A motorcyclist died after a fiery crash near Oakey and Martin Luther King boulevards Saturday despite efforts by passing drivers who dragged him from the flames.
With Jimmy Fallon’s departure from “Late Night” on Friday after five years in the host chair, he will be off the NBC airwaves a scant 10 days before coming back as host of “The Tonight Show,” which was vacated Thursday by Jay Leno after 22 years.
In an assertion of same-sex marriage rights, Attorney General Eric Holder is applying a landmark Supreme Court ruling to the Justice Department, announcing Saturday that same-sex spouses cannot be compelled to testify against each other, should be eligible to file for bankruptcy jointly and are entitled to the same rights and privileges as federal prison inmates in opposite-sex marriages.
What if you could make a difference and help a cause in a big way — a $100,000 big way? Impact Las Vegas plans to do just that by offering other valley nonprofit groups grant money.
A northern Nevada county is moving ahead with what may be a first-in-the-nation plan to charge county jail inmates for food and medical care, despite objections from the American Civil Liberties Union that it’s cruel and unusual punishment and could lead to a court battle.
Portland’s Damian Lillard will become the first player to compete in three events during All-Star Saturday night in New Orleans, including a slam dunk contest that features three All-Stars for the first time in 26 years.
The conference room inside Big Red Button Entertainment’s offices would look unremarkable if it weren’t for the vibrant panoramas of a cartoony, tree-filled world plastered next to portraits of colorful creatures and robots on the walls. At first glance, one of the critters looks like Sonic the Hedgehog — if he donned a brown scarf and sport tape around his appendages.
Clint Eastwood added another starring role at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am — life saver.
Smoke and mirrors? Russian state television aired footage Friday of five floating snowflakes turning into the Olympic rings and bursting into pyrotechnics at the Sochi Games opening ceremony. Problem is, that didn’t happen.
Not long after settling in southern Illinois in 1963, an ocean from her native England, Louise Harrison Caldwell trudged from one radio station to the next lobbying for air time for her brother’s quartet. Revered in Britain, the group was virtually unknown in America — and her promotion fizzled.
Employers added 113,000 jobs in January, the government said Friday, far fewer than the average monthly gain of 194,000 last year, renewing concern that the U.S. economy might be slowing after a strong finish last year.
Sage Kotsenburg loves snowboarding for all its unexpected surprises.
The process for replacing Keith Kizer as executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission is about to move into its second phase with the goal of having someone hired by April still a realistic possibility.
FundingPost, a venture exchange that works both online and offline to introduce angel and venture capital investors to entrepreneurs, at one time sponsored an event in Las Vegas once every two years, according to Aaron Sahagun, southwest regional director. When Sahagun got involved in early 2013, that all changed. He gave the event a face-lift, transforming it into a “Shark Tank” panel.
The Gaming Control Board filed a two-count complaint Friday against the Aria Hotel-Casino and MGM Resorts International for blocking two state gaming agents from observing wagering activity in the CityCenter resort’s high-limit casino area.
The Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada Heart of Hope awards ceremony took place at the Red Rock Resort hotel-casino in Las Vegas on Friday.
When Andre Agassi announced last week his financing of buildings for three charter schools in Southern Nevada, he described the projects as the potential “start of a pipeline” of new, local charters. Well, there’s already another deal to announce.
As strange as it might seem, Larry Nance Jr. fell for Laramie, Wyo., and its lack of sights and sounds, at first sight. He immediately knew where he wanted to attend college and play basketball.
Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Thiago Silva was released from the organization Friday after a series of domestic disputes escalated into a standoff with police Thursday night and resulted in the fighter’s arrest.
A U.S. Senate Committee has passed a bill authorizing hundreds of millions of dollars for environmental projects at Lake Tahoe.
Each winter drivers from Maine to Texas are reminded just how dependent we are on our cars and what happens when snow and ice get in the way. More than 116,000 Americans are injured and over 1,300 are killed on snowy, slushy or icy pavement every winter.
The 7-year-old boy who was attacked by a pit bull in Las Vegas last week won’t lose his leg as was feared, but the dog could be “put down” Tuesday if no one claims it.
Want to get down on the U.S.-Russia “Miracle on Ice” rematch or place a wager that the Jamaican bobsled team will win a medal at the Winter Olympics? You will have to go offshore to do so, because Nevada sports books aren’t allowed to accept wagers on Olympic events.
A beautiful symmetry occurs on stage during Nevada Conservatory Theatre’s impressive presentation of Theresa Rebeck’s comedy “Seminar.” Live theater is the ultimate collaboration, and here we see all its elements, of both the human and technical kind, coming together in perfect harmony and existing in symbiotic relationship.
St. James the Apostle Catholic Church, 1920 N. Martin Luther King Blvd., will have its annual revival at 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday. The revival will feature Deacon Doug Johnson, his wife, Sheree Brown, and music by Susan Braire and the St. James Gospel Choir. Soup and chili will be served at 5 p.m. each day (702-648-6606).
It’s good for a basketball coach to know his team’s strengths.
The two Republican candidates for lieutenant governor took their primary battle to rural Nevada on Friday in a contest that could have far-reaching consequences for the state’s political future.
A 36-year-old man was indicted by a grand jury on charges he raped a woman at a Strip casino late last month, Clark County prosecutors said Friday.