Tim Lam had a job. Now he’s in a career he’s passionate about and gets to enjoy it with his brother, Marcus.
If you’re up late Sunday evening, head outside and take a look at the moon — it may look bigger and brighter than usual.
Research is being ignored by the defenders of Common Core standards. Studies by neuropsychologists and neuroscientists suggest a deep-running link between handwriting and broader educational development. Yet the Common Core standards emphasize legible handwriting only in kindergarten and first grade, then emphasize keyboarding in the following years. This is in conflict with the state’s reading goals.
Mountain Ridge advanced to the Little League World Series on Saturday night, the first Nevada team to do so in the event’s 67-year history. Now comes the hard part. Paying for it.
People smashed car windows and carried away armloads of looted goods from stores Sunday night after thousands of people packed a suburban St. Louis area at a vigil for an unarmed black man who was shot and killed by a police officer.
Locksmith Kevin Whitesides had just finished his shift at The Mirage when it was time for a visit to the dentist.
If the Indy 500 is the ultimate test of man and machine, the 13 Hours of Las Vegas for $500 race cars was the ultimate test of man, machine and a limited budget.
Congressional candidate Cresent Hardy said he believes young immigrants brought to the United States illegally by their parents should be allowed to stay to work, study and become U.S. citizens, while adults could seek legal status or go to the back of the line if they want to become Americans.
In the race for the 3rd Congressional District in Southern Nevada, the candidates or their supporters might have found a solution to bothersome and politically dangerous trackers: tell them they can’t videotape an event because it’s private.
A man, who Las Vegas police say was intoxicated, was arrested Sunday evening after his vehicle struck a bicyclist near the Strip.
A community activist working with a Southern Nevada organization that monitors local government has filed a complaint against the Nevada Taxicab Authority’s administrator with the Public Integrity Unit of the state attorney general’s office.
Authorities say 24 people stranded on a roller coaster have been rescued from near the top of the ride at Six Flags America in Maryland.
Flash flood victims last week dug out more debris from 2-plus inches of rain that struck their Mount Charleston homes and roadways July 28, knowing that they could be tested again, and yet some of them are voicing optimism that the state and Clark County will broker a deal leading to a flood diversion project.
Rory McIlroy wins PGA Championship at Valhalla for second straight major and fourth overall.
It’s been said that when a parent dies, you lose the past. When a child dies, you lose the future.
I once saw an actress who played Martha in Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” in an actual black fright wig.
Chico (Calif.) scored five runs in the top of the first inning Sunday and never looked back in a 15-1 rout of Rancho in the American Legion Western Regional in Surprise, Ariz.
I felt better the minute I entered UMC’s Trauma Center the other day.
Standing near Moore and intently watching this scene play out is Heather Hudson, part of UMC’s Emergency Room Pre-Med Volunteers, generally college-age students who have expressed an interest in going into medicine.
Americans’ introduction to the Ebola virus came 25 years ago in an office park near Washington Dulles International Airport, a covert crisis that captivated the public only years later when it formed the basis of a bestselling book.
Sunset Road in Henderson might become the main corridor of medical marijuana dispensaries for the city.
Hexiquio Rios, 25, of Las Vegas, was thrown from his vehicle after it ran into the back of another car on U.S. Highway 95 and rolled several times, according to Las Vegas police.
Now on its own 40-acre campus at Lone Mountain Road and Jones Boulevard, Canyon Ridge Christian Church calls to people who don’t have a church family, according to the Rev. Kevin Odor, senior pastor.
The U.S. military is again engaged in Iraq. The humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is getting worse by the week. And the economy, although recovering, has all the kick of a warm, flat soda.
Nevada has seen about the same number of traffic-related deaths so far this year compared to 2013, but statistics show a marked increase on rural roadways.
“Mad Max” director George Miller was “heartbroken” over Mel Gibson’s string of scandals in recent years. But he says that isn’t why he recast the lead part in the post-apocalyptic auto action franchise.
In his first meeting as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission, Tony Alamo Jr. turned the Sawyer Building conference room into a doctor’s office.
It was minutes before the biggest game of their young lives, one that could deliver their state a gigantic piece of history, a packed stadium and national television audience prepared to sit and watch and hang on every pitch.
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” sliced off $65 million at the weekend box office.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in mysterious lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2, shuts down 215 in northwest Las Vegas
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people
Asian grocery store looks to add new location near Summerlin
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school