Police are looking for a man suspected of kidnapping a 16-year-old suburban Denver girl who managed to escape after stabbing her abductor with a knife she found in his truck.
Neymar gave Brazil a winning start to its home World Cup, scoring twice to lead the host nation to a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over Croatia in the opening game on Thursday.
UNLV officials have dropped their proposed campus site for a possible 50,000-seat stadium because of negative impacts on nearby McCarran International Airport and may look at a location next to the Thomas & Mack Center or a nearby off-campus parcel.
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl spoke of his frustration with the world and his desire to change the status quo, in Facebook posts written before he vanished from his military base in Afghanistan.
Kathleen Madigan and Lewis Black decided to go golfing when they were in Ireland in May, but even on a spring day, the wet wind blew a cyclone-ish 60 mph.
The six-member crew on the International Space Station may be busy conducting scientific experiments out there on the final frontier. Even astronauts will be taking some downtime to watch the action in Brazil
Internet gambling has hit a wall in New Jersey just six months after launching. Figures released Thursday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement show the casinos’ online operations took in $10.4 million in May, a decline of $1 million from April.
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.
A public land advocacy group sued the Bureau of Land Management on Thursday to make public documents on the agency’s handling of the armed standoff with Soouthern Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy.
The “Father’s Day Bond-A-Thon,” a full day of 007 movies, kicks off Sunday morning on EPIX.
Teams from 32 countries are in Brazil for the next month to compete in the FIFA World Cup. You can join in the action at plenty of viewing parties around the valley — just leave the vuvuzela at home.
Golf star Phil Mickelson was not involved in insider trading in the shares of Clorox Co when billionaire investor Carl Icahn was attempting an unsolicited takeover of the consumer products company in 2011, the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the probe.
The problem-plagued preparations have been well chronicled, with critics condemning the range of issues from budget blowouts to construction delays. With that in mind, let the games begin. Here are some things to look for Thursday.
Authorities in central Alabama have arrested a 19-year-old woman they say tried to have someone she met on Facebook kill her family. But the person she was talking to over the social media site was actually her aunt.
Former President George H.W. Bush celebrated his 90th birthday on Thursday by making a tandem parachute jump near his summer home in coastal Maine, delivering on a vow he made five years ago even though he can no longer use his legs.
An large abandoned two-story house burned early Thursday morning in east Las Vegas, according to the Las Vegas Fire Department.
Orange County firefighters wearing hazmat suits had to climb over vegetation and trash piled 5 feet high to get to a yard where a woman died in a chair amid debris with a kitten in a carrier on her lap.
Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actor and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio television and film, has died at age 91, according to her daughter.
Although surrounded by 700-foot dry, rocky cliffs, Kershaw-Ryan State Park is nestled in its own lush side canyon fed by a spring. Plum and crab apple trees shadow the grassy slope and its many flowers spanning the distance between vine-covered cliffs.
A 27-year-old Las Vegas father entered a plea agreement with prosecutors this week, just before he was to stand trial on murder charges in the death of his toddler son.
Before too much more time passes I think it’s important to underline the completely delusional comments of Hillary Clinton, who is doing media interviews for her new book, “Hard Choices.”
With Father’s Day just around the corner, View looked to those who give their time to make childhood a little more fun for their offspring: dads who volunteer as coaches for the American Youth Soccer Organization.
Clark County election officials scrambled late Tuesday night to retrieve the electronic ballots of 127 voters that were left behind when polls closed at the Las Vegas Academy.
A pedestrian crossing the street outside of a crosswalk was struck and killed by a vehicle early Thursday morning, Las Vegas police said.
Each sign at the Neon Museum tells a story and gives a glimpse of Las Vegas at any given moment. Dennis McBride of the Nevada State Museum has worked with the Neon Museum to make sure the LGBT community has its contributions told.
UFC’s Sonnen can talk, but he was still caught using banned substances
U.S. House lawmakers this week again launched an energy spending bill containing $205 million for the Nevada program that President Barack Obama ended four years ago.
Tips for planning and enjoying a stress-free summer road trip.
Summer provides a great opportunity to go deep and tackle the DIY-oriented tasks around the home. Check out these tips to give your home a summer spruce-up, without breaking the bank.
This year, mint is making its mark in the culinary scene in some new and unexpected ways.