Before Las Vegas Academy was LVA, it was Las Vegas High School and already home to a ghost, Mr. Petri, who supposedly still haunts the theater.
The biggest box-office debut of Angelina Jolie’s career propelled Disney’s twisted fairy tale “Maleficent” to a scary-good $70 million opening.
Michelle Lesco is petite, but the 115-pound competitive eater still managed to gobble down more than 28 hot dogs — and buns — to win an eating contest in suburban Chicago.
When early voting opened May 24, Sandoval emailed his own supporters reminding them to vote, both for him and for Hutchison as his trusted lieutenant.
Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz was killed along with six other people in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, just days after reaching a deal that many hoped would end months of infighting at the newspaper and restore it to its former glory.
The skies off the Hawaiian island of Kauai will be a stand-in for Mars as NASA prepares to launch a saucer-shaped vehicle in an experimental flight designed to land heavy loads on the red planet.
In the months ahead, you might be seeing tractor-trailer rigs on Nevada’s interstate highways traveling within 20 feet of each other at top speed. It’s called platooning, and it’s considered safer and more efficient.
It could have been due to the recent legalization of online poker in Nevada, or simply the lure of winning a seven-figure first prize for a minimal investment.
The words “Nellis Air Force Base” and “Las Vegas” are synonymous in aviation circles.
UNLV scored two runs in the first inning and hung on to beat North Dakota State 2-1. The Rebels play Oregon State or UC Irvine at 2 p.m. today.
It takes a trained eye to spot a treasure. Summerlin resident Andi Goldstein has found an 1843 signed chest that she bought for $8 and sold for $1,000. She’s gotten a crate of plates from England for $3 and sold it for $500. Now Goldstein is sharing her expertise on the weekly AM 720 radio program “Pawn Talk Live.”
Wild horse advocates fighting government roundups across the West are citing past rulings that shot down their own legal challenges in urging a U.S. judge to throw out a lawsuit by livestock interests seeking the gather of thousands of more mustangs.
Unsuccessful in her bid to buy a piece of the Los Angeles Clippers, the question remains: Is Las Vegas powerhouse Elaine Wynn looking to take another shot?
Ridership is up, the economy is improving, but the question persists: When will Las Vegas see a line extension to McCarran International Airport?
A pedestrian hospitalized after being hit by a car in the east valley Saturday night was jaywalking, Las Vegas police said.
An all-night negotiating session between two unions and the Golden Gate ended with a tentative agreement Sunday morning and averted the first casino strike in more than a decade.
Phil Anschutz grew up in Kansas and made his money in railroads, oil, land deals and telecommunications and launched The Anschutz Co. as the umbrella for his vast empire.