UNLV put in a bid for an NCAA baseball regional bid knowing it would get turned down. But the school hopes this is a step toward the NCAA changing its policy regarding championships in the state.
Oklahoma’s Alexandra Kaui, a former Green Valley High School standout, fired a second-round 3-under 67 on Wednesday to take a three-stroke lead at the NCAA women’s golf championships in Tulsa, Okla.
Las Vegas police are searching for a woman they say stole two cars and struck one of the drivers Wednesday afternoon.
A shooting near Maryland Parkway and Desert Inn Road left a man dead Wednesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.
Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura has received support in a fight to preserve his job from an unexpected person: a Clark County commissioner who voted along with the rest of the commission to abolish the constable’s office.
It’s not the most dangerous place, but it’s up there.
The Clark County School Board gave final approval Wednesday to a $2.2 billion spending plan for 2014-15 that would provide money for more teachers, assistant principals, deans, buses, school support staff and full-day kindergarten classrooms.
Scientists in Argentina have uncovered what could be the largest dinosaur yet discovered — a long-necked titanosaur as tall as a six-story building, whose thigh bone alone dwarfs a fully grown man.
Portions of four downtown Las Vegas streets will be closed over the Memorial Day weekend for an outdoor music festival.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal and its online site, reviewjournal.com, are producing two primary election guides for Southern Nevada voters.
The Las Vegas City Council voted 6-1 Wednesday to give Cordish Cos. another three months to come up with a proposal suggesting how to fund an open-air soccer stadium in downtown.
An 11-year-old boy is crediting what he learned from playing the game Grand Theft Auto for helping him save his grandfather’s life.
A mama bear in Canada had to pull her cub to safety after it climbed over a barrier and onto a busy highway.
Henderson police and two other agencies issued 102 citations to motorists for failing to stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk during a three-week effort to increase pedestrian safety awareness in the city.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the driver killed in Tuesday night’s crash near Twain Avenue and Grand Canyon Drive.
Warner Bros. has announced a spinoff to “The Lego Movie” that will hit theaters in late September 2016.
Find fun things to do in and near the Henderson area from University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Junior Master Gardener programs to Poolside Sessions in the Backyard at Green Valley Ranch.
The man who died Sunday at Lake Mead National Recreation Area has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Passengers love the idea, but airlines hate it. The government wants to require that travelers be told upfront about basic services that aren’t included in the price of a ticket and how much extra they’ll cost.
Chris Shaw was named the UNLV women’s soccer coach. In his first season at Barton College in 2013, he guided the Division II school in Wilson, N.C., to a 14-5-1 mark, eclipsing its win total from the previous four seasons combined en route to earning Conference Carolinas coach of the year honors.
A woman who was 15 when she disappeared 10 years ago from her California home has contacted police and says she was held against her will for years.
An Internet video of six young Iranian men and women dancing to Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” has led to their arrests, showing how far Tehran will go to halt what it deems to be decadent Western behavior.
A 5-year-old boy who lost his battle with cancer in early May got a superhero-send off when his family threw him a themed funeral.
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A Las Vegas judge set bail at $100,000 Wednesday for the man charged with murder for a fatal shooting at the Palms last week. Justice of the Peace Joe Sciscento also ordered that if Jim Johnson, 25, is able to post bail he will be placed on house arrest and have no firearms.
A California man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for enticing two minor girls to travel from Oakland to Las Vegas to work as prostitutes.
Seemingly respectable members of the mainstream — a police officer, a paramedic, a rabbi, an airline pilot, an architect, a Boy Scout leader — were caught using the Internet to collect and trade child pornography, federal officials said Wednesday.
Nearly 20 years after chef Kerry Simon moved to Las Vegas to open Prime, a steakhouse at the Bellagio, he’s gearing up for the early June opening of his fifth restaurant, Carson Kitchen, in downtown Las Vegas.
A grandmother arrived at a dilapidated home on a busy Southern California street to visit her daughter and three grandchildren, only to find the girls’ small, blood-covered bodies neatly arranged on a bed.
The New York City police say two students at a Brooklyn elementary school are accused of trying to poison their teacher.