Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon ordered the National Guard to Ferguson early Monday, hours after police used tear gas to clear protesters after a week of demonstrations against the fatal police shooting of a black Missouri teenager.
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto joined 28 other state attorneys general last week in a letter supporting the Food and Drug Administration’s proposal to expand its regulatory umbrella over tobacco products to include electronic cigarettes. Unfortunately, the FDA jeopardizes public health by not adequately assessing the costs of suppressing the e-cigarette market.
What’s happening in Missouri could have happened in Las Vegas. More than once.
Four years after leaving Henderson, 22-year-old Lance Cpl. Brandon Dieckmann has found his niche in Hawaii doing something really different from what riflemen are accustomed to: operating a cutting-edge robotic pack mule, one that promises to change how the Marines conduct field operations.
The Rebels made several moves to address their losses at defensive tackle. They are encouraged by training camp, but the season will be the test.
More than 200 potential jurors completed questionnaires last week as lawyers prepared to kick off a federal trial involving the racially motivated shooting deaths of two men in 1998.
At least one local politician is now among those who have taken part in the “ice bucket challenge” — the viral fundraising stunt that has raised over $10 million for the ALS Association in the past few weeks.
The city of Las Vegas is considering new rules to handle homeowners and property managers who rent out party homes to a steady stream of short-term renters.
A man died Sunday evening after his motorcycle was involved in a southwest valley crash, Nevada Highway Patrol reported.
The buzz on honeybees in Nevada is mostly good. Despite concerns around the country of massive die-offs of honeybee colonies, such a scenario has not manifested itself in Nevada in any significant way.
Eureka has a lot of history behind it but is also a hub for its county’s residents.
Republican attorney Becky Harris is challenging fellow lawyer and state Senate District 9 incumbent Justin Jones, D-Las Vegas, in a race that could determine which party controls the state Senate.
A White Pine County wind farm that sells power to NV Energy has been forced to change operations after its massive turbines killed triple the number of bats allowed under an agreement with federal regulators.
This week, we help a consumer who’s essentially starting the buying process from scratch after her workplace disappeared.
CityCenter opened in December 2009 to cost-overruns and a depressed consumer market. MGM Resorts’ stock price was trading in single digits and the company was looking to unload several hotel-casinos to bolster its sagging balance sheet. MGM Resorts’ survival was in doubt — but today it’s a whole new story.
PBS’ wildly popular period drama “Downton Abbey” released an official press photo last week without realizing a big mistake. When the photo went viral for all the wrong reasons, the cast of the show released a photo of their own.
After a California clinic helped her husband with his recovery, Stacie Wichman-Roch opened a Project Walk franchise in Las Vegas.
Defenders Najee Johnson and Blake Richmond played high school and junior college football together. On Saturday, they were the standouts of UNLV’s football scrimmage.
Moviegoers continued to shell out for “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” while Sylvester Stallone’s action ensemble “The Expendables 3” was easily out-gunned in its weekend debut.
Las Vegas police say a man was shot and killed early Saturday morning in the northwest valley.
Liberian officials fear Ebola could soon spread through the capital’s largest slum after residents raided a quarantine center for suspected patients and took items including bloody sheets and mattresses.
Amazon intends to move its distribution warehouse from Fernley to an industrial park north of Reno next year, a move that will shift hundreds of jobs from Lyon to Washoe County.
The woman who died after a southwest valley shooting Saturday morning has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
An Alabama hunting family set a state record by catching a 15 foot, 1,011.5 pound alligator, and a world record win could be imminent.
The 19th annual Nevada Broadcasters Association’s gala was held at the Four Seasons Hotel and 35 people were inducted into its Hall of Fame.
Cletus Kassady performed for about 30 minutes and then took a break. Parks and Recreation officials told Kassady that he wouldn’t return to the stage because some audience members, including police officers, were offended by some of his jokes.
Police were called to Alec Baldwin’s New York City apartment building, but this time he wasn’t the one in trouble.
Kyle Busch finished fifth in Saturday’s NASCAR Truck Series race in Michigan. It was his 500th NASCAR start in a Toyota.
James Packer, CEO of Melbourne-based Crown Resorts Ltd., is forming a company with ex-Wynn Las Vegas President Andrew Pascal and investment firm Oaktree Capital Management to construct a hotel-casino on the 35-acre site where the New Frontier once was.
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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
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Asian grocery store looks to add new location near Summerlin