Tourism experts are saying the three-day Fourth of July weekend that begins Friday is going to be hot and it has nothing to do with the weather. Some 330,000 visitors are expected for the holiday weekend.
This weekend’s events include art galleries, swing orchestra and a couple of unique musical offerings: “Re-Purposed Percussion” and flamenco.
An overpass under construction collapsed Thursday in a World Cup host city, killing at least two people and trapping a commuter bus, two construction trucks and a car, Brazilian authorities said.
You already know it’s Fourth of July weekend, but did you know it’s Chicken Wing Weekend, too? So celebrate.
Police have located an East Coast man who went missing while visiting Las Vegas.
Members of Congress have been required to note privately funded travel in annual personal financial disclosure reports they file publicly — until this year — but then reversed itself again.
More than a half-dozen food trucks and a beer garden will be part of the Fourth of July celebration beginning at 6 p.m. Friday at Knickerbocker Park, 10695 Dorrell Lane in the Providence master-planned community. Music and fireworks also will be part of the celebration.
Las Vegas police are investigating a defense attorney in an alleged scheme to help a client flee the country.
RENO — The National Automobile Museum has reopened in Reno after being closed for nearly two weeks due to fire damage caused by a suspected arsonist.
Las Vegas police arrested a 62-year-old man Wednesday in connection with a May burglary at the V Theater in the Miracle Mile shops at Planet Hollywood.
Zamperini, a war hero, Olympian and the subject of a celebrated book and upcoming movie on his harrowing story of survival against all odds, died after a long battle with pneumonia, his family said Thursday in a statement. He was 97.
There are no significant costs going forward to nonparticipating ratepayers from homeowners who install their own rooftop solar systems to reduce their power bills, according to a study submitted to the Nevada Public Utilities Commission.
I agreed with comedian Christopher Titus the minute he said this: “I’m always afraid to meet reality stars. About 90 percent of the time, every reality star I have met was a raging (expletive). I mean, people that make Courtney Love look like a sweetheart.”
A federal court has denied a request from a dying Roman Catholic priest who was convicted of killing a nun in 1980 and hoped to spend his final days in his Ohio hometown.
A trailer loaded with fireworks exploded Thursday near a Texas high school, killing one person and injuring three other people who were setting up for a Fourth of July show, authorities said.
Newage Lake Las Vegas, which owns Hilton Lake Las Vegas Hotel and Spa, received a three-year extension this week on its conditional-use permit for nonrestricted gaming from the Henderson City Council to find an operator for the casino at Lake Las Vegas, formerly known as Casino MonteLago.
Authorities have found the body of a man who fell off a boat in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area late Wednesday, according to the National Park Service.
Las Vegas police narcotics detectives want the public to help them find a man connected to a package of marijuana that was shipped last month. Police released a surveillance image of a man at a shipping store near Craig Road and Jones Boulevard.
A Georgia man who police say intentionally killed his toddler son by leaving the boy inside a hot SUV was exchanging nude photos with women the day his son died and had looked at websites that advocated against having children, a detective testified Thursday.
It’s a small performance in a small film. But there are enough moments to let the “Twilight” star’s talent sparkle like a certain vampire in the sunlight.
Two kids are safe thanks to the quick actions of a deputy sheriff in Hawaii last Friday when the kids, ages 2 and 5-months-old, got locked in a hot car.
A strengthening Hurricane Arthur forced thousands of vacationers on the North Carolina coast to abandon their Independence Day plans and others rescheduled fireworks displays threatened by rain from the storm.
As part of the UFC’s International Fight Week, you could spend $125 to $1,250 for a ticket to Saturday’s UFC 175: Weidman versus Machida.
Donnie Wahlberg says the New Kids On The Block don’t mind tire-kicking the idea of becoming Las Vegas headliners.
Go ahead, laugh. It’s an understandable reaction, considering that Southern Nevada is in the midst of a theatrical throw-down involving some of the funniest musical comedies of all time.
The Clark County Department of Air Quality has issued an advisory for elevated smoke and ozone levels for the July 4 weekend.
Navy veteran Ron Deanne of Henderson in June retraced steps that Army Pvt. Ed Jennings took 70 years ago around Ste. Mere Eglise, France, where the 5th Infantry Division fought during World War II.
Las Vegas police need help identifying two suspects in a Wednesday night shooting that left one man dead, police said Thursday.
Two motorcycles crashed near downtown Las Vegas Thursday afternoon, and one of them was driven by a police officer.
The Rio headliner will host Sportsman Channel’s “Camp Stew,” a 10-episode series showcasing “some of the craziest outdoor videos ever recorded.”