Friends have raised more than $28,000 to benefit the family of a northeast Ohio woman critically injured when a rock was deliberately dropped from a highway overpass onto the windshield of a car in Pennsylvania.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. no longer needs to depend on anyone else to fight in Nevada. On Wednesday, the Nevada Athletic Commission unanimously approved Mayweather’s application to hold a promoter’s license in the state. By getting his license, Mayweather can be his own promoter of record.
Saying “not all Joes are cut from the same cloth,” Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday criticized U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., and promoted his Democratic opponent, Erin Bilbray at a raucous rally in Henderson. Earlier Wednesday, Biden told attendees at the annual NAACP conference in Las Vegas that it’s time to reverse the trend of states enacting new and restrictive laws that will make it difficult for people to vote.
A bill that passed the U.S. House on Wednesday seeks to bolster counselors who work with runaways and homeless young people.
An Indiana teenager who was attempting to set a record for an around-the-world flight was killed when his plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean, and crews were searching Wednesday for his father, who was also on board.
A plane attempting to land in stormy weather crashed on a small Taiwanese island late Wednesday, killing 47 people and wrecking houses and cars on the ground.
WASHINGTON – After a long period of healthy growth that brought prosperity to many reservations. Indian tribal gaming revenues have leveled off in recent years and face an uncertain future, Congress was told on Wednesday.
A district judge ordered Las Vegas police and the closed Club Paradise on Wednesday to work out differences that will allow the longtime topless club to obtain readable copies of key computer evidence seized in a June 6 raid.
Arizona officials say a murderer who was sentenced to death has died nearly two hours after his execution started.
“If my dirty shoes could fly, I would help all the mommy birds feed their baby birds. One by one, I would give them a worm. I could loop-the-loop like bumble bees or twirl just like a pinwheel. Wwwhhheeeee!” writes Henderson author Sarah Hoover in her new children’s book.
A Las Vegas man was sentenced to almost 13 years in prison and five years of supervised release Wednesday after pleading guilty to illegal firearm and cocaine possession charges, the Nevada U.S. attorney’s office said.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel, parent company of Allegiant Air, continued its financial roll, reporting double-digit percentage increases for revenue and earnings in the company’s second quarter.
The Animal Foundation wants you to commemorate “Mutt Week” by adopting a dog and is offering a one-week discount beginning Thursday.
Nevada is home to 23 state parks, the majority with only one unique feature. But Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park is in a class of its own, as it features not only a well-preserved historic mining town but also remains of the ancient ichthyosaur (pronounced ICK-thee-o-saur), our state fossil.
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has big plans for the Old Post Office building, a historic structure in downtown Washington that he’s pledging to transform into the city’s most luxurious hotel. As for the White House, four blocks away? He’s not saying.
A crowd-pleasing Louisiana-style eatery is nearing a new opening date.
A UNLV stadium board member, Regent James Dean Leavitt, said he will tell his fellow board members at Wednesday’s panel meeting that the Clark County sales tax and the room tax should be increased slightly to pay for an on-campus domed stadium.
No one said growing up is easy, but here are four movies that just might inspire kids and make the struggle a little easier. Adults might even learn something too.
After grad school, Joel Christian Gill did a series of paintings that he says “freed” him from the racism that his father and grandfather endured. But something was missing. That’s when he turned to comics to tell stories of “obscure black history.”
Here’s a look at this week’s new movies, “Hercules,” “Lucy,” “And So It Goes,” “A Most Wanted Man,” “Wish I Was Here,” “The Fluffy Movie” and “Le Chef”:
Nevada GOP attorney general candidate Adam Laxalt on Wednesday pledged not to accept political gifts if elected and criticized his Democratic opponent, Ross Miller, for taking more than $70,000 in gifts while in office.
Northbound Interstate 15 near Speedway Boulevard has reopened after a vehicle fire shut it down Wednesday afternoon, Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Vice President Joe Biden stumped for congressional candidate Erin Bilbray in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Henderson native Mike Beede opened the Law Offices of Mike Beede in March at 2300 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 420.
Thursday — statistically, the hottest day of the year across the country — has been proclaimed National Drink Watermelon Day.
Free concerts and films are on the calendar for this week in Henderson.
Experimentation with human growth hormones by America’s teens more than doubled in the past year, as more young people looked to drugs to boost their athletic performance and improve their looks, according to a new, large-scale national survey.
Station Casinos announced a deal Wednesday with Princess Cruises in which customers in the casino operator’s players loyalty program can earn a complimentary cabin for two on select cruises each year, exclusive cruise fares, and special offers.
A man linked to a gun used to kill a university police officer after the Boston Marathon bombing allegedly told police he smoked marijuana every day because, in his words, “my best friend was the bomber.”
Thunderstorms are expected to drop up to half an inch of rain Wednesday on the largest wildfire in Washington state’s history, but that won’t be enough to extinguish the flames. The wildfire stands at more than 250,000 acres.