The NBA will stage an exhibition game next August in South Africa. Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum made the announcement Tuesday in Johannesburg, where the NBA is holding a Basketball without Borders camp.
Downtown Project redevelopment march down East Fremont Street toward Maryland Parkway is continuing with the rebirth of the old Fergusons Motel property at 11th Street, where Tony Hsieh’s DTP is proposing an outdoor retail and office with three taverns and a 60-foot-tall piece of art called, “Big Rig Jig.”
A landslide struck an upscale suburban Salt Lake City community on Tuesday, destroying a home and forcing evacuations as a rain-soaked hillside tumbled from above.
A California woman convicted of mortgage fraud earlier this year was sentenced to 57 months in a federal prison and ordered to pay approximately $1.1 million in restitution.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will build an outpatient clinic in Pahrump, members of Nevada’s congressional delegation said Tuesday.
A crash involving two double-decker tour buses injured 14 people and left Times Square blood-spattered on Tuesday afternoon.
When the NCAA dropped funding for a youth football clinic in Las Vegas, the board of the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl stepped up to save it. More than 500 kids showed up Tuesday at Rebel Park to participate.
A 9-year-old boy was stabbed repeatedly in the back by a 12-year-old boy in western Michigan then ran screaming to his home and collapsed bleeding on his porch, police and a neighbor said Tuesday.
Police in Florida say a woman faces DUI and child neglect charges after her son was left alone in her Mercedes while she drank at a nearby bar in St. Petersburg.
The Las Vegas man police said shot himself during a standoff with a SWAT team Friday night has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Clark County commissioners have varying comfort levels with the idea of giving the public hospital’s board the power to have closed-door meetings to talk about plans and ideas that would interest competitors.
Malaysian businessman Wei Seng “Paul” Phua, the man authorities consider the ringleader of a multimillion-dollar World Cup betting scheme, pleaded not guilty in federal court Tuesday to illegal gambling charges.
Federal authorities are taking over the high-profile prosecution of the Kansas felon charged in the robbery of the Bellagio casino and a Las Vegas bank.
Authorities are investigating why a paddle-wheel boat ran aground in Lake Tahoe on Monday afternoon, prompting rescuers to evacuate about 300 people aboard.
Clark County Commissioners signed off on adjustments Tuesday to the retirement plan for Las Vegas Valley Water District employees, but not before demanding more oversight over future decisions involving the almost $265 million fund.
Amateur footage shot after an afternoon downpour in southern Nevada captures the power of flash floodwaters.
The former All-American golfer from England spent four years as an assistant with the Cardinal and replaces J.C. Deacon, who left in June to become head coach at Florida, as Dwaine Knight’s assistant with the Rebels.
Jesus Arevalo, the Las Vegas police officer who was fired for the 2011 shooting death of Stanley Gibson, was convicted Monday on misdemeanor charges stemming from a domestic incident last year.
Clark County commissioners on Tuesday approved 1.5 percent pay raises for prosecutors and investigators in the district attorney’s office.
Hollywood has not meaningfully increased the number of minority characters on the big screen and Hispanics were the most underrepresented in films, a study released on Monday said.
Mountain Ridge rolls over Northern California, 13-2, in Little League West Regionals in San Bernardino on Tuesday. The Nevada champions score 11 unanswered runs in the final three innings to rout Pacifica, Calif., and improve to 3-0 in pool play.
Roster includes Ricki Lake, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, basketball player and former NBA prospect Isaiah Austin and many others.
A mother and two of her children were hospitalized in grave condition Tuesday after she jumped in to a motel pool in Hollywood to help the struggling kids and all three were pulled from the water by a passer-by who learned CPR just last week, authorities said.
A second American aid worker infected with Ebola arrived Tuesday in Atlanta, where doctors will closely monitor the effect of an experimental drug she agreed to take even though its safety was never tested on humans.
The San Antonio Spurs hired WNBA star Becky Hammon on Tuesday, making her the first full-time, paid female assistant on an NBA coaching staff.
One of rancher Cliven Bundy’s sons was arrested Monday on charges of criminal contempt and parole violations, according to Las Vegas police.