A Las Vegas jury began hearing evidence Monday in a civil rights case filed against the Metropolitan Police Department and two of its officers. A National Guard sergeant filed suit after he landed on the wrong end of a police baton in 2007 at McCarran International Airport.
Rap icon Flavor Flav on Monday pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence charges stemming from an incident with his stepson in 2012.
After a bear mauled a woman in the driveway of her suburban Florida home, dragging her four feet before she escaped, wildlife officials said Monday that they had killed five of the animals, who had become dangerously accustomed to humans.
A giant thermometer rising from the Southern California desert will once again be a beacon for tourists headed to and from Las Vegas.
The man shot to death near downtown Las Vegas on Thursday has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Demario Berry.
California police chief says two sex offenders wore GPS tracking devices during serial killings. Court records indicate the men suspected of killing four women in Southern California stayed in Las Vegas for two weeks before they were arrested.
U.S. retail sales in March rose by the largest amount in 18 months, led by strong gains in sales of autos and furniture, according to a Commerce Department report on Monday. But Nevada has seen continuous retail growth for 48 months, according to the Retail Association of Nevada.
Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has endorsed state Sen. Mark Hutchison for lieutenant governor.
When Tony Boland joined the band, he brought a certain maturity with his playing. That’s what happens when you’re the 79-year-old flute player in an elementary school band.
Otis Coleman III, 20, of North Las Vegas, died from gunshot wound to his lower left back, the Clark County coroner’s office said Monday.
A long-time fan of Taylor Swift got the surprise of a lifetime this weekend when the country singer showed up at her bridal shower.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller on Monday heard complaints from veterans about the backlog of disability benefits requests that have former members of the military waiting months and even years for a check.
Natalie Allen will host the 2014 Women’s Leadership Conference, the nonprofit MGM Resorts Foundation announced Monday.
A majority of Americans think their taxes are too high, but most also say they’re fair, a new Gallup survey finds.
If the signals detected deep in the Indian Ocean are truly from the wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, they ultimately will close the book on a frustrating long list of false leads in the effort to find the jet. Here are the most prominent moments.
Federal authorities filed a criminal complaint over the weekend against the woman accused of throwing a shoe at Hillary Clinton while she was speaking on stage at a metal recycling conference at Mandalay Bay.
The following special menus and special dishes for Easter will be available that day (April 20), unless otherwise noted. Prices are per person.
Search crews sent a robotic submarine deep into the Indian Ocean on Monday to begin scouring the seabed for the missing Malaysian airliner after failing for six days to detect any signals believed to be from its black boxes.
Gov. Brian Sandoval is leaving Tuesday for a two-day trade mission to Canada, visiting Ottawa and Toronto.
The federal government has sent a dangerous signal to those who would flout federal law.
Prosecutors have enough evidence to pursue hate-crime charges in the shooting spree that killed three people at a Jewish community center and retirement complex near Kansas City, authorities said Monday, a day after the attack.
Apple has started negotiating with carriers on a $100 price increase for the iPhone 6, according to an analyst.
Travis Doering was not himself in the days before his death, often talking to imaginary people and acting strangely to his roommates. And he kept getting worse. Almost a week after Las Vegas police shot and killed him, they are still unsure what prompted Doering’s sudden downward spiral.
I like training sports athletes. It’s fun to create a program for people with sport-specific performance as their goal. It’s a diversion from my usual efforts to make a male athlete “buff” or a female athlete “toned.”
Would you like to see more coverage of local business news? What are you favorite local business topics? The casino industry? Housing? Economic development, retail and new business? Utilities? The Review-Journal wants to know.
Former UNLV golfer Ryan Moore did not win the Masters — he failed to make the cut — but he won the annual Par 3 tournament held before it, and he had his picture taken with his 17-month-old son Tucker, which was pretty cool.
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday expressed frustration over what will likely be a multi-month delay on the Boulder City bypass project.
In 22 years at the Miami-Dade Police Department, Lt. Ralph Mata broke up major gangs, supervised an airport canine unit that sniffed out drug smugglers and investigated police wrongdoing. He was also, according to the FBI, known as “The Milk Man” for helping New Jersey cocaine dealers move hundreds of thousands of dollars around.
The Kraftwerk show will feature 3-D visuals and will be a full-on multimedia experience, with surround-sound speakers and 3-D glasses provided to concertgoers upon entering the venue.
Las Vegas police continue to seek four men in connection with a robbery that happened in November.
