’t always prevent it. And it’s the cause of virtually every case of cervical cancer. Yet a woman who finds out she has an HPV infection is not likely to tell even her closest friends.
At this year’s Greater Fort Worth Area Special Olympics games in Texas, Steven Striegel overcame all odds when he took home a gold medal in the bowling competition. For the 20-year-old from Little Elm, Texas, the achievement meant so much more than simply hanging another medal on the wall.
A 33-year-old Oklahoma man has been charged with killing his stepfather by giving him an “atomic wedgie,” that caused the victim to suffocate on his own underwear.
Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig begs a trooper who clocked him going 110 mph in Florida to let him go and later chides himself in the back seat of a police car, video shows.
Employees who have accrued thousands of hours of compensatory time have the Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services struggling to reduce what’s become a costly liability.
Sam Fennell loves football. Her favorite NFL team is the New York Giants, and her favorite quarterback is Drew Brees.
John Conforte says his life hasn’t been the same since he was beaten and stunned with a stun gun by Family Court marshals while handcuffed nearly six years ago.
Soaring in and reaching high above the rim for an alley-oop pass, Deonte Burton threw down a thunderous dunk that reverberated from Las Vegas to Reno. UNLV’s dominant run against UNR was done.
UNR star guard Deonte Burton was shocked when he found freshman Kendall Smith trying to chase him around the floor early in the game at the Thomas & Mack Center on Wednesday night.
Sweet Music will accompany the crack of the bat — and Wally Backman — at Cashman Field this season.
Sometimes, trades leave those involved scratching their heads, wondering what their true value is for the person or persons they were traded for.
Centennial boys basketball coach Todd Allen was hoping the Bulldogs would put away Cimarron-Memorial when they had the chance with about three minutes remaining in regulation.
From our vantage point on the hilltop west of camp, the landscape all around us seemed devoid of everything but cactus, sundry species of prickly brush and rocks just big enough to roll your ankle.
The UNLV Rebels football team played its first bowl game since 2000 at the Heart of Dallas Bowl in Dallas on Jan. 1, a coda to a surprising year in which the team had its first winning season in more than a decade.
From the roar of the tigers to the roar of motorcycles, the Zelzah Shrine Circus will fill the Orleans Arena with drama and fun Thursday through Sunday.
It’s the year the Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival becomes a man.
It seemed ludicrous when HBO kicked off 2012 with the Dustin Hoffman-led “Luck.”
The star of Vegas’ newest music residency gets punked and more in the latest roundup of local music releases:
It all started in the desert. Artist Nicolas Shake went jogging in the same nearby desert where, as a boy, he’d played and ridden his bike. But something had changed.
Allegiant Air will start offering first class, but not with the standard first class perks.
Alana Cesarz, Danielle Miller and Mia Bell combined for 39 points to lead the UNLV women’s basketball team to a 57-49 Mountain West victory over UNR on Tuesday night in Reno, the Lady Rebels’ seventh straight victory over their intrastate rival.
A group of eight gentlemen’s clubs attempted to convince the Nevada Supreme Court on Wednesday that dancing on stage in only the skimpiest clothing qualifies as free expression under the First Amendment.
