Satire and misinformation regularly spreads through Facebook as if it were real news. And a new study claims to know why: It’s because of mistrust in traditional sources.
The national Democratic Party is playing games with U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, or DCCC, on Tuesday launched an online ad campaign against Heck for opposing President Barack Obama’s health care insurance reform. It’s modeled after the board “Game of Life.”
Partly in response to increased interest rates, stabilized home prices and a rise of inventory, banks have received an influx of mortgage loan applications in the first few months of 2014.
Mick Jagger paid poignant tribute to his late companion, designer L’Wren Scott, on Tuesday, calling her his “lover and best friend” and saying he was struggling to understand why she might have taken her own life.
A state panel on Tuesday approved a $1.5 million contract with a consulting firm to fix Nevada’s health insurance exchange.
Clark County commissioners on Tuesday introduced an ordinance that would eventually put a system of uniform county-owned and maintained newsracks on the Strip.
A former Clark County School District teacher was sentenced Tuesday to five years probation for kissing a 15-year-old male student.
Two new policies detailing how Nevada Department of Corrections staff deal with pregnant inmates were approved Tuesday by a state board.
A news helicopter crashed into a street and burst into flames Tuesday near Seattle’s Space Needle, killing two people on board, badly injuring a man in a car and sending plumes of black smoke over the city during the morning commute.
Carlos Molina has been incarcerated more than two weeks at the Clark County Detention Center, and he may remain locked up a while longer. But his promoter believes Molina’s boxing career is not finished.
Sometimes it’s not about runs, hits and errors at the ballpark. Sometimes it’s about the people you meet there. Or the ones who still buy you peanuts and Cracker Jack.
Be Nice. It’s that Simple. Those are the words that started anthe anti-bullying campaign at Centennial High School.
A volunteer at a Houston-area elementary school who noticed some students were getting a smaller lunch of cold cheese sandwiches is digging into his own pocket to cover $465 in delinquent meal accounts so all the kids can get the same full lunch tray.
Wal-Mart plans to start buying used video games from shoppers at stores in a move that goes after the bread-and-butter business of GameStop.
It should come as a surprise to no one that Las Vegas, the land of excess, is home to some of the most expensive restaurant offerings in the country. Here are six of them.
Las Vegas is full of mysteries, even if you’ve lived here your entire life. That said, we want to solve them, so we asked what questions about Las Vegas you’ve always wanted answered. We’ll tackle them once a week in Knowing Vegas.
The Modern Contemporary Art Museum — a proposed three-story, 35,000-square-foot complex — may not be ready to break ground for a year or two, but it has its first employee: Melanie Coffee, who’s been hired as project manager.
Metro police suspect foul play in the disappearance of a Las Vegas woman in January. Irma Mkrtchyan was last seen near Desert Inn Road and south Durango Drive on Jan. 19.
Former Las Vegas real estate broker Eve Mazzarella has been released from federal prison while she appeals her conviction in a $52 million mortgage fraud scheme.
Sean and Lisa Bigley and Pat Oechslin of Las Vegas had lunch at the Downtown Container Park one day last week, and then they did it again the next day. “We had so much fun yesterday, we came back today,” Lisa Bigley said
A joint venture involving Caesars Entertainment Corp. gained initial approval from the South Korean government to add gaming as part of a full-scale resort complex in Incheon, South Korea.
Clark County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a settlement to end a nearly three-year-long stretch of litigation with the Southern Nevada Health District.
Heath Schroyer, a UNLV basketball assistant coach for the past three seasons, is close to finalizing a deal to become the head coach at Tennessee-Martin. An official announcement is expected Thursday, according to CBSSports.com.
Investigators trying to solve the mystery of a missing Malaysian jetliner received some belated help Tuesday from Thailand, whose military said it took 10 days to report radar blips that might have been the plane “because we did not pay attention to it.”
Two people were killed in a traffic accident involving a pickup in south Las Vegas early Tuesday morning.
Patrons at a Downtown Disney restaurant in Florida were sent scrambling on Monday after a large fish tank burst open, sending water gushing into the restaurant’s dining room.
The former president of the Hells Angels motorcycle club’s local chapter was sentenced on Tuesday to two to five years in prison for assaulting rival gang members at a downtown wedding chapel in 2008.