A double-digit percentage increase in international passenger traffic assured McCarran International Airport of its ninth straight month of growth in May.
During Monday’s White House Summit on Working Families, President Barack Obama assured those in attendance that his administration would “do everything we can to create more jobs and more opportunity for Americans.”
“Star Wars” creator George Lucas announced Tuesday that he has picked Chicago to host his much-anticipated museum of art and movie memorabilia, in a major victory for the nation’s third-largest city.
Summerlin author Jennifer Debs said she wrote her memoir of military service, “Back in Two Weeks,” “to encourage the younger generation, especially women, to chase a dream no matter how hard it is.”
Summer is the perfect time to review ‘77 Things You Absolutely Have to Do Before You Finish College’
Twenty-six semesters, four proms, countless teachers, and you’ve graduated high school, but you’re still not done with school. Much as you wish you were, it’ll be awhile before you get your hands on your next diploma. But don’t be too eager. The secondary-education years are time to prepare and explore and, says Hailey Bondy, there are still “77 Things You Absolutely Have to Do Before You Finish College.”
New York City police say a man has been treated for a non-life-threatening injury after walking into a McDonald’s restaurant with a kitchen knife stuck in his back.
Find fun things to do in your neighborhood from a performance by The Phat Pack to dive in movies at the Cosmopolitan.
Among this week’s event highlights: The Fierce Reads book tour featuring Leigh Bardugo, Jessica Brody, Mary Pearson, Josephine Angelini and Caragh O’Brien is scheduled to make a stop at the 2191 N. Rainbow Blvd. Barnes & Noble.
The Outdoor Picture Show on the Green and a jazz afternoon at E-String are among Henderson happenings this week.
It never has been easy for Deonte Burton, beginning with where he grew up. The streets of Compton, south of downtown Los Angeles, are regarded as mean and unforgiving.
Henderson-raised reporter Caitlyn Belcher takes on the job of reporter for the Henderson View.
The Regional Transportation Commission has launched a new website for visitors seeking information about transit routes on the Strip and to the Las Vegas Convention Center and McCarran International Airport.
Spain’s soccer team, returning home after a wretched World Cup in Brazil where the holders were eliminated in the first round, had another shock on Tuesday when their aircraft was struck by lightning as it came in to land in Madrid.
The state had 1,942 owner-vacated foreclosures — or “zombie” foreclosures — in the second quarter, according to Wednesday numbers from California housing research firm RealtyTrac.
Former UNLV soccer coach Barry Barto played for the U.S. men’s national soccer team from 1972 through 1975 but never made the World Cup. It’s hard to qualify for the World Cup when some of your best players can’t make it to the qualifiers because they can’t get off work. at a time when players sometimes couldn’t get off work to play international matches. On Sunday, more than 24.7 million domestic TV viewers watched the Americans battle Portugal to a 2-2 draw Sunday in the group stage of the World Cup. In the group stage! That was more Americans, on average, than watched last year’s Wor
The 31-year-old from Cuba said he didn’t want to come across as boorish but Alvarez left him little choice in ducking him. The two will face each other July 12 at the MGM Grand Garden in a 12-round non-title junior middleweight main event to be televised on Showtime Pay Per View.
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:
Advocates for unemployed workers tried to create some momentum Wednesday for a new bid in Congress to reinstate federal jobless benefits for people unable to find work.
NeNe Leakes, best known as one of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” makes Cirque history on Friday with a week as the guest host of “Zumanity.”
Shahab Zargari’s clicking an invisible camera. Sitting at a small table at The Beat Coffeehouse and Records on a recent Tuesday evening, the founder of Vegas-based label GC Records mimes taking a picture as he discusses an upcoming compilation featuring local acts.
Police didn’t have to work hard to catch a man who broke into a Minnesota house.
Daniel LaRusso was taught how to defend himself by a janitor, and he turned out OK. Something tells us that if he’d learned from two of the biggest names in UFC, “The Karate Kid” would have been over long before Johnny ever had a chance to sweep Daniel’s leg.
Want to ditch work and watch the USA-Germany World Cup match Thursday? Do it. You’ve got a note.
“Under the Electric Sky” follows a Texas college student, a group of friends from Massachusetts, long-distance lovers, a man in a wheelchair, an engaged couple and a “rave family” as they travel to Las Vegas for the 2013 Electric Daisy Carnival.
Charleston, S.C., is a steamy place where ladies cool their necks with soda cans and where, if you spot a man anywhere near a woman, odds are they’re either doin’ it, have done it or are about to do it.
Nobody would argue that they’re dishes anyone should, or even want to, eat every day. Still, there’s something undeniably and nostalgically appealing about indulging in carnival food every once in awhile.
A map compiled by Business Insider shows the most conservative and liberal city in every U.S. state, based on a survey that asked questions about party affiliation, abortion, global warming, gun control and taxes.
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