President Barack Obama says this is a “year of action.” He says he will continue to act whenever he can — and alone, if he has to — to create jobs and expand opportunities for Americans during this “prolonged recovery period” following “the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.”
NEW YORK — In St. Louis, Michael Sam might have found the perfect spot to pursue an NFL career and try to become the league’s first openly gay player.
After the mother of all sand storms Saturday night at Cashman Field caused the suspension of the game between the 51s and Tacoma, Mother Nature stayed relatively calm Sunday during an abbreviated Mother’s Day doubleheader.
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday that he was open to reviewing the ban on transgender people serving in the military.
Colorado pot businesses are hoping to trade in cash-only trading for “merchant services,” a broad category that includes credit card and check payment, with approval from the U.S. Federal Reserve System.
Four years ago, U.S. Rep. Joe Heck got some star power and political help from Mitt Romney to open his Southern Nevada campaign headquarters as the GOP congressional candidate sought a comeback.
The UNLV sophomore golfer has an early tee time at TPC Summerlin as he tries to qualify for the U.S. Open, then heads to campus for finals, then catches a flight to Chicago tonight as the Rebels prepare for Thursday’s NCAA regionals.
When cancer delivered itself to Michael Tatalovich on May 1, 2013, it probably should have included a return to sender, because there was no way it was going to beat the spunky Coronado volleyball player.
Most of the time, it’s difficult to tell whether Shadow Ridge boys golfer Ben Davis is shooting a good round or struggling to break 80.
Jamey Swanson, a 28-year-old Las Vegan who works as a garbageman, leads a local quartet of fighters at the LVH in the 2014 Tournament of Champions.
UNLV professor Mark Yoseloff, former CEO of SHFL Entertainment Inc., is the mind behind UNLV’s Gaming Innovation course, which helps students develop and patent casino games with the goal of selling them to major companies.
When cancer delivered itself to Michael Tatalovich on May 1, 2013, it probably should have included a return to sender, because there was no way it was going to beat the spunky Coronado volleyball player.
Most of the time, it’s difficult to tell whether Shadow Ridge boys golfer Ben Davis is shooting a good round or struggling to break 80.
A district judge has overturned the first-degree murder conviction of a Las Vegas man after ruling that he received ineffective assistance from his trial lawyers.
The Las Vegas Centennial Commission is considering spending $1 million to buy land under the historic Huntridge Theater, which was built in 1944 at the corner of Charleston Boulevard and Maryland Parkway.
Do you speak ballet? Our extensive artistic vocabulary doesn’t quite cover this: What is froufrou ballet-speak for “shtick”?
After years of planning and financial uncertainty, the Las Vegas Veterans Memorial is starting to take shape, one brick at a time.
Dan Archie, 24, died from gunshot wounds to the abdomen, and his death has been listed as a homicide.
Nicky Silver’s play “The Lyons,” a fierce, final offering of Cockroach Theatre’s 10th anniversary season, is chock-full of painful moments — but they’re outrageously funny.
The new TV ad war between GOP lieutenant governor candidates Sue Lowden and Mark Hutchison plays out like a debate — charge and countercharge — centered on U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate majority leader.
Ever so slowly, 58-year-old Lori Wright, who’s on Social Security disability, makes her way down the hallway of Valley Hospital Medical Center. She limps, shuffles, wobbles and drags her left foot.
Just a few days before Thanksgiving, David opened the garage door of his rented home in Ascot Park at Peccole Ranch. He was in for a nasty surprise.
Brandon Allen has had his share of big moments in baseball, but few can rival the rarefied feat the first baseman helped the 51s achieve Thursday night in Salt Lake City.
Fresh statistics on Medicaid enrollments don’t improve the outlook for Hispanic enrollment in health coverage.
In high school I had one of those hand springy things you squeeze to improve your grip. I thought it would build my forearms. My friend had one with a built-in counter so he could track his reps.
UNLV offered several self-imposed penalties that would take the place of a bowl ban for having a low Academic Progress Rate score. The NCAA said the penalties didn’t go far enough.
It is the leading reason people go to the doctor — and the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, reports it affects 100 million American adults, more than the total affected by heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined.
It’s been a long wait for a new interchange at U.S. Highway 95 and the 215 Beltway on the north side of town, and we’re going to have to wait longer.
Stop watching the clock tick backwards this Friday afternoon and start watching the Earth live and in HD from outerspace.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Las Vegas teen killed in minibike crash had 10 times legal limit for pot, report says
Mom killed in fatal crash near 215 Beltway identified
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school