Floyd Mayweather Jr. can again lay claim to being the highest-paid athlete in sports as Forbes Magazine has put the 11-time world champion at the top of its list for 2014.
Manny Pacquiao prides himself on keeping busy. But this might be stretching it a little too far.
According to the thermometer on the instrument panel, the temperature was already nearing the mid-80s when Roger drove the truck down the launch ramp at Temple Bar Marina at Lake Mead’s upper end. Since it was still quite early — just after 5 a.m. — that could mean only one thing. It was going to be a hot day. We could only hope the fishing action would follow suit.
While shad have been a little harder to come by lately, anglers are still reporting successful days on the water.
After 9/11 and anthrax attacks, Las Vegas was the only major metropolitan area in the country without a public health laboratory within 100 miles. Officials completed the Southern Nevada lab in 2004, and finally showed reporters around Wednesday.
American fans decked out in red, white and blue watched their team’s lone public training session in Brazil, cheering and seeking autographs.
In the 1981 film “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” Fred Sorenson had a small role as Jock, the pilot. The single-engine biplane that flew into the sunset was one 120 different types of aircraft that Sorenson, a Las Vegas resident, has flown in his career. Now Sorenson is flying into a different kind of sunset.
The biggest question for today’s opening match of the World Cup isn’t whether host Brazil can beat Croatia but how the unfinished and troublesome Itaquerao stadium will hold up in its first ever encounter with a full-capacity crowd.
U.S. 93 is the main thoroughfare linking Las Vegas to the sleepy Phoenix suburb of Mesa, Ariz. If you drive it, you will see lots of Saguaro cacti and Joshua trees, and, if you get off the beaten path, perhaps even a rattlesnake or two.
Tie the knot, see a doc? A new study says men are more likely to get medical checkups if they’re married rather than just living with a woman.
A Pennsylvania student aide has been suspended after tricking 75 fourth-grade students into thinking that pet snacks were edible cookies.
A 12-year-old girl accused of stabbing a friend in a quest to please a spooky fictional character will have a mental evaluation, while an attorney for a second girl also charged in the crime said Wednesday that he could raise the issue of competency later.
Jeff Civillico still relies on hand-to-eye coordination, but his low-budget show at The Quad doesn’t really feel like one when it comes to ideas per dollar.
The Rev. Maurice Phillips and his wife, Lady Carrie Phillips, started Kingdom Ministries in their living room in 2008. The small nondenominational church preaches the “whole word of God” to its members, according to Phillips.
Amy Lubawy kept thinking she had reached a plateau in her swimming career.
If you think about it, any good party should share a few things with Alice’s famous literary visit to Wonderland. Colorful guests. Colorful decor. Good eats. Outside-of-the-box fashions. A vibe that flirts with the surreal.
To be on the fringe means to live on the edge, and Las Vegas Little Theatre’s Fringe Festival presents the ideal opportunity for artists to try out new works. Here’s a look at some of them.
There’s inherent risk in adapting movies for TV. You could get “M*A*S*H.” You could get “Ferris Bueller.” “Fargo” is no “Ferris Bueller.”
If you’ve ever gone to Comic-Con and thought, “While I enjoy being surrounded by like-minded individuals, there’s nothing here that would help me in an old-timey altercation,” Combat Con may be just the thing for you.
Junefest and the Gin Blossoms are among happenings to watch for in Henderson.
Visits to National Parks and heritage sites give insight into key moments in U.S. history, serving as powerful reminders about where we’ve come from. Yet there are growing concerns about how to preserve these sites for futures generation in the face of climate change.
Bishop Gorman’s Amy Lubawy battled through injury to become the fastest female swimmer in Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association history. She annihilated the state-meet records in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle as Gorman won its fifth straight large-school title.
All of Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval’s endorsed candidates won their primary elections Tuesday over an array of tea party contenders, outsiders and uber-conservatives challenging the establishment.
The names of the officers involved in Sunday’s shootings that left five dead have been released by Las Vegas police. Metro officers Timothy Gross, Zack Beal and Brett Brosnahan are on paid administrative leave while the investigation continues.
Tuesday’s primary election had the second-lowest voter turnout in Clark County history, 15.79 percent.
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