In a move that could boost economies along the East Coast, the Obama administration approved the use of underwater sound blasts to pinpoint the locations of oil and gas deposits beneath Atlantic Ocean waters. Environmentalists are less than pleased with the decision, but President Barack Obama deserves praise for it.
Government isn’t structured to run efficiently. It’s a rare moment when the private sector doesn’t outperform the bureaucrats who would purport to be our betters, even in areas dominated by government hype. Like being eco-friendly.
He plays with two of the most highly coveted basketball prospects in the Class of 2015 at Bishop Gorman High.
A fire at a South Lake Tahoe hotel forced two people to jump to safety from a second-story balcony and caused $2 million in damage, officials said Thursday.
An ordinary young woman is given extraordinary powers when she ingests too much of a designer drug. It sounds like something Stan Lee and John Belushi might have concocted. Unfortunately, the reality is twice as nutty and roughly half as entertaining.
What if I told you that Bill Gates plays bridge. And his bazillionaire buddy Warren Buffett. And that a few days ago, Gates and his partners beat 48 tables to win their flight in the American Contract Bridge League’s North American Championships at Westgate Las Vegas.
A masterful performance in an upset of Phil Davis in April propelled Anthony Johnson up the rankings in the Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight division. The victory also earned Johnson plenty of new fans.
While California Chrome, the pro tem king of the 3-year-old division after wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, is vacationing, an eager bunch will be nipping at his heels starting this weekend.
The impact of drought on the Colorado River is so severe you can see the weight of it from space. Actually what you can see is the absence of weight.
The State Department’s global database for issuing travel documents has crashed, resulting in major delays for potentially millions of people around the world waiting for U.S. passports and visas, officials said Wednesday.
EBay’s online ticket exchange StubHub was targeted by hackers who used stolen passwords and credit card numbers to buy and sell thousands of tickets for pop-music concerts and Yankees games, New York authorities said.
Comic-Con is all about bringing fans close to the artists and properties they love — after navigating crowds and waiting in line.
Ty Kelly’s three-run home run keyed the Tacoma Rainiers’ 5-4 victory over the Las Vegas 51s.
Nevada’s controversial sex offender law was adopted to comply with a federal act in 2007 but remains in limbo. A halt to its enforcement remains in effect, but several bills will be submitted to the state Legislature in 2015 to amend the law.
A curious 4-year-old boy was banned from a doughnut shop for asking a fellow customer a question — “Is there a baby in your belly?”
Everything you need to know about day one of the AAU basketball tournaments in Las Vegas.
They crowned the wrong teen queen. Now two Nevada girls may be headed to Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Pageant in Orlando, Florida.
The mildly amusing, occasionally mean roundup of everything you need to know in politics this week.
From “Face 2 Face,” the latest artists-in-residence project at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas’ P3Studio, to an open-mic Broadway benefit, the valley is chock-full of arts events this weekend.
A hedge fund that owns 4.5 percent of Pinnacle Entertainment reiterated its call that the regional casino operator split the company to include a real estate investment trust.
He’s followed his older brother in order of birth and tour routing alike. Two weeks after his sibling Chris played Brooklyn Bowl, Rich Robinson comes to the same venue.
The iHeartRadio Music Festival, featuring Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Usher, Nicki Minaj and many others, returns to the MGM Grand Garden arena Sept. 19-20. Tickets are $160.50 and $528 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ticketmaster outlets.
You are neither as high nor as rich as Juicy J. You will be reminded of as much on a per-song basis on J’s latest record, “Stay Trippy” — or the two that preceded it.
Boston and Cheap Trick should blend as well in a concert bill as “Don’t Look Back” and “Dream Police” do on a classic-rock station.
Group tours sound easy: Choose a destination and the tour company plans your trip, delivering you to hotels, restaurants and attractions. You don’t have to Google or organize a thing. But how do you find the right tour to begin with?
Wish you could see what you looked like going crazy at a Styx or Foreigner concert when you were 17?
“Punk Will Never Die,” at least according to the title track of the latest record from Mexico-based punk rockers Los Seis Pistos, who will do their part to keep the music alive and kicking at 10 p.m. Friday at the Double Down Saloon,
The Las Vegas Mayhem continued to struggle offensively Thursday in a 9-1 loss to the Orange County Giants in the Connie Mack West Regional at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, Calif.
