On Saturday we met up with the Socceroos and Shell, a gorgeous blonde Aussie girl who had our tickets to buy for the Uruguay versus Costa Rica game at Fortaleza’s Castelao Stadium.
Philanthropist, education advocate and media pioneer Jim Rogers, 75, died Saturday night following a lengthy battle with cancer.
Recently, Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky and the Board of Trustees announced an end to the practice of allowing high school students with an acceptable attendance record, but who failed to meet all other graduation standards, the chance to walk on graduation day with their peers. Instead of receiving a diploma, these students received a Certificate of Attendance during the graduation ceremony, a document with absolutely zero significance to that student’s future.
Public schools are great voting locations because they’re everywhere and they’re public property. But officials at two Southern Nevada campuses caused problems during last week’s primary election — and broke the law — by treating their schools as private property.
What 18-year-old Leah Goldberg was going through — trying to overcome the deadliest brain cancer known to man — hit 60-year-old retired Army Lt. Col. Todd Sain hard.
I received an email the other day from Maria Elena Fernandez, not to be confused with Maria Elena Santiago, who was Buddy Holly’s wife. Marina Elena Fernandez writes the entertainment/pop culture column for the NBC News website.
A new Nevada law aimed at mentally ill offenders who keep tying up the criminal justice system because they won’t stay on their medications isn’t being used for those considered too noncompliant, and a Clark County judge and deputy public defender are fighting back.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski sat down at his first Ultimate Fighting Championship postfight press conference in more than six years on Saturday night and apologized.
Robert “Bob” Goodman is the Democratic nominee for governor of Nevada even though he placed second behind “none of the above” in last week’s primary. Still, he an optimist as well as a politician.
The city of Henderson is taking a different path toward licensing medical marijuana facilities, letting the state decide who is best qualified to operate dispensaries before applicants go before the City Council.
Justice Department lawyers are pushing for substantial time behind bars this week for the first defendant sentenced in the long-running investigation into the massive scheme to take over homeowners associations.
If Tim Duncan goes out now, he’ll be going out as a champion — for the fifth time.
The U.S. Open trophy Martin Kaymer won Sunday was all he needed to prove he was anything but a one-hit wonder in the majors, and that the two years he spent trying to build a complete game were worth all the doubt that followed him.
Gov. Brian Sandoval followed the standard advice to write about what you know and delivered his best speech ever by all accounts, sharing the kindness and wisdom of the self-effacing gaming attorney Bob Faiss.
It took Lionel Messi just over an hour in Argentina’s World Cup opener against Bosnia-Herzegovina to show why so many fans consider him the best in the world.
People going for a stroll Saturday night were met with flooding at the The Linq, an open air Strip venue with restaurants, shops and entertainment which opened in February.
A fire that started in a one-story house in the northwest valley Sunday morning flared up again in the afternoon.
About 350 miles from Las Vegas sits Fort Churchill, a remnant of Nevada’s turbulent years as a U.S. territory which figured prominently during the Civil War.
Chuck Mangrum, a resident of The Lakes, planned to be in Pittsburgh this week as an exhibitor at the Invention & New Product Exposition in downtown Pittsburgh. Mangrum, a retired Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department lieutenant, is the inventor of Light N Lift, a unit that attaches to a toilet seat and provides discreet LED lighting for late-night bathroom visits.
Kevin Thomas, who starred at cornerback for UNLV and went on to play for the Buffalo Bills, said he is feeling the effects of his NFL career. He has been frustrated in his fight to get help.
KFC Corp. says it’s investigating allegations that an employee in Jackson, Mississippi, asked a 3-year-old to leave a restaurant because her facial injuries frightened other patrons. A spokesman says KFC is also giving $30,000 toward her medical bills.
Jim Rogers, owner of KSNV Channel 3, philanthropist and education advocate, died Saturday at age 75 after a long battle with cancer.
Low turnout wasn’t the only challenge facing some down-ticket candidates in Clark County’s primary election. Aside from the difficulty of building name recognition in a climate of political disinterest, many candidates worried about ballot attrition — the number of voters who would simply quit before reaching the end.
Two days of near non-stop rain have dumped a month’s worth of precipitation on the World Cup city of Natal, leading to a flood alert and raising worries that the deluge could affect the U.S. team’s debut match against Ghana.
Clean the World turns discarded soap and shampoo products from hotels into personal hygiene items for the poor and vulnerable. And the international nonprofit is doing it right on Valley View Boulevard near Desert Inn Road, just a few miles from resorts that buy the bathroom products in bulk.
After a pothole in front of his house became a hassle, artist Jim Bachor began filling those potholes a little more than a year ago with mosaic designs, an artform that lasts.
France benefited from the first decisive use of goal-line technology at the World Cup on Sunday when the team was awarded a goal in its match against Honduras, which the French went on to win 3-0.
Sign-ups through Nevada Health Link are finished for the summer, but the close of enrollment hasn’t meant an end to technical troubles for the website’s users. And the problems go beyond coverage kinks for consumers.
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