Secret wait lists, delays in care, shoddy treatment and needless patient deaths. How much bigger can the already-humongous Veterans Affairs mess get?
Determined killers, deranged gunmen and terrorist threats have forced local emergency responders to rethink their approach — and their safety — in active-shooter and multiple-casualty scenarios.
If the Southern Poverty Law Center got one thing right in the report it released last week about the standoff involving ranting racist rancher Cliven Bundy, it’s this: Those who broke the law need to be held to account.
SCORES: Portland 91, Atlanta 76; Chicago 107, Minnesota 73; Houston 83, LA Clippers 60; Washington 85, Miami 83; Phoenix 97, Philadelphia 88; Utah 87, Denver 69
Commisioner Adam Silver said the league is waiting for the trial between Donald and Shelly Sterling to conclude so the NBA can finalize the sale of the team to Seattle’s Steve Ballmer for $2 billion. The league’s owners met for four hours at Wynn Las Vegas for their annual summer meetings.
Four teams went undefeated heading into the start of today’s NBA Summer League playoffs. The Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Washington Wizards and Cleveland Cavaliers all went 3-0 and are the top four seeds in the 24-team tournament. The championship game is Monday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Brady Kannon, a handicapper for Pregame.com, analyzes the top British Open players.
Las Vegas handicapper Wes Reynolds (@WesReynolds1 on Twitter) is betting a mythical $200 bankroll on British Open futures (odds from LVH sports book).
Dante Exum is a member of the Utah Jazz, in search of a nickname — but without stereotypes, if you don’t mind.
Here are the assorted player matchups and propositions posted at the LVH sports book.
Buckwheat pancakes, Bubbies sauerkraut and frozen clams casino make the list of cravings that have readers hunting this week.
A canon lawyer alleging a widespread cover-up of clergy sex misconduct in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has made her most detailed claims yet, accusing archbishops and their top staff of lying to the public and of ignoring the U.S. bishops’ pledge to have no tolerance of priests who abuse.
The Charcoal Room, which opened at Palace Station in June, is the second steakhouse by that name in the Station Casinos family, the first being at Santa Fe Station.
This is an interesting and unusual blend of northern Italian indigenous varieties (Teroldego and Lagrein) with classic Merlot. The result is a stunner of a wine that has tremendous staying power both in the glass and on the palate.
Life’s confluences can be strange and troubling and terribly sad at once.
Las Vegas Mayhem ace Wes Morris has four pitches to turn to on the mound.
Every four years the inquiry is made repeatedly and breathlessly: Will soccer ever catch on in the United States as it has around the rest of the world?
The Henderson City Council in a rare 3-2 vote denied an application from a local restaurant with bar to stay open 24 hours. Councilman John Marz said that Wahoo’s Fish Tacos & More on Horizon Ridge Parkway wants to operate as a tavern, which is not approved for that location, while remaining licensed as a bar.
Slot machine manufacturer International Game Technology has been sold for $6.4 billion to lottery giant GTECH in a merger agreement that will create the world’s largest gaming equipment provider.
A home invasion suspect was indicted by a Las Vegas federal grand jury Tuesday on felony charges of assaulting two FBI agents by ramming his truck into their cars while they were trying to arrest him.
Mark Newhouse understands he has a hallowed place somewhere in poker history. But he wants no part of the debate.
New York is a city built on water. Four of its five boroughs — Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island — are located on islands, and the city’s rivers and bays are dotted with many more. Two of New York’s lesser-known islands make terrific destinations for a summer day trip, filled with history, green spaces and incredible views. And they’re easy and fun to get to: Visit Governors Island by ferry and Roosevelt Island by tram.
A former foster-care worker will face a third charge of open and gross lewdness in a sexual assault case referred to Clark County District Court by a Boulder City justice of the peace on Tuesday.
A Las Vegas father is asking the Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider its recent decision involving his young son’s move to California.
Nevada lawmakers’ experiment last school year in giving $17.4 million to 14 Clark County elementary schools that teach English language learning students and post poor academic performance has shown early success.
A California man pleaded guilty in Las Vegas on Tuesday in a scheme to help people file phony tax returns seeking nearly $800,000 in refunds.
Authorities arrested two former Utah attorneys general who were targets of a bribery probe that stemmed from their cozy relationships with several businessmen during their time in office.
Branford Marsalis with an orchestra, saxophonist Paul Taylor, the Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico, Tango Buenos Aires and the “Jersey Boys” alumni Midtown Men lead the lineup for the 2014-15 season at UNLV’s Performing Arts Center.
The Navy and Air Force have approved a limited return to flight for their new-generation F-35 fighter jet, keeping alive the possibility that it could make an appearance at the Farnborough International Airshow in England this week.
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Southwest Vegas food hall closing only a year after opening
Fontainebleau signs ‘once in a generation talent’ to residency deal
‘Top Chef’ stars to close Las Vegas Strip pop-up restaurant
Wynn’s plans to build a third tower on Strip still alive
Las Vegas ranks among most expensive places in the US to visit: study