When children go away to college these days, they often carry two “essentials” that weren’t available to prior generations: personal computers and credit cards. According to Nellie Mae, the national student-loan financing corporation, 83 percent of undergraduate students have at least one credit card, and the average balance owed is $2,327.
A federal jury Thursday convicted a longtime Las Vegas urologist of reusing needle guides meant for single use during prostate procedures.
The video of Ray Rice punching his fiancee inside a casino elevator was sent to NFL headquarters to the attention of league security chief Jeffrey Miller in April, a law enforcement official says.
St. John Bosco (Calif.) at Bishop Gorman is the game of the week, not just in Las Vegas, but in the nation as the country’s top two teams battle it out at 6 p.m. on Friday.
The Minnesota Twins reached out to pitcher Phil Hughes on Thursday to offer him an opportunity to earn a $500,000 bonus that he barely missed out on because of a rain delay, but the the right-hander politely declined.
Offbeat pop star Lorde says she’s still enjoying the perks of sudden fame, including the “Hunger Games” soundtrack.
A Smith & Wollensky waiter filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday that claims he was forced to pay managers a portion of his tips.
There are nine grade 1 stakes this Saturday — five at Belmont Park and four at Santa Anita — leading up to the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita Park on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1
See a new Vegas punk supergroup, an all-star tribute to Led Zeppelin and more for free.
A flight on its way to Canada from Las Vegas had to reverse course and make an emergency landing Thursday afternoon due to a fuel leak.
The Service Employees International Union Local 1107 is suing Eleazar “Al” Martinez, its former president, and two former high-ranking staffers, alleging that they had a role in nearly $48,000 in misappropriated money that went to outgoing union employees.
Another warrant has been issued for the arrest of one of rancher Cliven Bundy’s sons, a little more than a month after he was released from jail.
“Georgia On My Mind” brings seasoned pros together in the name of Ray, and of old-Vegas showmanship on the Strip.
NEW YORK (AP) — A stumble by Apple set off the worst rout in the stock market since July on Thursday.
This season’s musical acts join magician Mat Franco for two shows that won’t otherwise tour.
Las Vegas native Matthew Gray Gubler, who’s kicking off his 10th season of playing Reid on “Criminal Minds” (9 p.m. Wednesday, KLAS-TV, Channel 8), was oblivious to the panic that was setting in across social media and fan sites after a life-threatening episode.
The New York Giants finally got the offense untracked and broke into the victory column but now face a quick turnaround and a matchup with a bitter division rival when they visit the Washington Redskins on Thursday night.
The Attorney General announced today that he intends to resign when a successor can be found to replace him. It won’t be hard to find a better AG.
Sandwich restaurant chain Jimmy John’s said there was a potential security breach involving customers’ credit and debit card data at 216 of its stores and franchised locations on July 30.
“What David and Stephen and I are able to accomplish vocally is a unique sound. We have known that since the very beginning when we first sang together, how unique what it is we do. And I’m very grateful that we can still sing,” Graham Nash says.
An appellate court has ordered the reinstatement of anti-paparazzi charges against a photographer accused of engaging in a high speed chase of Justin Bieber in 2012.
Green Valley High School graduate and Las Vegas resident Jamie Little leaves ESPN after 16 years to cover NASCAR for Fox Sports.
Nevada officials have 30 days from Wednesday to submit a plan of correction to federal officials that addresses concerns over the timeliness of processing applications for food assistance benefits for low-income families or risk losing some administrative funding.
After weeks of heavy criticism and calls for his ouster, the police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, issued a video apology on Thursday to the parents of Michael Brown, the black teenager shot to death by a white police officer last month.
Police in Oklahoma say one person was shot in an incident that included a police chase that ended outside a food distribution center in Moore.
An unarmed man shot by a South Carolina trooper during a traffic stop repeated one question through his anguished cries as he lay wounded, waiting for an ambulance: “Why did you shoot me?”
A Tennessee woman who falsely claimed to be pregnant killed a Georgia mother to take that woman’s newborn baby as her own, police said on Thursday.
There will be more than 60 craft brews from over 50 Oregon breweries on tap when the Kings of Leon headline the Blvd Brew Fest.
People tuning in to the New York Giants-Washington Redskins game Thursday night will not hear CBS color commentator Phil Simms use the term “Redskins.”
You’ve never heard anything like South African rave-rap trio Die Antwoord.
