Father’s Day is meant to be a gentle holiday. It’s the Sunday in June traditionally set aside for bad ties and barbecues, corny cards and a ballgame in dad’s honor.
Leave it to an American and a Russian to create detente in boxing.
Voters might be shocked to hear this, but politicians and candidates for office lie. A lot. It’s the electorate’s job to sort facts from fibs before casting a ballot.
At what point does a foreign government include elements that are so flagrantly genocidal that the United States can no longer send it financial aid? How often and wantonly does it have to violate its own signed commitments before the U.S. administration decides it can no longer “work with” it?
Early on primary night, it wasn’t looking good for establishment Republicans.
If there were a poster for the argument that big government isn’t always better government, it would feature Veterans Affairs.
Unintended consequences are one thing. Broken promises are another. But it requires a special blend of arrogance and incompetence to craft a law that accomplishes precisely the opposite of what it was supposed to do — a law that significantly worsens the problems it was supposed to fix.
Jim Rogers, the former chancellor of Nevada’s university system and owner of KSNV-DT, died on Saturday, according to a report from KSNV. Rogers had been battling cancer.
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A Bureau of Land Management ranger, a California Highway Patrol officer and a suspect were injured Saturday in a shootout near a Northern California campground, authorities said.
The boosters behind building a new UNLV campus stadium have reached that delicate twist in the road: It’s now time to figure out ways to pay for the 50,000-seat stadium.
The U.S. demographic of children who are born in other countries or who are being raised by an immigrant parent is growing. In 2012, there were 57,000 such children living in the city of Las Vegas, according to the latest numbers available from the Kids Count data center, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation based in Baltimore. That represented 40 percent of the 142,000 Las Vegas children under the age of 18.
Didier Drogba came off the bench to inspire Ivory Coast to a 2-1 comeback victory over Japan in a World Cup Group C match on Saturday.
Rep. Joe Heck of Nevada says President Barack Obama should speak out to discourage families in Latin America from sending their children unaccompanied to the U.S. in hopes they’ll be allowed to stay, but Democratic challenger Erin Bilbray says the nation should take a humanitarian approach to the problem.
Travis d’Arnaud hit his fourth home run in six games to power the 51s to a 7-1 Pacific Coast League victory over the RedHawks on Saturday night in Oklahoma City.
Boys Town Nevada had its 10th annual gala, “Journey of Hope,” at The Venetian in late May, honoring Norm and Sharon Jenkins.
NASA hopes to try again to launch a “flying saucer” into Earth’s atmosphere to test Mars mission technology after losing the chance because of bad weather, project managers said Thursday. The space agency is working toward a late June test.
I once tried to craft a definition of spirituality that could be universalized. That is, the definition would not and could not be “owned” or dominated by any particular religion.
A 17-year-old Las Vegas teen dreamed about making a difference. With determination and hard work, Nathan DeVera, a junior at The Meadows School, made his vision a reality.
After a yearlong struggle with Ewing’s sarcoma, 18-year-old Michael Tatalovitch is in recovery from therapy with no signs of disease. And he’s gained a new perspective.
Don’t be surprised to hear Divya Ramakrishnan unconsciously pepper her conversation with terms such as “cum grano salis” (with a grain of salt) and “suum cuique” (to each his own). The 18-year-old has perhaps earned the right to dispense such phrases so easily as the first student in Nevada history to earn five gold medals on the National Latin Exam.
Anton Nikodemus never visited Las Vegas until he came to town for a job interview with the MGM Grand. That moment took place in 2005, when Nikodemus was well into his career as a hotel and hospitality executive.
A suspect in the deaths of two people near Reno died after exchanging gunfire with law officers following a high-speed chase Friday night, authorities said.
U.S. Senate Democrats failed to muster enough support last week to advance legislation to allow borrower to refinance student loans.
Slain Metro officer Alyn Beck was remembered at his memorial service Saturday as a loyal husband and dedicated father to three children, a mentor for fellow officers, and a kind-hearted jokester.
Allegiant Air said a flight from Las Vegas to Missoula, Mont., was diverted after a light warned of a problem with the plane’s hydraulic system.
Mario Balotelli scored with a second-half header Saturday to give Italy a 2-1 win over England at the World Cup.
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