Western powers on Sunday prepared a tough response to Russia’s military advance into Ukraine and warned that Moscow could face economic penalties, diplomatic isolation and bolstered allied defenses in Europe unless it retreats.
Naquasia LeGrand was frying chicken, sweeping floors and serving customers for $7.25 an hour when she was recruited by union organizers to join a campaign for higher pay.
A federal study of Prince William Sound sea otters affected by crude oil spilled from the Exxon Valdez has concluded that the marine mammals have returned to pre-spill numbers a quarter century after the disaster.
Two people were taken to the hospital after a crash involving a Las Vegas police van in the northwest part of the valley Sunday morning.
The 64-year-old woman sits in her plush Turnberry Towers condominium just off the Strip and talks about what it was like to be a prisoner in her home.
As a sturdily constructed African-American lady in spandex and a little person in a tight red leather get-up with a cone-shaped brassiere pistoned their rear ends up and down like human crankshafts, the costumed primate in question did what you do at a Miley Cyrus performance: you dance, and look out for the purple shark doing the same.
It doesn’t matter what the sport is. The playoffs bring an increased amount of intensity. And it was plenty intense inside Las Vegas Sports Park on Saturday night.
A mountain lion and her kittens having a late-night snack were recorded via a remote camera in a Southern California wilderness park.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval started the weekend early and couldn’t make his scheduled Friday interview at the Review-Journal. But no matter.
Police are looking for four suspects in connection with a shooting that left one man dead near downtown Las Vegas Saturday night.
Will and Jaden Smith have something they can bond over. They were both awarded Razzies for their performances in “After Earth.”
Stacie Hall ranks ninth in the state for the 3-mile run, but just three years ago she did not think she’d be running again.
Liam Neeson’s airliner thriller “Non-Stop” arrived in first place at the weekend box office, effectively ending the Warner Bros. animated film’s three-week blockade at the top spot.
A man who was killed while riding a scooter on the northwest side of Las Vegas just before noon on Saturday has been identified.
It was no match from the start. Twelve American Indians, equipped with bows and arrows and a few old guns, were destined to lose to a well-armed, reward-hungry posse of 19 led by Nevada State Police Capt. J.P. Donnelly.
In a lifetime spent under the hood, Reno’s Everett Adams has quietly built an encyclopedic knowledge of engines and a museum’s worth of cars, boats, airplanes and memorabilia.
The spirited sport known as parkour that treats the world as one big obstacle course is gaining traction outside of the urban enthusiasts whose YouTube-worthy acrobatics spread its popularity.
People shaved their head at Ri Ra Irish Pub at Mandalay Bay to help raise money for the St. Baldricks Foundation on Saturday.
A Christian ministry’s long-stalled plans to build Noah’s Ark in the hills of Kentucky have been revived.
David O. Russell’s crime drama “American Hustle” could be a big winner at Sunday’s Academy Awards. But for the movie’s many international fans, it may take a little longer to realize it. In their country, there is simply no word that captures the true essence of “Hustle.”
Orson Welles’ personal draft script for “Citizen Kane” is up for sale — from the collection of an American almost as wealthy as the movie’s monstrous newspaper mogul, though considerably more private.
The Amazing Johnathan has already cheated death a few times, one Sunday afternoon in particular.
In the latest prong of its charm offensive, rideshare service Uber started promoting its version of the Las Vegas fling.
Lake Mead is touted often as the nation’s largest man-made lake. You probably even have seen it described that way in this newspaper once or twice.
About 357 children on a wait list for help from the state’s Autism Treatment Assistance Program, which offers therapy to improve communication and behavior. The average time it takes to obtain services for children put on the wait list in January is 275 days.
Probably the first thing I noticed while cruising past Blue Fin during the past few years is that the restaurant’s subtext is “sushi and roll”; few places make the distinction, and you have to love that attention to detail.
Less than a year after graduating from Harvard with a bachelor’s degree in economics, Wranglers defenseman Brendan Rempel is dealing with the economic challenge of living on about $550 per week, the average ECHL salary.
Tony Johnson, a national security policy expert and former Navy officer who is gay and black, offered a piece of advice at the Salute Black History show in Las Vegas on Friday night: “You have to own who you are.”
There’s a ceiling on just how exciting the Oscars (5:30 p.m. today, KTNV-TV, Channel 13) can get. You’re still going to have to sit through 18 awards you don’t care about to get to the six you do.
Amid signs that Las Vegas has surfaced as the surprise player in the 2016 Republican National Convention sweepstakes, top Nevada political and resort executives are in Washington, D.C., this weekend to put together the city’s pitch.