Media outlets and elected officials are heralding the indications of a re-emerging economy. To some extent, things are getting better, even here in the Las Vegas Valley. But for those who think the Great Recession’s effects have subsided, a tsunami-size splash of cold reality hit this week.
Two pedestrians died after being hit by a car near the Las Vegas Strip Friday night. Las Vegas police supervisor Lt. Roger Price said two pedestrians were crossing the street outside of a marked crosswalk by the Rio hotel and casino, near the intersection of Flamingo Road and Arville Street, when they were struck by a vehicle just after 10 p.m.
Caesars Palace headliner Celine Dion has cancelled five shows due to a sinus infection that turned into severe swelling of her vocal cords, it was learned Friday.
A major injury to Paul George, a key member of the USA basketball team and the Indiana Pacers, resulted in Friday night’s Blue-White scrimmage being abruptly canceled at the Thomas & Mack Center early in the fourth quarter.
Rancho pitcher Joshua Mill felt good about his arm during his pregame warm-up Friday, and for good reason.
A man in his 60s died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound during an east valley standoff with Las Vegas police Friday night.
Signature gathering efforts for an initiative petition that seeks to mandate background checks on nearly all Nevada gun purchases are expected to get underway following a ruling Friday by a Carson City district judge.
Plans are underway to bring back the two American aid workers sick with Ebola from Africa.
Nevada’s two Republicans in the U.S. House broke from their party on Friday and voted to uphold President Barack Obama’s program that allows young undocumented immigrants to be exempted from deportation.
Nevada beat Utah 11-1 in a four-inning game in the opener of the Little League Baseball West Regional Tournament. The game was called early because of the 10-run rule.
Three in four Americans think history will judge the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as failures, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows that about the same percentage think it was right to pull forces from the two countries.
Gabriel Yates pleaded guilty Friday in the slaying of a 17-year-old girl whose mutilated body was found in a shallow gave in 2008.
Donald Trump remains in the running to buy the Buffalo Bills. And so are NHL Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula, a person close to the process confirmed Thursday night to The Associated Press while speaking on the condition of anonymity because the sale is supposed to be private.
A safety expert for a national skydiving association says a “mini tornado” caused the accident that killed a correction officer and injured his instructor during a tandem jump.
A man accused of stealing a garbage truck in Boulder this week may have been scared by officers responding to an unrelated call near his home.
A Wisconsin girl, one of two 12-year-olds accused of luring a friend into the woods and repeatedly stabbing her to please a fictional Internet character known as Slenderman, may have trouble understanding her crime, a psychologist told a court on Friday.
Two American tourists charged with “anti-state” crimes in North Korea said Friday they expect to be tried soon and pleaded for help from the U.S. government.
House Republicans revived their bill on the U.S.-Mexico border crisis in dramatic fashion Friday, passing it on a near party-line vote after winning over conservatives with tough new provisions that could threaten deportation for hundreds of thousands of immigrants already working in this country legally.
The state’s Board of Regents’ health sciences committee is hashing out the details of what it will take to fund a medical school for UNLV.
Las Vegas Valley veterans who have had uphill battles while seeking health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs expressed skepticism mixed with glimmers of hope for the $16.3 billion VA Reform Act that Congress passed this week.
Water suppliers from the four largest communities served by the Colorado River have finalized an agreement to prop up the drought-stricken river by paying cities, farms and industrial operations to cut their use.
Gov. Brian Sandoval said Friday he wants to help a battered Mount Charleston neighborhood get the protection it needs to guard against future flooding.
Former power broker Harvey Whittemore’s request to remain free pending an appeal was denied by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday.
Arizona’s harsh mandatory sentencing provisions for certain sex crimes involving children boosted the punishment for a Kingman man convicted in June.
Wearing gloves and carrying blue plastic buckets, international investigators finally began gathering up body parts and victims’ belongings Friday in the fields where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 came down.
An aging Labrador retriever who walked 30 miles back to a Kansas family who didn’t want her took a private jet to her new home with a Florida heiress.
Starting offensive guard Ron Scoggins probably will return to UNLV’s football team. He left in the spring, but appears to have had a change of heart.
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