Technicians have finished installing solar panels on the White House roof, capping a project that President Barack Obama hopes will send a signal that renewable energy is feasible and environmentally shrewd.
A boat crowded with migrants sank Monday in the Mediterranean just beyond Libya’s territorial waters, leaving at least 14 people dead, said the Italian navy, which helped rescue more than 200 survivors.
The California Highway Patrol was getting attention Monday after rescuing a tiny chihuahua off a Bay Area freeway median over the weekend.
Working with sales brokers comes at a price, so you might as well do so effectively. “All brokers charge a percentage, never more than 5 percent, and it’s always negotiable,” says Jeffrey Grad, president and founder of Eyes of the World Inc.
The latest edition of a longstanding survey finds more journalists identifying themselves as “independents” than affiliated with one of the two major political parties. But they may be doing their jobs less aggressively than before.
Mike Brown’s second shot with the Cavaliers lasted one season. Brown was fired Monday as coach for the second time in four years by owner Dan Gilbert, who brought back the only coach to get the Cavs to the NBA finals but then dismissed him after the team failed to make the playoffs.
An Anne Arundel County high school arranged an unofficial, private graduation ceremony last week for a senior whose mother died Saturday. The ceremony took place on Thursday, just days before she died.
When a sobbing Michael Sam celebrated his selection in the NFL draft by the St. Louis Rams by hugging and kissing his partner, another man, it brought the reality to TV screens everywhere that an openly gay athlete had taken an unprecedented step toward an NFL career.
A student protest of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s abortive commencement speech at Rutgers University is less about free speech, and more about accountability for her actions in office. And that’s a good thing.
A federal jury Monday convicted three Cuban immigrants of all charges tied to a major Las Vegas-area theft ring.
Stratosphere owner American Casino & Entertainment Properties reversed a first quarter net loss and grew revenue 3 percent, due in part to nongaming spending by customers at the property at the edge of downtown Las Vegas.
While watching movies with kids can be enjoyable and a lot of fun, sometimes you need something that will appeal more to your adult side. So here is a list of five movies you can watch when they go to bed — movies with a great story and acting.
Nevadans are the least likely out of all Americans to both donate to charity and volunteer their time, according to a new Gallup poll.
Much of Interstate 80 in southern Wyoming was closed Monday after a spring storm brought up to 3 feet of snow to the Rockies and severe thunderstorms and tornadoes to the Midwest.
A University of California, Berkeley law school graduate who beheaded an exotic bird at a Strip hotel last year was sentenced to four years of probation Monday after completing a prison boot camp program.
A Nigerian Islamic extremist leader says nearly 300 abducted schoolgirls will not be seen again until the government frees his detained fighters.
WASHINGTON — The towering symbol that honors the nation’s first president reopened to the public Monday, nearly three years after an earthquake cracked and chipped the 130-year-old stone obelisk.
After NBC reporter Ann Curry broke her leg on a recent family hiking trip at New York’s Harriman State Park, a troop of New Jersey Boy Scouts came to the rescue, tended to her wounds and fashioned a stretcher out of wilderness materials.
Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling said he was set up to make racist comments in a taped recording that led the National Basketball Association to ban him for life from the sport, CNN reported on Monday.
Now comes another example of an Obama White House spinning and lying. A new book by Timothy Geithner tells the story of how the White House wanted him to go on the Sunday talk shows and lie about how Social Security doesn’t contribute at all to the deficit.
The National Park Service and Nevada Department of Wildlife are searching for a 45-year-old Henderson man who went missing while boating and swimming with family at Lake Mead on Saturday.
The two University of Richmond basketball coaches killed in a weekend hot-air balloon crash are being remembered for their contributions. The pilot, known affectionately as “Capt. Kirk,” had been flying for 20 years.
Chrysler is recalling 780,000 minivans to replace window switches that can short-circuit and overheat if exposed to moisture. Chrysler Group said Friday that it knows of 36 incidents related to the minivan’s faulty switches, but is unaware of any related injuries or accidents.
Best in the city. Best in the county. Best in the state. The Nevada Parent Teacher Association has named Richard H. Bryan Elementary School prinicipal Steve Piccininni as the top school principal in Nevada.
The man who died in after a single rollover accident Sunday morning on the 215 Beltway has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
The transformation is a collaboration between MGM Resorts and the Morgans Hotel Group, which owns the Delano brand. The concept is to turn the property, which is connected to Mandalay Bay, into a boutique-style luxury property.
Maverick Helicopters, an air tour company that provides flights over the Las Vegas Strip and to the Grand Canyon, has won the Southern Nevada Hotel Concierge Association’s best tour company award for the fifth straight year.
A man is in critical condition after a single-vehicle accident about 1 a.m. Monday on Dean Martin Drive, south of Tropicana Avenue.
The Las Vegas Centennial Commission seems to getting more careful with its money, even though it collects $1.6 million a year to give to worthwhile historical projects.