Soaring through sloppy snow and sleet, David Wise won the first gold medal in the young sport of halfpipe skiing Tuesday, outclassing a field in Sochi that had trouble with the slow, waterlogged conditions.
Republican Assemblyman Cresent Hardy on Tuesday officially launched his campaign for Congress, saying he’s tired of gridlock in Washington and he wants to promote policies that create more jobs and boost the struggling economy.
One of these Februaries, Nancy Viveiros wouldn’t be surprised to flip on her TV and see Las Vegas’ Joy Davis and Alex Wilson gliding across the ice in the Winter Olympics.
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie beat out 3,079 sheriffs in the country and will be the 19th sheriff to receive the Ferris E. Lucas Award for Sheriff of the Year since its establishment in 1995.
A woman convicted of killing her pregnant friend and cutting the baby from her womb was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison while the victim’s father sat in court holding his daughter’s ashes.
A video of a garbage truck driver giving 5-year-old Daniel Sanchez a gift last week has gone viral. Daniel, who lives in Ojai, Calif., watches Manuel Sanchez empty his family’s garbage can every Monday.
Russian punk group Pussy Riot burst onto the Olympic scene Tuesday when two of its members were picked up by police in host city Sochi — and then ran away defiant down a rain-soaked street a few hours later, shouting and wearing their trademark garish balaclavas.
It was not a pile of late fees a South Carolina woman got when a video store owner said she failed to return a video she rented in 2005. Instead, she spent a night in jail.
Embattled NBA veteran Lamar Odom is set to return to the basketball court with Spanish club Laboral Kutxa, according to ESPN.com.
On Monday, we gave you the reasons the Winter Olympics are king. Now it’s time for the counterpoint. Here are 11 reasons the Summer Olympics are the best of the two.
THe 51s opening day starter is Noah Syndergaard. He’s this year’s Zack Wheeler. He probably won’t be in Las Vegas long, so catch him while you can.
Staff Sgt. Andrew Leach of the 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron was facing one felony count of child abuse, neglect or endangerment with substantial bodily harm for injuries his son Aiden Leach suffered on Feb. 1, court documents said.
A South Florida artist is facing a criminal charge after police say he smashed a $1 million vase at Miami’s new art museum to protest what he called its favoritism for international rather than local art.
An oil infused with medical marijuana, now called Charlotte’s Web, has aided 5-year-old Charlotte Figi the last two years from suffering from seizures. Now more families are relocating to Colorado for the same help for their children.
Less than a week after announcing he would attend UNLV, Findlay Prep guard Rashad Vaughn poured in 43 points in a 116-71 victory over Planet Athlete at Henderson International School on Monday night. Vaughn tied Cory Joseph’s school-record by making nine 3-pointers in the game.
Severe turbulence during a United Airlines flight from Denver to Billings, Mont., sent five people to hospitals in Montana on Monday, an airline official said.
When Suzanne Lugano paints nearly nude models, she feels as if she’s the one who is exposing herself, expressing her emotions before the world.
Former U.S. Rep. Melvin Jay Reynolds has been arrested in Zimbabwe on suspicion of possessing pornography and an immigration offence.
Losing his hands and feet after acquiring a flesh-eating bacteria, Henderson resident Eddie Garcia said people often assume that 2013 was the worst year of his life. “But 2013 was the best year,” he said. “I cheated death. These are just my battle scars.”
Noah Levrant was just a kid approaching his bar mitzvah, that time when according to Jewish tradition a 13-year-old boy accepts his religious responsibility and steps through the door of manhood.
A 17-year old immigrant boy and his Mexican mother were reunited after more than a decade apart, thanks to a new Obama administration policy that no longer penalizes minors who lie to authorities, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said Monday.
One night while walking his dog back home in Wisconsin, it all hit Ben Askren. “What happened?”
Mirage headliner Ron White tells me his wife, Margo Rey (a classics vocalist with a 4½-octave range), is singing again while fighting breast cancer a second time.
Baseball’s popularity transcends generations; the great games, players and baseball events of the past still ignite discussion when comparing them to today’s stars and match-ups. A four-day exclusive offers fans a chance to visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. and learn things about the game they never knew before.
As spring rolls around, it’s time to start thinking about yard maintenance. If your budget is tight, you might be tempted to let the lawn care slide, but maintaining a great lawn doesn’t need to be expensive – and the reward for just a small investment is a beautiful, environmentally friendly setting for outdoor activities of many kinds.
The bedroom is an oasis. It’s the place where you wake up, energized and ready to start the day, as well as where you slip away and unwind from the day’s activities. This is the one room that is truly yours, so make sure it’s a reflection of your personality.
Veterinarian Dr. Christopher Yach walks into work around 7 a.m. If he leaves by 7 p.m., he considers it a good day. The majority of his 12-hour day is spent with his diversified patients, ranging from cute kittens and puppies to 900-pound alligators and 10-foot-long sharks.
Cockroach Theatre’s premiere presentation of resident playwright Ernie Curcio’s “Corner of Hacienda” drew a packed house. And rightly so, as it’s about time we have a play set in Las Vegas featuring the quirky people who live here.