Under pressure from Congress, celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz on Tuesday offered to help “drain the swamp” of unscrupulous marketers using his name to peddle so-called miracle pills and cure-alls to millions of Americans desperate to lose weight.
Life is funny. You’re a young athlete with aspirations of a career in sports, or you’re working the graveyard shift at a Los Angeles brewery, grieving the death of your father.
Despite an economy that is starting to turn around, the number of children living in poverty in Nevada is slightly above the national average, according to an annual analysis of children’s well-being released Wednesday.
The Las Vegas constable’s office was back in business Wednesday, the day after police executed a search warrant looking for evidence of illegal wiretapping.
Bishop Gorman’s Chase Jeter has been added to the USA Basketball men’s under-18 roster, replacing UNLV incoming freshman Dwayne Morgan.
The Chicago Cubs promoted Las Vegan Kris Bryant to their Triple-A affiliate Wednesday.
Though it’s just a few hours away from Las Vegas, Phoenix’s vibrant cultural scene makes it worth a weekend getaway. From the museums to the music to the endless golf courses, Phoenix is an oasis in the middle of a desert, ripe and ready for visitors.
A Roman Catholic priest responding to a break-in at his downtown Phoenix church grabbed a handgun that police say ended up in the burglar’s hands — and was then used to kill a fellow priest who tried to help.
One person was killed after a shooting near Tropicana Avenue and Valley View Boulevard late Tuesday night, Las Vegas police said.
Taking a slow but steady approach, the city of Las Vegas has a tentative plan to handle applications for medical marijuana establishments in its own fashion. Not the way Clark County did it. Not the way Henderson is doing it. Not the way North Las Vegas is expected to do it.
Nevada Gaming Commission Chairman Peter Bernhard, who has overseen the casino industry’s regulatory panel for nearly 13 years, will resign following Thursday’s meeting in Las Vegas.
UNLV alumnus Christopher V. Edwards returns to campus as artistic director of the UNLV-based Nevada Conservatory Theatre.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s support for Nevada Native Americans is bearing fruit in Nevada and Washington, D.C.
Here’s a look at this week’s new movies, half of which have ties to Las Vegas:
Sen. Harry Reid said Wednesday the United States should tread lightly on Iraq, arguing it is not in the U.S. interest to involve itself in a “civil war” engulfing the beleaguered nation.
A new bill in Congress on Wednesday would donate 27 acres of federal land for the expansion of Opportunity Village, the Las Vegas nonprofit that provides job training for people with development disabilities.
The board of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange delayed a decision Wednesday on choosing a permanent executive director.
It is more than a little embarrassing to find out that Miss Nevada Nia Sanchez, who was recently crowned Miss USA, never really lived in Nevada long (if at all) and on a recent radio show couldn’t identify the state capital, Carson City.
Mario Mandzukic scored two goals Wednesday to keep Croatia in the mix at the World Cup with a 4-0 win over 10-man Cameroon, which cannot now advance from the group stage.
The body of a recently deceased New York woman was mistakenly released from a city morgue and donated for medical student research, city officials and a family attorney said on Monday.
Amber McDearmon, the wife of convicted defense lawyer Brian Bloomfield, escaped prison time Wednesday after she pleaded guilty in a high-profile courthouse counseling scheme.
A man was found dead of natural causes downtown Wednesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said. Police received a call about 1:50 p.m. of a man on the ground between two buildings in the 1400 block of south 3rd Street, near Las Vegas and Charleston boulevards.
A federal judge Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction barring the Las Vegas constable’s office from pursuing a $100 collection fee against a former Utah woman it cited for not having Nevada license plates.
YouTube will launch a new subscription music service, the company acknowledged Tuesday after being dragged into a public dispute over royalties that will result in the blockade of some independent artists’ music videos.
Some Japanese fans showed what true sportsmanship really is all about after voluntarily cleaning up their section of the stadium after Ivory Coast beat Japan 2-1 on Saturday.
A watered-down liquor ordinance was approved unanimously Wednesday by the Las Vegas City Council, banning liquor in open glass and aluminum containers on the Fremont Street Experience, starting Sunday.
A 23-year-old man convicted in a shooting that left one dead and nearly killed three others was sentenced Wednesday to 64 years to life in prison.
Passage of a new business margins tax in November might bring the state more money for education, but it would leave graduates with fewer job opportunities, panelists at a Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce luncheon said Wednesday.
A gunman who died in a shootout with police after being accused of killing two women near Reno has also been linked to a possible homicide in Arizona, where he had been released from prison just 11 days before his death, authorities said Wednesday.
The Southern Nevada Connie Mack Baseball Association is a local league combining teams from the Las Vegas and St. George, Utah, areas.