Clashing in heated debate, attorney general candidate Adam Laxalt on Saturday accused his opponent Ross Miller of a conflict of interest for accepting $70,000 in gifts while in public office and Miller bluntly said his foe doesn’t understand some of the law the AG must defend.
The Secret Service chief has stepped-up security outside the White House after a man with a knife who jumped the fence made it into the presidential residence before being apprehended, officials said Saturday.
Sprint car driver Scott Semmelmann was killed in a wreck during practice at a Wisconsin dirt track.
In sports, it doesn’t matter how you start a tournament, just how you finish it.
At least once a year — more frequently, the more vehicles you own — each of us has to endure that root-canal-level-of-pain experience known as the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles renewal. Well, DMV has a few tricks that might help.
The second half proved unkind to UNLV, as the deficit in their game with Houston grew to 47-14 following a competitive first half.
Two armed polygamist women dressed as ninjas robbed a home in a Salt Lake City suburb on Friday, only to be stopped by a homeowner with some ninja gear of his own.
A man was arrested Saturday afternoon after striking two women with a vehicle on Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas police said.
Fighters from Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram stormed the northeastern town of Mainok on Friday, sparking a gun battle that killed at least 36 people and continued into Saturday, two security sources said.
Connor LeBoeuf’s 41-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter Saturday to account for the only points in the game as Mountain View’s football team blanked visiting Calvary Chapel, 6-0.
While so much attention has been focused on the NFL’s handling of domestic violence cases, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has released two fighters.
A California-based biofuel company building a plant east of Reno has been awarded a $70 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to help speed delivery of its high-tech process that converts household garbage into jet fuel.
Lawmakers in Washington and in Carson City are pushing this year for passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would require online sellers to collect state sales taxes.
A politician swept up in a scandal holds a news conference similar to the one Roger Goodell staged Friday. The NFL commissioner apologized for mistakes, promised changes and, of course, dodged the most important questions.
Tech senior Garrett Meyer topped a field of 109 runners Saturday to capture the boys race of the UNLV Invitational at Craig Ranch Park.
The doctor under scrutiny in the death of Joan Rivers is seen performing a vocal cord procedure on Celine Dion in the singer’s 2010 documentary.
For true boxing fans, the site of the Sept. 3, 1906, lightweight championship fight between Joe Gans and Oscar “Battling” Nelson ought to be sacred ground.
Reno teenagers are among a generation of young climbers looking to scale the ranks in the sport of speed climbing, which has existed in various forms since the 1940s but didn’t enter the mainstream until about 50 years later.
A ranch house that was disassembled in Virginia City and reconstructed in 1903 in the Mason Valley about 80 miles southeast of Reno has been added to the Nevada State Register of Historic Places.
Every fall for 42 years, St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church has taken a leap of faith and invited the community to sample the tastes, sounds and rituals of its culture.
Public health officials are warning Moapa Valley residents about the potential for an increase in mosquitoes as a result of Sept. 8 flash flooding that swamped houses and destroyed a stretch of Interstate 15.
Ex-POWs remember that “Freedom isn’t free.”
Craig Ferguson approached his first TV game show host’s job with a subversive attitude. Then came the simple matter of his wardrobe for “Celebrity Name Game.”
A man suffered critical injuries and another man was arrested Saturday morning after an east valley rollover, Las Vegas police said.
New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement Director David Rebuck had one fear in restoring MGM Resorts International’s gaming license for its 50 percent interest in the Borgata, a take it and run deal.
Don’t need a will? Think again. Without one, you will lose control of how your property is divided when you die.
A dog found almost 3,000 miles away from home after vanishing five months ago will be flown back to her owner by the company that made the microchip responsible for identifying the animal.
Emmy-winning actress and singer Polly Bergen, who in a long career played the terrorized wife in the original “Cape Fear” and the first woman president in “Kisses for My President,” died Saturday, according to her publicist. She was 84.
Jonathan Mosen, who has been blind since birth, spent his evening snapping photos of packages in the mail, his son’s school report and labels on bottles in the fridge. In seconds, he was listening to audio of the printed words the camera captured, courtesy of a new app on his Apple Inc iPhone.
Pope Francis has ordered a review aimed at simplifying the Church’s procedures for annulments, the Vatican said on Saturday, a move that could make it easier for Catholics to end marriages.
