A 20-year-old man who has already spent two years in jail was acquitted of charges he orchestrated the fatal shooting of a tow truck driver in a March 2012 Las Vegas Valley robbery scheme.
The 2013 World Series champion Boston Red Sox went to the White House on Tuesday to celebrate, and David Ortiz marked the occasion by snapping a selfie with the president.
Tickets are available for a special First Friday concert by singer Sheryl Crow at the downtown Container Park on Friday. Crow will be joined by country star Charlie Worsham and local singer Sabriel.
Mitchell Garshofsky, 54, and Aaron Virchis, 31, both entered guilty pleas before U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey to one felony count each of operating an illegal gambling enterprise.
A stuffed armadillo that serves as an on-stage mascot for country music legend Willie Nelson has been returned after being “kidnapped” from a show at Lake Las Vegas.
A motorcyclist in Britain survived a 40-foot plunge down a cliff when he drove off the road. And it was all caught on video from a GoPro on his helmet.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill accused General Motors of a potentially criminal cover-up of its defective ignition switches and fumed at the lack of answers from its new CEO during a second day of hearings Wednesday into why GM waited a decade to recall 2.6 million cars with the deadly flaw.
Talk about your Holy Trinity. An Alaska priest was charged with driving under the influence and misdemeanor weapons and drug charges Monday after being stopped for speeding and weaving on a highway near Fairbanks.
A district judge on Wednesday delayed until May a motion to dismiss the charges against accused pet store arsonists Gloria Lee and Kirk Bills.
The school, at 3650 Cambridge St., was put under precautionary lockdown after police got a call saying shots were fired about 9:15 a.m. No one was hurt, but said an unoccupied vehicle got shot.
The appointment of a new CEO by the company that makes the Firefox Web browser has prompted board members to quit, a Twitter frenzy and a push back from a leading dating website because he supported California’s former gay marriage ban.
A Colorado coroner says an exchange student from Wyoming fell to his death in Denver after eating a marijuana cookie.
Hard-won expertise and a big dose of luck helped Chile escape its latest magnitude-8.2 earthquake with surprisingly little damage and death.
An artist is making it difficult to believe there’s actually a copy of Justin Bieber’s latest album for sale in Los Angeles stores.
Las Vegas has survived the first round of cuts as the Republican National Committee chooses a city to host its 2016 presidential nominating convention.
Summer vacationers looking for deals on hotel rooms are going to have to search a little harder. Here’s what you can do to save.
Secretary of State Ross Miller has asked Clark County District Court to order state controller candidate John Michael Schaefer to appear and show why he should not be removed from the primary election ballot due to a residency question.
You would think that the 8.2 earthquake off the coast of Chile last night actually struck in Boston Harbor, given the screaming this morning from the liberal establishment.
Deon Derrico, the father of the famed Las Vegas quintuplets who is facing real estate fraud charges, had a court hearing rescheduled Wednesday.
Amazon is introducing a set top box that allows streaming of online video content to televisions.
More than three years after his wife was killed in a drunken driving crash, a Clark County jury awarded James LaPelusa and his two sons $10 million in damages.
Galaxy Gaming appointed gaming industry consultant Bill Zender, 59, to the company’s board of directors.
Pinnacle Entertainment closed the sale of its Lumiere Casino in St. Louis to Tropicana Entertainment for $260 million on Tuesday.
A Pennsylvania woman heard “crazy voices” telling her to push her sons underwater before she sat on them in the bathtub, drowning her 3-year-old son and leaving his 6-year-old brother in critical condition.
A Pittsburgh tree trimmer is recovering after he was rushed to the hospital with a chain saw blade embedded in his neck, barely missing major arteries.
Many valley streets are named for controversial people, according to Michael Green, a history professor at the College of Southern Nevada. However, it’s possible that Garrison Street was named for Howell C. Garrison, a former Las Vegas mayor who took office to keep peace.
Las Vegas’ hottest new celebrity has never had a hit song, been to Hollywood or performed on Broadway. But thousands are lining up at all hours to check out the next big thing, a sure-fire long-running hit with international appeal.
The Las Vegas business licensing department, led by manager Karen Duddlesten, came under fire for the second time in as many weeks on Tuesday for drafting what many called “hypocritical” regulations in what will eventually be a proposed medical marijuana ordinance in May.
The Supreme Court has struck down limits in federal law on the overall campaign contributions the biggest individual donors may make to candidates, political parties and political action committees.