Organizers of a pair of conservative Nevada ballot measures failed to deliver signature petitions needed to meet Tuesday’s deadline to qualify either their health insurance or voter identification initiative for the November election.
A hit-and-run accident near East Bonanza Road and North Eastern Avenue Monday night has left an 11-year-old boy in serious condition, according to Las Vegas police.
Bills introduced Tuesday in the U.S. Senate would grant more than 26,000 acres for the Moapa Band of Paiutes outside Las Vegas and also expand the reservations of seven Northern Nevada Indian tribes.
Fans have been using #KrisBryantFacts to post little-known info nuggets about the former Bonanza High slugger, most of which are made up. I think. The way Bryant has been hitting the ball, sometimes it’s hard to separate fact from fiction.
One Las Vegas police dog was killed and another was hospitalized Tuesday after they were stung by a swarm of killer bees at their handler’s home in the northwest valley.
A suicide bomber detonated a tricycle taxi packed with explosives at an outdoor World Cup viewing center in a northeast Nigerian city Tuesday night, and witnesses said several people were killed.
In what would be the first lethal injection since a botched execution in Oklahoma nearly two months ago, a Georgia death row inmate convicted in 1993 of raping and murdering his 15-year-old neighbor is set to die Tuesday evening.
A male Nevada prison inmate serving five to 20 years died Monday, the corrections department reported. Carlos Icasiano, 77, died at the medical facility within the Northern Nevada Correctional Center. He had a chronic medical condition, the department said.
Alexander Kerzhakov scored with one of his first touches after coming on as a substitute to earn Russia a 1-1 draw with South Korea on Tuesday in a World Cup match marked by the first big goalkeeping error of the tournament.
A biometric identity verification system is coming to McCarran International Airport. New York-based Alclear LLC said it would launch service at McCarran this summer and travelers enrolled in the system are expected to move through security lines in less than five minutes.
A long delayed modern medical clinic for veterans in Pahrump is back on track, Nevada lawmakers said Tuesday following a meeting with VA officials. Construction will begin this fall on a facility next to Desert View Hospital in the town 70 miles west of Las Vegas.
The reviews are in from the Las Vegas cast of “Jersey Boys” and they are … subjective. Cast members explained that the extended “Jersey Boys” family is a comparably small one, so the screening was continually punctuated by applause when “family” members were spotted.
BOSTON — Casino opponents said Tuesday they’ve collected more than double the number of signatures they need to ask voters in November to repeal the state’s 2011 casino law.
For the first time, the Electric Daisy Carnival will be broadcast live online via the website for promoter Insomniac Events.
MGM Resorts International and Prince George’s County signed a community benefits agreement on Tuesday that ensures 50 percent of the jobs slated for the $925 million MGM National Harbor will go to local residents.
Lawmakers who eagerly voted to authorize military force 12 years ago to oust Saddam Hussein and destroy weapons of mass destruction that were never found now harbor doubts that air strikes will turn back insurgents threatening Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government and Baghdad.
Caesars Entertainment Corp., extended by more than a week an offer for investors to purchase $791.8 million in the company’s long-term debt.
Smiling ear to ear after winning a World Cup match with his first international goal, John Brooks had a story to share.
We are staying in a quaint pousada 25 miles north of Natal, right on the beach. We took in a good Brazilian breakfast with juices, fruits, fresh breads, eggs and cheeses, and then hopped a rickety local bus with guys from Reno and San Francisco we’d met at check-in. We took it too deep into the city, not knowing exactly where we should’ve gotten off it as we sought the official U.S. soccer pre-party. A long cab ride later, we arrived and there were black suits and ties to greet us and allow us entry upon finding my reservation on an iPad. They chose not to advertise it as a U.S. party, instead marking the building with a red, white, and blue banner scribed with “Uma Nacao, Uma Equipe” (One Nation, One Team).
A homeless ex-convict is being held on $1 million bond, accused of beating a priest with a metal rod in his residence at a Phoenix church and then wrestling away a handgun owned by the clergyman before fatally shooting the man’s assistant.
A few months ago, local magician Rob Anderson was contacted by a German tourist named James for a very special performance.
Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa made a series of outstanding saves to help Mexico hold Brazil to a pulsating 0-0 draw at the World Cup on Tuesday. The result leaves both teams with four points each after two games in Group A, ahead of their decisive final matches.
Natal is the capital city of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, and is a clean, bright and rather bland city that has swelled as a hub for coastal package tourism. Its population is around a million, and its main attractions are touristic beaches, buggy rides and excursions, restaurants and nightlife.
Authorities continued their search Tuesday for the body of a California man who was missing and presumed drowned on the south end of Lake Havasu.
The Iraqi soldiers tell of how they can hardly live with the shame of their rout under the onslaught of the Islamic militants. Their commanders disappeared. Troops ran from post to post only to find them already taken by gunmen, forcing them to flee.
Moving to protect fragile marine life, President Barack Obama announced plans Tuesday to create the largest ocean preserve in the world by banning drilling and fishing in a massive stretch of the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and American Samoa.
Scientists and art experts finally know what’s beneath one of Pablo Picasso’s first masterpieces, “The Blue Room,” using advances in infrared imagery to reveal a hidden portrait of a bow-tied man with his face resting on his hand.
Southern Nevada’s economy will continue to strengthen through 2014 as tourism, gaming, construction and the housing industries plod toward pre-recession levels.
A 42-year-old woman appeared in Las Vegas court Tuesday on charges of assaulting a cab driver, striking him with his own vehicle and smashing it into other cars.
A Connecticut woman described by police as an apparent hoarder was crushed to death when a floor piled with clutter collapsed into her basement, state medical officials said Tuesday.