Soccer fans coming to Rio de Janeiro for the World Cup can still find some reasonably-priced accommodations, as long as a love motel, slum or campsite is where they’re looking.
For nearly three years, Jadeveon Clowney couldn’t wait to get to the NFL, and the league was just as eager to add the player some called the best defensive prospect in a decade.
The Riviera’s had a lot of second chances lately, and now you can say it’s true of the shows moving in. In the latest burst of new momentum, the vintage hotel has turned most of its entertainment over to a startup called Red Mercury Entertainment. The producers have installed four new titles with more to come. “New” is relative, though, since the three we are talking about here (saving “Men the Experience” for another day) are new twists on older efforts.
Jason “Blu” Griffith’s lawyers on Thursday asked a jury to consider the man’s state of mind on Dec. 12, 2010, the day he’s accused of killing his lover Debbie Flores Narvaez, whose dismembered body was encased in concrete.
Settlements paid out by the Clark County School District will have to reach new heights before being brought to the School Board in public meetings, according to a policy change approved on Thursday in reaction to a change in state law. Whereas the district’s previous policy only brought settlements, awards and payments for workers’ compensations claims to the School Board for $75,000 or more, that threshold is now $100,000.
Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev argue that statements he made to authorities after his arrest should be thrown out because he was questioned for 36 hours in a hospital room while suffering from gunshot wounds and without being told his rights.
Southern Nevada saw an increase in its homeless population from 2013, according to data from the 2014 Southern Nevada Homeless Census & Survey released Thursday. The number of homeless people in Southern Nevada increased by 28 percent from the previous year with a total count of 9,417 homeless in 2014. Even though the homeless population has risen, it remains below the 2009 peak of 13,388.
The driver who fled the scene of a four-vehicle collision that resulted in the death of a woman near the intersection of Charleston Boulevard and Arville Street in Las Vegas has been arrested, according to police.
The House has voted to establish a new investigation of the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, with Republicans vowing to dig deeper in a search for truth. Democrats say the election-year inquiry is actually a political ploy to raise campaign cash and motivate GOP voters, and they’re weighing a boycott. The vote Thursday was 232-186.
House Republicans on Thursday rammed through a new investigation of the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, vowing to pursue questions old and new in a search for truth. Nevada’s four representatives split along party lines.
UNLV struggled in its opening round of the NCAA women’s golf Central Regional Thursday, posting a 19-over-par 307 and standing in 14th place, 12 shots behind co-leaders Alabama and California in Stillwater, Okla.
On the surface, North Las Vegas and Henderson appear to be polar opposites.
Henderson City Manager Jacob Snow approved a “professional allowance” program that gave about 66 top-level employees payments in April and May, the city has confirmed. The payments ranged from $250 to $550, and totaled $43,950 during the two months. The city has now stopped the program, but no employees have been asked to return the funding.
A YouTube prankster who gained fame in March when he helped a homeless man cash a winning lottery ticket has outdone himself: Rahat Hossain has since raised enough money to put a roof over the man’s head.
In U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s view, the Republican billionaire and politically active free-spending Koch brothers are evil. But the Senate majority leader from Nevada is OK with Republican billionaire and politically active free-spending Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson.
TV host goes off on delightful 10-pin tangent after U.S. Open gets canceled again.
Police are considering murder-suicide in the deaths of a family of four after an autopsy revealed they were killed by gunshot before the home caught fire. A handgun registered to renter Darrin Campbell was found at the scene, a home owned by tennis star James Blake.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller is working overtime to get an extension of unemployment benefits extended, although many of his fellow Republicans are turning a deaf ear.
The hotly anticipated drama focusing on the rise of Bruce Wayne’s ally Det. James Gordon could be a gritty tale set in a beloved criminal underworld. Or it could end up feeling a lot more like the “Batman” version of “Muppet Babies.”
The state’s health insurance marketplace has added thousands of enrollees in recent weeks, though sign-ups remain well below forecasts.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is warning its workers in Utah to be on alert after two men threatened an agency wrangler on Interstate 15 south of Salt Lake City by pulling out a weapon and holding up a sign that read, “You need to die.”
A strong earthquake on the Pacific coast of Mexico shook the capital on Thursday, sending frightened office workers streaming into the streets away from high-rise buildings. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the 6.4-magnitude quake.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to scour patient appointments at medical facilities including the center in North Las Vegas following allegations that waiting lists were manipulated at VA hospitals and clinics in Arizona, Texas and Colorado.
An assistant football coach at Hug High School in Northern Nevada is accused of providing alcohol and marijuana to two female students at his home.
Good TV sitcoms have eternal life in syndication, and at The Mirage. “Everybody Loves Raymond” ended in 2005 and “King of Queens” in 2007. Yet stars Ray Romano and Kevin James continue a tradition of teaming up for stand-up comedy at The Mirage, one that dates back to when the shows were still on CBS.
A New Hampshire man who refused to stop objecting to a book about bullying read by his daughter’s high school English class says he will fight his arrest for disorderly conduct.
A service for Burton M. Cohen, 90, a longtime hotel and casino executive of Las Vegas, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday at King David Memorial Chapel, 2697 E. Eldorado Lane.
Every NFL draft is filled with intrigue. When the crop of college players has 102 early entrants, including the likes of Jadeveon Clowney and Johnny Manziel, that simply ratchets up the excitement. Here are five things to watch for in the first round Thursday night.
Las Vegas police, in the second warning from law enforcement in as many days, asked drivers Thursday to be wary of a scammers who might be illegally soliciting information after traffic crashes.
The proposed 2 percent business tax has gone from a reasonable plan to help fund public schools to one lonesome and unloved idea.