A Las Vegas police officer who became the first policeman killed in the line of duty is the namesake of a school that continues to commemorate the lives of fallen heroes.
Oscar Pistorius vomited in the dock and retched repeatedly and loudly at his murder trial Monday as he heard graphic details of the injuries sustained by the girlfriend he shot, including a head wound that was probably instantly fatal.
Birch has been one of the nation’s top shot blockers this season, and for the second consecutive season, UNLV’s 6-foot-9-inch junior forward was named the Mountain West’s Defensive Player of the year.
Authorities questioned travel agents Monday at a beach resort in Thailand about two men who boarded the vanished Malaysia Airlines plane with stolen passports, part of a growing international investigation into what they were doing on the flight.
Black Twitter holds court on pretty much everything from President Barack Obama to the latest TV reality show antics. But Black Twitter can also turn activist quickly. When it does, change is made.
U.S. Reps. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., and Dina Titus, D-Nev., on Monday filed for re-election. Horsford, a freshman, is seeking a second two-year term. Titus is expected to easily win re-election in Congressional District 1.
Las Vegas police are looking for a man in connection with an armed robbery early last week. The man went into a shop near Rancho Drive and Cheyenne Avenue about 9:30 p.m. on March 3, pulled out a gun and demanded money from the cash register, police said.
The Clark County Museum offers absorbing excursions into Southern Nevada’s past. It includes indoor exhibit space, a neighborhood of vintage houses, a railroad depot and more.
Investigators combed through a collapsed theater stage at a Southern California high school Sunday, trying to determine why it buckled during a performance and sent 25 students to the hospital, some with broken bones but most with minor injuries like bruises and scrapes, authorities said Sunday.
A North Las Vegas police officer shot and killed a homeless man after an early-morning confrontation Monday. A patrol officer stopped the man walking near Tonopah Avenue and Woodard Street about 1:10 a.m., officer Chrissie Coon said. The officer shot the man a few minutes later, she said.
A river bled dry by thirsty cities and farms in two countries will flow once again through northern Mexico later this month. Beginning March 23, the last dam on the Colorado River will open its gates to unleash a man-made flood that is scheduled to last eight weeks.
Agassi Prep’s Deishuan Booker wasted no time making a name for himself in the Division III Southern League.
Las Vegas police were investigating a shooting at a park near UNLV that left one person hospitalized in critical condition Sunday night. Police received multiple calls about gunshots about 6:30 p.m. at Molasky Family Park, near East Twain Avenue at Cambridge Street.
Cartel kingpin Nazario Moreno Gonzalez had two lives. One ended in late 2010 when the leader of a vicious drug gang ruling the western state of Michoacan was supposedly killed by federal police. The second ended when he died in a shootout with government troops early Sunday.
Tiffany’s has them, as do Costco, T. Rowe Price, Redbox and Vanguard. The government, the Mayo Clinic and this newspaper have them. Even the San Diego Zoo has them. And because of them, the information you get is much clearer.
New owners are revitalizing Lake Las Vegas’ front golf course, The Falls, and other common space back to its green state, hoping it will symbolize the ritzy area’s return to health, but they admit they still have a long way to go.
The next time Brad Keselowski shows up in Las Vegas, he might find a steak named after him at The D’s Andiamo steakhouse.
A very strong earthquake that struck offshore rattled the Northern California coast and was widely felt across the region, but authorities said early Monday that there were no reports of any injuries or damage.
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, the busiest air carrier at McCarran International Airport, reported carrying fewer passengers on fewer flights than a year ago in February.
The familiar figure of Todd Farlow offering his opinion at government meetings is no more, leaving behind officials who mourn his loss, despite his sometimes chastising their decisions as “crap,” then adding “shame on you.”
In the world of Dale Earnhardt Jr., running out of gas is a public embarrassment, especially when it happens on the final lap, which allowed Brad Keselowski to surge past him and win the Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday.
Leslie Parraguirre has survived 25 years in business as an interior designer in Las Vegas. But as the valley suffered through the Great Recession, she sometimes thought her business’s days would come to an end.
Tina Quigley planned for a career in aviation, but finds herself flying a desk these days as general manager of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.
Erika Jensen, 32, has worked as a full-time volunteer since she was 19. First as a member of Youth With A Mission, then its subsidiary RescueNet. She lives off of donations from personal sponsors and estimates that she earns about $3 per hour.
U.S. Bank is joining a short list of large financial institutions that are testing voice biometrics as a potential replacement for the traditional password. That list includes Wells Fargo & Co. and Barclays Plc.
Nevada public relations and public affairs company The Ferraro Group recently announced its merger with Tangerine Communications, including plans to branch out and expand its clientele throughout the Phoenix market.
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