A Tennessee state senator who compared the federal health care law to the forced transportation of Jews to concentration camps during the Holocaust appeared to make light of the firestorm about his comments this week in a blog post on Tuesday.
The opening months of Colorado’s first-in-the-nation recreational marijuana industry have seen a rise in fiery explosions and injuries as pot users try to make the drug’s intoxicating oil in crude home-based laboratories.
Jimmy Ellis, a heavyweight champion who sparred with an up-and-coming Muhammad Ali and later fought some of the era’s best boxers, died Tuesday. He was 74.
Several men exiled from Warren Jeffs’ polygamous sect are warning a judge that requiring a man to pay his ex-wives’ attorney fees after winning a recent custody suit would have a chilling effect on others who have been kicked out and want their children back.
MSNBC is apologizing for a Cinco de Mayo segment that featured a staff member onscreen wearing a sombrero, shaking maracas and taking a swig from a bottle of tequila.
The NBA says Los Angeles Clippers President Andy Roeser is taking an indefinite leave of absence as the franchise tries to stabilize following owner Donald Sterling’s ban.
Iran will target American aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf should a war between the two countries ever break out, the naval chief of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard warned Tuesday as the country completes work on a large-scale mock-up of a U.S. carrier.
Investigators suspect that a snapped clip sent eight aerial acrobats plummeting 20 feet or more during a daring performance, an experience one injured performer likened to a “plunge into darkness.”
Three skydivers spent about four hours atop the World Trade Center’s signature skyscraper taking in sights before parachuting off it, they said Tuesday in detailing a surreptitious stunt that raised questions about security and left them facing felony charges.
Las Vegas police are looking for a man who escaped from an Oregon mental health facility and is suspected of killing his grandfather. Metro police said they believe Steven Woodard, 43, killed an elderly man in a home near Tropicana Avenue and Eastern Avenue in the Southeast valley.
Three skydivers spent about four hours atop the World Trade Center’s signature skyscraper taking in sights before parachuting off it, they said Tuesday in detailing a surreptitious stunt that raised questions about security and left them facing felony charges.
The Golden State Warriors have fired Mark Jackson, ending the franchise’s most successful coaching tenure in the past two decades but also one filled with drama and distractions.
Monica Lewinsky has written an article for Vanity Fair in which she states her affair with President Bill Clinton was consensual and that she deeply regrets becoming involved with him.
CARSON CITY — Natalie Wood has been appointed chief of the Nevada Division of Parole and Probation, returning to the agency where she started her career more than a decade ago.
There’s still plenty of pomp and circumstance, inspiring words from lofty speakers and tossing tassels, but graduating from college today is very different from a generation or so ago.
A Tuesday morning suicide shut down eastbound Summerlin Parkway near the U.S. 95 for nearly five hours. Nevada Highway Patrol responded just before 5:30 a.m. to a woman who jumped from the Summerlin Parkway overpass.
The latest “Star Wars” rumor is the subtitle for the new film has been leaked. Every “Star Wars” film to date has carried a subtitle, which means it seems logical that Episode VII would follow suit.
Online retailer Amazon is introducing a service that lets Twitter users add Amazon.com products to their carts without leaving the social media site.
Henderson City Council will consider cutting back some parks and recreation services, including decreasing hours at the Heritage Park Senior Facility and eliminating a weekend food program at both senior centers, and increasing some fees to generate revenue.
Facebook wants to increase its advertising and get more clicks on all kinds of ads. It believes tapping into the lucrative small business market will help it achieve those goals.
Nevada may be in the midst of a celebration of 150 years of statehood, but a recent announcement that the oldest petroglyphs in North America were identified on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Indian Reservation show just how far back human roots go in the Silver State.
Kevin Durant wins his first MVP award, grabbing 119 first-place votes. Miami’s LeBron James, who had won the last two MVP awards and four of the previous five, finished second.
When I ask chefs who the biggest chef in the world is, they still answer: Joel Robuchon. He’s the “Chef of the (20th) Century” whose restaurants have earned more Michelin stars than anyone else.
One person is dead after a Tuesday morning shooting near Boulder Highway and Tropicana Avenue.
SWAT officers are at the scene as Las Vegas police are trying to coax a man from his home near Lake Mead Boulevard and Mt. Hood Street. The man inside the residence refused to come out when police arrived. Several nearby houses have been evacuated as a precaution.
A series of punk rock documentaries will be screened at Backstage Bar & Billiards during this year’s Punk Rock Bowling.
There was a time on the Strip that Emilio Muscelli was an essential man to know. With a snap of his fingers he could get you an audience with the King, or a face-to-face meeting with the Chairman of the Board.
Interest rates for mortgage loans have increased since 2013 — but they have not caused a major dent in the market as lenders and consumers shift away from refis to mortgages for home purchase.