The Review-Journal recently published a commentary by animal rights activist Stephanie Myers condemning regulated trapping of wildlife in this state. Possibly the most revealing thing about her article is comparing Nevada with Los Angeles and her longing for Nevadans to be more like Californians.
President Barack Obama says he is “madder than hell” about the widening Veterans Affairs scandal. In fact, if the administration is to be believed, nobody is madder about it than the president — not the American people, our fighting men and women, or even the families of at least 40 veterans who died while waiting for treatment at mismanaged VA hospitals.
The Malaysian government on Tuesday released 45 pages of raw satellite data it used to determine the flight path of the missing jetliner, information long sought after by some of the relatives of the 239 people on board the plane.
A second hospital has committed to helping meet the critical need for more inpatient psychiatric beds in Southern Nevada as mentally ill patients continue to crowd valley emergency rooms.
Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting Monday morning on Vegas Drive and Pebble Beach Boulevard.
The fire in Mariposa County broke out about 3:30 p.m. and quickly spread to about 500 acres, said Daniel Berlant, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Leading El Paso 7-0 on May 18, the 51s appeared poised to win their season-high seventh straight game and run their record to a season-high 21 games over .500 at 32-11.
Authorities haven’t found any sign of three men missing after a massive mudslide struck a remote part of western Colorado.
The runaway favorite for re-election, Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, is at the top of the June 10 primary ticket, but most of the attention this year has been on the more competitive GOP contest for lieutenant governor.
Some of the worst wounds in political campaigns are self-inflicted.
Visitors to Lake Tahoe soaking up the view of the sparkling azure waters will get a close-up look beneath the surface in a new 3-D movie being produced by the Tahoe Environmental Research Center.
A 19-year-old man told investigators he caused a three-car crash when he fainted while holding his breath as he drove through a tunnel northwest of Portland, Oregon State Police said.
“We’re going to keep going until the public insists that the BLM does the right thing,” said Gerber, 72.
Bob Bailey is known as Las Vegas’ first African-American television personality, having landed roles from the 1950s to the 1970s on local stations as a variety show host, director, producer and newscaster.
The Desert bighorn, Nevada’s state animal since 1973, has long traveled alongside Nevada’s people and symbolizes the rugged, harsh living conditions of mammals in the desert.
Georgia officials say an 18-year-old drowned just hours after graduating high school when he was tied to a shopping cart and pushed into a lake as part of a game with friends.
UNLV’s baseball team received a No. 2 seed in the regional in Corvallis, Ore. This is the school’s first postseason trip since 2005.
Introduced in 2007 as the “safer” alternative to smoking cigarettes, e-cigarettes or vapor cigarettes have become increasingly popular among teens.
The families of late veterans remembered their loved ones Monday at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City while elected officials from Nevada’s congressional delegation held a Memorial Day ceremony.
Love them or not, the advent of smart meters has made life easier for NV Energy customers, including taking the guesswork out of the occasional power outage.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Asurion LLC to locate 800-job call center at Montecito Point office complex near U.S. Highway 95 and the Las Vegas Beltway.
The victim of Las Vegas police’s 51st homicide investigation was not as dead as police said last week.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and officials from several Southern Nevada chambers of commerce on Tuesday plan to hold a news conference in Las Vegas to promote immigration reform as a job creator that will boost the Nevada economy.
When President Obama today rightly told Americans to “never forget” the service of soldiers who died defending this nation, it’s hard not to remember that just last October he allowed the barricading of the open-air war memorials during the budget impasse.
Nigeria’s military has located nearly 300 school girls abducted by Islamic extremists but fears using force to try to free them could get them killed, the country’s chief of defense said Monday.
Quote of the day: Masked Intruder singer/guitarist Intruder Blue trying to drum up sales for the band’s new album at their merch booth: “Buy our record, or we’ll rob you. I’m serious.”
Three went missing after checking an irrigation problem at a local rancher’s property. No signs of the men or their truck have been found. Their names haven’t been released.
Amid a nationwide frenzy for the drink, a bourbon historian with the Filson Historical Society, has started a historical whiskey tour in Louisville, Kentucky. The tour weaves through the stars of bourbon lore, from tomb to tomb, mixing fact with fiction.
It was Friday night when Elliot Rodger’s mother got a call from her son’s therapist that he had emailed a ranting manifesto about going on a deadly rampage. The mother went to her son’s YouTube channel and found the video in which he threatens to kill people. She alerted authorities and set off frantically with her ex-husband to Santa Barbara.
