A 58-year-old man has died after suffering third-degree burns to 90 percent of his body in a Reno apartment fire.
Sometimes I’m not impressed by an announcement that yet another celebrity chef is coming to town. This week’s case in point is Buddy V, aka Buddy Valastro. Aka TLC’s “Cake Boss.”
The number of those believed missing following a deadly Washington state landslide has plummeted to 30 after many people were found safe, authorities said late Saturday.
Ex-world boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, considered a strong contender to become Ukraine’s next leader, upended the country’s presidential race Saturday by announcing he will throw his support instead behind a billionaire candy maker.
A Las Vegas father who uses marijuana regularly to treat migraines and muscle spasms claims a Family Court judge has been stripping away his parental rights because of his marijuana use. He is currently allowed only supervised visits with his 4-year-old son.
A new study gives a big boost to fixing a bad aortic valve, the heart’s main gate, without open-heart surgery. Survival rates were better one year later for people who had a new valve placed through a tube into an artery instead.
Small-business loans are not flying out the door like they were in the go-go prerecession good times. But Mike Rozman came to Las Vegas last week ready to make some deals and connect lenders with small-business owners.
Due to the crowds that couldn’t get into the public meeting on medical marijuana Wednesday, Las Vegas officials have moved Tuesday’s 3 p.m. meeting to the City Hall chambers at 495 S. Main St.
Federal land managers are seeking public comment on a Houston-based oil company’s proposed gas exploration drilling in northeast Nevada with the use of hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking.
Lynda Rolen comes from an artistic family. She’s related to Andrew W. Mellon, who founded the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and her mother was a professional painter. Now, her shop, The Great Frame Up, is working with clients such as Mack King and Penn Jillette to help preserve and highlight their artwork, memorabilia and personal mementos.
The Las Vegas man found shot to death in a southwest valley parking lot Thursday night has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Gagik Tulbendhyan, 28.
CNN host Piers Morgan issued one last plea for U.S. gun control as he wrapped up his show’s three-year run.
Strip casinos plan to dim some of their lights as part of a global effort to raise awareness of environmental issues at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night.
General Motors announced two more recalls late Friday, bringing to 4.8 million the number of cars, trucks and SUVs the automaker has called back for repairs in the past month.
Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority officials have decided that if a settlement agreement is not reached with a couple who filed a lawsuit cannot be reached by Friday, they’ll pull the plug on their sponsorship of the spectacular Fourth of July fireworks display at the lake that they say helps pump more than $30 million into the local economy.
Las Vegas police asked the public for help Wednesday in finding two men they are say are linked to a robbery that left a man beaten and unconscious earlier in March.
A Michigan high school student was banned from competing in a school track meet recently because of the pink Mohawk he was sporting in support of his mother, who is fighting breast cancer.
The five-member regulatory board that will ultimately decide if Northwestern University football players can unionize has itself been in the middle of a firestorm.
In his new book, “Life, Animated,” Ron Suskind tells the remarkable story of how Disney movies unlocked his autistic son’s emotions. Owen Suskind was a typical toddler until age 3, when his developing language and social skills vanished. He was diagnosed with regressive autism. Gradually Owen became fascinated by Disney movies, watching and re-watching them endlessly.
Nearly a million jars of peanut butter are being dumped at a New Mexico landfill to expedite the sale of a bankrupt peanut-processing plant that was at the heart of a 2012 salmonella outbreak and nationwide recall.
Facebook is giving more details about its effort to connect remote parts of the world to the Internet, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked Thursday about where he’s finding “key members of the team.”
A study of more than 3.5 million Americans finds that married people are less likely than singles, divorced or widowed folks to suffer any type of heart or blood vessel problem.
An intersection on the southwest side of the Las Vegas Valley was closed Saturday after a hit-and-run accident, police say. Flamingo and Fort Apache roads were closed after a five-car accident occurred just before 11 a.m.
The LVH Superbook opened Michigan State as a favorite over Connecticut. The matchup between Kentucky and Michigan appears to be a toss up.
Though he’s retired from hockey, Sean Avery can still stir up the emotions of Martin Brodeur. Their latest war of words might be better than anything happening on the ice.
Miguel Cabrera agreed to a mega-deal with the Detroit Tigers. He’ll make more every time he steps in the batter’s box than the average Michigan household.
More than 151,000 Internet users from around the globe have been tuning in to Minnesota’s eagle cam — and this week, viewers were treated to the much-anticipated hatching of two eaglets.
Las Vegas-based Affinity Gaming on Friday reported a continued slide in earnings across 11 properties last year.
Populations in Nevada and Clark County showed growth between July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013, according to information released by the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday.
Jerrie Merritt recalls the moment she realized she was an emotional spender.