A former Internal Revenue Service officer has settled a lawsuit alleging the agency enlisted the help of the Nevada U.S. Attorney’s office to target him in a criminal investigation in retaliation for discrimination claims.
Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo says he still has a number of concerns over the way his officers handled the arrest of his second in command last week in a case that has ties to the political campaigns to replace him.
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Step aside, Coltrane. A film screening downtown showed locals that early female jazz musicians didn’t need to be “one of the boys” to play.
Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni resigned Wednesday after less than two seasons on the job.
Members of Congress took the first steps Wednesday to stave off or reduce cuts to military benefits that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel had proposed earlier this year.
During China’s President Xi Jinping’s visit to a western region of China, an explosion took place at a train station, killing 3 and injuring dozens in an event now being linked to terrorism.
In an unprecedented move, a police officer asked the Clark County District Attorney’s office to investigate whether Metro broke any laws after the agency’s top brass apparently buried his report intended to fix problems in the police air unit. Lt. Gawain Guedry and a representative from his union recently met with District Attorney Steve Wolfson, and Guedry is seeking “whistleblower” status under a Nevada law designed to protect peace officers reporting “improper governmental action” by their employers.
The federal government paid $236 million to landowners in 11 states — including $35.6 million in Nevada — to preserve sage-grouse habitat amid a debate over whether the bird should be listed as an endangered species — potentially hindering energy development and ranching.
An elderly blind veteran crying in pain spent four hours and 45 minutes in the emergency room of the VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas before seeing a doctor in October, but federal inspectors said in a report Wednesday that such long waits were not unusual for patients at the hospital.
At Sam Boyd Stadium, veteran operators of front-end loaders, bulldozers and mini-dozers called skid steers maneuvered their earth-moving machines like ballerinas to create the obstacle bump-filled three-dimensional motorcycle course for Saturday’s Monster Energy Supercross Finals.
Operations at McCarran International Airport are returning to normal after flights were grounded for about an hour and a half Wednesday following an unspecified computer problem in the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic control operation in Southern California.
A Northern Nevada Correctional Center inmate died Wednesday, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections. Jerome Urban, 56, who died at the correctional center’s Regional Medical Facility, had a chronic medical condition.
Representatives of Southern Nevada’s taxi industry on Wednesday called on the Nevada Taxicab Authority to step up efforts to impound illegally operating vehicles, specifically those associated with the ride-sharing company Uber.
The hunt for the wreckage of Malaysian Flight 370 continues after an Australian-based exploration program dismissed survey claims that plane remnants had been found in the Bay of Bengal.
Bacteria resistant to antibiotics have now spread to every part of the world and might lead to a future where minor infections could kill, according to a report published Wednesday by the World Health Organization.
A District Judge on Wednesday denied a motion to toss the case against a 45-year-old former Las Vegas kindergarten teacher facing kidnapping and child pornography charges after a weeks-long affair with a 16-year-old girl.
The staff at The Thomas & Mack Center has heard all the proposals for new arenas in Las Vegas come and go through the years. But on Thursday, mere talk of fancy sports/entertainment venues ends with the reality that MGM Resorts International and its arena partner AEGare breaking ground behind New York-New York for a $350 million, 20,000-seat arena.
Two California men were sentenced to eight years in federal prison Wednesday for bringing teenage girls to Las Vegas in 2013 to work as prostitutes.
Representatives of North Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace and aircraft designer Boeing on Wednesday unveiled models of the vehicles they hope will someday be used for trips to the moon and Mars.
A dust advisory has been issued for Wednesday by the Clark County Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management.
Sprouts Farmers Market unveiled its third Las Vegas-area location in Henderson on Wednesday to upbeat customers but a cautionary word of advice by a UNLV economics professor.
The congressional push by Senate Democrats to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 over 30 months, “a cornerstone of President Barack Obama’s economic plans,” has been derailed by Republicans.
Increased business from its three downtown Las Vegas casinos helped Boyd Gaming Corp. offset poor first-quarter results from the company’s regional jurisdictions hurt by weather issues and market softness.
A Canadian lumberer is accused of shooting two people dead and injuring two others at a Western Forest Products sawmill on Vancouver Island.
Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship introduced two woman and a 15-year-old girl at a Wednesday press conference to extol MMA’s virtues for females in hopes of convincing New York legislators to permit UFC events.
Authorities were evacuating numerous buildings Wednesday afternoon after several CSX tanker cars carrying crude oil derailed in downtown Lynchburg, Va., and caught fire along the James River, city officials said.
Most Americans who recently learned about a major breakdown in Internet security have been trying to protect themselves but a group nearly as large is unaware of the threat, according to a new survey.