The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported good news in its National Youth Risk Behavior Survey: cigarette smoking by American juveniles has dropped to its lowest level in 22 years. The smoking rate among teens was 15.7 percent in 2013, which is already lower than the 16 percent rate the government hoped to reach by 2020.
Las Vegas Review-Journal sports writers Adam Hill and David Schoen have been given $5,000 fantasy bankrolls to bet during the World Cup on either sides, totals or props. Below are their bets for today, with an explanation of their picks:
The sadness of England’s World Cup wasn’t limited to the United Kingdom.
Colorado authorities have arrested a man wanted on a murder charge in Illinois who escaped while being transported from Las Vegas.
A little under a year after the sudden death of star striker Christian Benitez, Ecuador has unearthed a new goal-scoring dynamo.
A report that scientists are calling one of the most comprehensive studies of great white sharks finds their numbers are surging in the ocean off the Eastern U.S. and Canada after decades of decline — bad news if you’re a seal, but something experts say shouldn’t instill fear in beachgoers this summer.
An initiative petition seeking to mandate background checks for nearly all gun purchases in Nevada was filed with the secretary of state’s office Friday.
Members of the Los Angeles Kings partied into Friday morning at XS nightclub with the Stanley Cup.
Tommy DeVito, one of the founding members of The Four Seasons, celebrated his 86th birthday Thursday at the Palms during a screening of the new “Jersey Boys” film.
It’s been five years since Michael Jackson died, yet his career is more alive than it has been in decades. His estate has earned more than $600 million since the King of Pop’s untimely death at age 50.
The Obama administration is launching an effort to accelerate protection of sage grouse along the California-Nevada line with $31 million in spending through 2024 to help ranchers and others improve habitat in what one top official says might be the best, last chance to keep the bistate population off the list of threatened species.
If Nevada were to legalize same-sex marriages,the state would see significant economic benefits, according to a new report released this week.
As a child, Tavori Lockhart could always be found on the field kicking a ball around, dreaming of becoming a professional soccer player. But all of that changed two years ago when the 17-year-old from Las Vegas was diagnosed with hyperthrophic cardiomyopathy. Tavori’s soccer career was over. But he can still watch.
Attention fanboys and fangirls: the Amazing Las Vegas Comic Convention is returning to the South Point for a second year this weekend, Friday through Sunday. The event will feature interactive exhibits, a special children’s day and celebrated comic book artists — including DC Entertainment co-publisher Jim Lee.
A woman who ran a phony reflexology club that lured men into thinking they could pay for sex was sent to prison Friday, while a bouncer and three women who worked for her were given probation.
Wet ‘n’ Wild Las Vegas participated in the world’s largest simultaneous swimming lesson on Friday.
A study has found more than 800,000 criminal cases, some going back 20 years, that have not been forwarded by Nevada law enforcement agencies and the courts for entry into the state criminal information repository.
The mildly amusing, occasionally mean roundup of Everything You Need to Know About Politics This Week.
Ecuador forward Enner Valencia scored twice in a 2-1 comeback victory over Honduras on Friday that kept his team in contention at the World Cup.
He made a career out of impersonating America’s top celebrities, and now Frank Marino, star and producer of “Divas Las Vegas” at The Quad, has a claim no other Las Vegas entertainer has achieved: 25,000 shows on the Strip.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that Las Vegas-based wholesale bakery, Majesty Bakeries LLC, was in violation of paying its employees minimum wage and overtime pay between April 10, 2012 and April 9, 2014.
One person died and two more were hospitalized after a shooting Friday morning, Las Vegas police said.
Every few weeks, Las Vegas residents Tanya Blackbourne, along with her business partners Reddie and Alexis Gonzaga, drive to San Jose, Calif., in a refrigerated truck to pick up more than two dozen flavors from Treat Ice Cream Co. and bring back a taste of the Bay Area to their shop, Eis Cream Café.
Gloria Lee and Kirk Bills must face charges for each of the puppies in the Prince and Princess Pet Boutique fire, a judge ruled Friday.
BOSTON — Mohegan Sun and Wynn Resorts laid out plans Friday to help alleviate Boston-area traffic created by their proposed casinos.
As I am taking a week off from newspaper column writing this weekend (Hey, it’s my birthday!), my many fans will no doubt have severe withdrawal symptoms.
A Vermont convenience store worker who used his gun to fend off a would-be robber has lost his job.
Some Henderson senior citizens have received phone calls urging them to boycott the Heritage Park Senior Facility in response to meal fee increases enacted by the city.
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