The Nevada Transportation Authority has given the green light to Ride Genie, an e-hailing app that enables customers to summon a limousine with a smartphone.
The Silverado Station post office forced to close its doors to the public following a portable toilet fire on its roof July 6 will reopen on Saturday.
The mildly amusing, occasionally mean roundup of everything you need to know in politics this week.
Rory McIlroy only saw birdies at Royal Liverpool, mostly on his scorecard, and even one pheasant that trotted across the eighth green as he was lining up a putt. That was but a minor interruption in his command performance Friday in the British Open.
The July winemaker dinner at Spiedini at the J.W. Marriott, 221 N. Rampart Blvd., will feature wines by Lionello Marchesi and will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday (July 22). With an entree of Sicilian-spiced duck breast with red wine risotto, the four-course dinner is $69. Call 702-869-8500. …
A Las Vegas attorney on Friday asked the state labor commissioner to fix what he called loopholes in the state’s minimum wage regulations that have resulted in workers being cheated out of either a higher wage or health insurance.
Nevada’s unemployment rate edged down in June on improved job growth. The state’s jobless rate fell to a seasonally adjusted 7.7 percent in the month, the state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported.
During the annual 12-hour nightmare known as The Purge, virtually every crime known to man is legal.
F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets that had been grounded at Nellis Air Force Base resumed flying Friday.
Who brings an 8-year-old to see a movie called “Sex Tape”? What, did the guy working the door at The Spearmint Rhino not accept the little fella’s fake ID?
Las Vegas police need the public’s help finding a 50-year-old woman who was last seen early Wednesday morning.
There were a pair of oversized boxing gloves on the podium. There was a birthday cake made out of giant boxing gloves.
A large, wind-whipped wildfire in rural north-central Washington destroyed an estimated 100 homes, forced the evacuation of a small town and cut power to most of the scenic Methow Valley.
CBS won’t dictate to its announcers whether or not to use the nickname of Washington’s NFL franchise during televised games this season. Announcers Jim Nantz and Phil Simms haven’t been told how to handle it.
It only takes one person to make a difference, no matter what age.
A commercial tour bus traveling from Canada rolled over on an upstate New York highway on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring several others, police said.
Gardens & Villa is one of those bands that’s at once of the moment and of the past.
Two men hired to clean out a Florida rental house thought they found a mannequin hanging in the garage so they cut down what they believed to be a Halloween-style prank and took it to a landfill.
Amazon is rolling out a new subscription service that will allow unlimited access to thousands of electronic books and audiobooks for $9.99 a month in the online giant’s latest effort to attract more users.
Everyone’s favorite way to drive people crazy has been removed from YouTube millions of views after it was first posted.
The United States began building a case Friday that would pin the blame for the downing of the passenger jet over Ukraine on separatist forces supported by Russia. President Barack Obama said one American was among the nearly 300 killed.
The downing of a passenger jet in Ukraine is likely to be a turning point in the country’s conflict. But which way it turns depends mainly on who carried out the attack and how convincingly it can be proved to the world.
The human cost of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 hit home around the world Friday, upending scores of families and small communities spanning half of the planet, from a Dutch fishing village to an Australian soccer club and a Dubai cake store.
World leaders called for an immediate cease-fire in eastern Ukraine on Friday and demanded speedy access for international investigators to the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines jetliner shot down over the country’s battlefields.
The New Orleans Pelicans agreed to one-year deals with guard Jimmer Fredette and forward Darius Miller, multiple media outlets reported Friday.
Las Vegas police are looking for a man involved in a Thursday night shooting that left a woman dead in a 7-Eleven parking lot.
Saratoga should be on every horseplayer’s bucket list. Not only as a racetrack destination, but as a historic sports venue. It’s like going back in time with a big smile on your face.
Even when we don’t understand their actions, our mothers always have the best of intentions. Here’s a look at five movies with moms who might be a little awkward, but we love them for exactly who they are.
We’ve looked to Lady Gaga’s latest album, “Artpop,” for inspiration on how to get the most out of each and every day.
SALT LAKE CITY — Construction has begun on a $1.8 billion project to remake terminals at Salt Lake City International Airport.
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