Tony Stewart will return to Sprint Cup competition Sunday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway, ending a three-race hiatus taken after he struck and killed a fellow driver during a dirt-track race. The three-time NASCAR champion has not raced since his car hit Kevin Ward Jr. at an Aug. 9 sprint car event in upstate New York.
The National Park Service is reopening a popular road closed by flooding and some hiking trails closed by summer heat at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
A town on the Utah-Arizona border largely controlled by Warren Jeffs’ polygamous sect is close to opening its first commercial winery, a signal of another lifestyle choice that separates the sect from mainstream Mormon teachings.
Apple Inc invited media to a “special event” in its hometown of Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9, when the iPhone maker is expected to unveil the latest versions of its best-selling smartphones.
The death of an Arizona firearms instructor by a 9-year-old girl who was firing an automatic Uzi displayed a tragic side of what has become a hot industry in the U.S.: gun tourism.
Southern California coach Steve Sarkisian says he shares blame with the athletic department for publicizing cornerback Josh Shaw’s bogus story about injuring his ankles while saving his nephew from drowning. Sarkisian also said Thursday that the suspended Shaw could “potentially” return to the Trojans at some point this season.
I heard from readers after the closing of Viva Mercado’s. And I heard from readers when a reopening was in the works, at Village Square. Since the restaurant opened in November, I’ve heard nary a peep. And why might that be? My guess is that their mouths were full.
An Oklahoma death row inmate who died following a problematic execution succumbed to the lethal drugs he was administered, not a heart attack, after the state’s prisons chief halted efforts to kill him, an autopsy report released Thursday says.
Arts and leisure events around town range from art exhibits/lectures/receptions (Barrick Museum, CSN Gallery, Left of Center Gallery) to a Spanish-language play at Winchester and Shark Reef encounters at Mandalay Bay.
Horseplayers look for an edge by betting against the casinos in futures, such as who’ll win the 2014 Eclipse Award Horse of the Year award.
Tickets are on sale for Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation, $100 general admission and $125 VIP. Check out all this week’s restaurant events.
Both Saturday and Sunday are National Buffalo Wings Day, so just choose one — and maybe chew one of these.
NFL players will be subject to a six-week suspension for a first domestic violence offense and banishment from the league for a second under a new policy outlined by Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Las Vegas had the weakest monthly percentage increase of visitors of the year in July, but still had the third-best month by total numbers, attracting 3.5 million people as the city continued its record visitation pace.
Nancy Reynolds’ life has been so filled with travel and political adventure that it’s hard to imagine there was a time she was just a small-town girl on horseback.
Redfoo, one half of the U.S. pop duo LMFAO, was hit with a glass at a pub in an upmarket Sydney suburb and suffered a minor facial injury, Australian police said Thursday.
An Ohio school bus driver has resigned after being accused of making elementary-age students sit with the windows up in hot weather as a punishment.
The NFL fined Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning $8,258 for taunting Houston Texans safety D.J. Swearinger, ESPN.com reported Thursday.
Joey Chestnut, the world-record holder at Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Contest in New York, has extended his stranglehold on the eating championship at Nevada’s Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off in Sparks as well.
A Henderson man was indicted Tuesday after authorities say he was linked to a sex crime involving what he thought was a minor, according to the Clark County District Attorney’s office.
Nevada gaming revenue increased less than 1 percent in July, ending fears the market might be off after a June in which the state’s casino industry reported its largest monthly spike of the year.
A Louisiana firearms company at the center of the reality TV show “Sons of Guns” distanced itself from the program’s star this week after he was arrested on charges of repeatedly raping a child.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were married in France, according to media reports on Thursday.
Caroline Wozniacki got her blond braid caught in her racket while hitting a forehand in her second-round U.S. Open match Wednesday against Aliaksandra Sasnovich, and she gamely tried to hit a backhand on the next shot, with her hair still entangled.
My friend Dr. Marshall Darnell, who helped educate a generation of Clark County students, died last Thursday. His abbreviate obituary appeared in today’s Las Vegas Review-Journal.
An instructor’s death at the Last Stop outdoor shooting range in White Hills, Ariz., has raised questions about allowing young children access to automatic weapons at firing ranges.
When the sun is rising, after the neon lights flicker away, there’s still a city — Las Vegas.
Workers won’t put a shovel in the ground for more than a year, but those who live and work near the Spaghetti Bowl already are growing concerned about the state’s Project Neon transportation improvement project.
A man who was found on Sunday afternoon at Lake Mohave was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office on Thursday.
Two Chicago men sued a taxi company this week, alleging a driver tried to kick them out of his cab because they shared a short kiss.
