Former Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola, 53, is scheduled to undergo heart surgery next week and will be replaced as 51s pitching coach by Tom Signore until he can join the New York Mets’ Triple-A affiliate.
A woman who, as a newborn, was abandoned in the bathroom of a Pennsylvania fast-food restaurant said Tuesday she has found her birth mother just three weeks after launching a search that garnered worldwide attention.
Las Vegas Valley residents should expect dusty days as strong mid-week winds are expected to kick up sand and dirt.
Curtis Traupman, 39, faces one count each of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, resisting a public officer with the use of a firearm and battery on a protected person.
Nearly 200 additional taxicabs have been authorized to operate during the weekend of the Electric Daisy Carnival in June.
Mantecore, the tiger responsible — but never blamed — for a near-fatal injury to Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy in 2003, died on March 19.
When explaining publicly its football program’s academic predicament UNLV needs to be forthright and honest and there should be no shortage of bodies explaining why and how this happened.
For the second time since 2012, Clark County rancher, CLiven Bundy, has been served notice by federal authorities who plan to impound hundreds of cattle he left to roam on public land almost 20 years after the government told him to remove them.
A Colorado girl who shaved her head to support a friend who went bald because of cancer treatment has been told she violated her school’s dress code.
A weeklong jet fuel shortage at McCarran International Airport that resulted in airline pilots having to land here with enough fuel in their tanks to reach their next destination has ended.
Crash investigators have determined that the Porsche carrying “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker was traveling approximately 90 mph when it lost control on a California street and smashed into a light pole, killing the actor and his friend.
Motorists mighty be seeing bubbles on city streets and will have to detour around a wide swath of downtown Saturday morning.
Community Lutheran Church plans a fundraiser March 30 to promote the Give a Bleep! Project. The project is based on the vision that people can give anything to good cause, whether it is money or volunteer time.
Ralph Wilson, the Buffalo Bills owner who helped found the American Football League in 1960 and played a key role in the merger with the NFL, died Tuesday. He was 95.
The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline is moving forward with another complaint against suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones.
Fearing imminent arrest in a triple slaying, Ibragim Todashev started acting suspiciously. His mood, once cooperative with investigators, became agitated. His eyes darted around his small apartment in Florida, as if he were looking for a weapon or a way out.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York police commissioner denounced the parachute jump off 1 World Trade Center last fall by three skydiving enthusiasts as a lawless act that put others in danger.
Seemingly divided, the Supreme Court struggled Tuesday with the question of whether companies have religious rights, a case challenging President Barack Obama’s health overhaul and its guarantee of birth control in employees’ preventive care plans.
A decline in gaming revenues in U.S. regional gaming markets and a challenging business environment in foreign destinations forced slot machine manufacturer International Game Technology to reduce its workforce worldwide by 7 percent, the company said Tuesday.
Former SMU and NBA basketball player Quinton Ross had to ease the fears of friends and family members after he was erroneously reported dead.
Each year, the “What Makes Henderson GREAT!” photo contest invites the community to submit pictures of landscapes, people and places that capture the spirit of the community. This year’s winners were announced recently.
Bidders raised over $50,000 for the The Animal Foundation during the raffle set up to find new owners for the 25 puppies that survived a January pet shop arson.
A civilian approaching a Navy destroyer at the world’s largest naval base late at night took a weapon from a sailor who was standing watch and used it to shoot and kill another sailor who was trying to help his embattled colleague, Navy officials said Tuesday.
Haven’t had your fill of Girl Scout cookies yet? Triple George Grill, Stewart + Ogden and The Commissary, all of which are at or near the Downtown Grand, 206 N. Third St. in downtown Las Vegas, are featuring desserts made with the cookies, while supplies last. The dishes were created for a bake-off by the restaurants’ chefs, judged by members of Girl Scout Troop 41 and invited guests, which helped the girls earn their entrepreneurship badges. The winner was the Peanut Butter Sandwich (Do-Si-Dos) milkshake created by Chef Marissa Gerlach of The Commissary. The others are a Thin Mint Cheesecake with a Thin Mint smoothie, created for Stewart + Ogden, and a Thin Mint Cheesecake with Bailey’s liqueur glaze, Thanks-a-Lot dulce de leche with sea salted caramel and Strawberry Lemonades Gooey Bars created for Triple George Grill. …
The studio introduces raunchy new footage from its upcoming comedies “Neighbors,” “A Million Ways to Die in the West” and “Dumb and Dumber To,” but Angelina Jolie steals the show.
Meet the greatest March Madness fan ever. Wesley, 1, experienced his first March Madness game ever last week, and his priceless reaction was all caught on camera, which is father, Dustin Sandoval, later posted to his YouTube page.
Nevada will receive more than $18 million from the federal government for fish and wildlife conservation projects.
A Danish zoo that faced protests for killing a healthy giraffe to prevent inbreeding says it has put down four lions, including two cubs, to make room for a new male lion.