Stocks took a pounding on Wednesday, although Wall Street managed to peddle back from its steepest lows, and safe-haven government debt prices rose after U.S. and Chinese inflation data fanned worries about a global slowdown.
With more dominant defense, an opportunistic offense that plated two runs in the first inning and a bullpen that shut down the Baltimore Orioles once again, Greg Holland and the Kansas City Royals wrapped up a sweep of the AL Championship Series with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday.
“Many, many times, I definitely have said ‘no’ to a lot of things people were wanting me to do.”
David Siegel, Westgate Resorts founder and CEO, said Wednesday that a companywide increase in minimum pay for its workers, including those at Westgate’s Las Vegas resorts, would go to $10 per hour starting Jan. 1.
A well-known gambler was sentenced to three-years probation Wednesday for his role in a lucrative illegal bookmaking operation.
With cooler weather here to stay, now is not only a good time, but also an enjoyable time to go fishing. Anglers have reported moderate success for striped bass, catfish and smallmouth bass, with afternoons providing the best fishing.
Readers offer suggestions spanning the valley on the best places to find the most flavorful omelets.
Soo Clinton was driving to her northwest home on Halloween night in 2011 when the unthinkable happened.
The son of a rural Oklahoma newspaper publisher fatally shot his father, mother and sister, believing that by killing his family, he would inherit money to pay off mounting debts, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
For years, Henderson resident Angelique Daniels has owned The Shoe Chick, a mobile shoe, purse and accessory store. She recently agreed to donate a percentage of each sale to the opening of Mariah’s House, a safe house for victims of sex trafficking.
Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber took the extraordinary step Wednesday of criticizing U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann for not taking Landon Donovan to the World Cup and for saying Clint Dempsey and Michael Bradley damaged their careers by returning to MLS from European clubs.
There will be people dancing in the streets on Saturday. A portion of Las Vegas Boulevard will be closed for two hours for the Las Vegas Dance Mile 2014 event in downtown Las Vegas.
Henderson calendar highlights include the Henderson Symphony Orchestra’s fall concert.
If Larry Burns defeats Joe Lombardo in the race for Clark County sheriff, he’ll have to overcome Lombardo’s enormous fundraising advantage — Lombardo raised $1.6 million to Burns’ $870,000, according to campaign financing numbers released this week.
City leaders on Wednesday took first steps toward passing a bill that would require the city’s tobacco purveyors and “smoking lounge” operators to pony up for a new city-issued privileged business license starting next year.
Lawyers for the disgraced mixed martial artist War Machine, accused of brutally assaulting his former girlfriend, told a judge Wednesday that they’re trying to make a deal with prosecutors.
Jared Brentz said he never has “gotten the opportunity to have that many low experiences” in life.
Ballet legend Cynthia Gregory, Nevada Ballet Theatre’s artistic coach, will receive the 63rd annual Capezio Dance Award Nov. 17 at The Smith Center. Presented annually since 1952, the Capezio Dance Award recognizes significant contributions to American dance.
RENO — A Sierra storm packing winds gusting in excess of 85 mph toppled trees and downed power lines in the Reno-Tahoe area, leaving more than 1,000 homes without power for several hours.
At least 20 people were killed in Nepal by unseasonal blizzards and avalanches triggered by the tail of cyclone Hudhud, officials said on Wednesday.
The decision of a Washington state school district to allow a high school student charged with rape to continue to play on the football team has sparked anger from parents.
Someday, the planet on which you’re standing will be yours. That means you probably want to take good care of it and of the other people who’ll own it, too. No doubt, you’ve got some awesome (and very unique) ideas on how to do that. And if not — well, why not learn from kids who’ve done something for the Earth?
Part memoir, part self-help book, Dan Mager hopes his book, “Some Assembly Required: A Balanced Approach to Recovery from Addiction and Chronic Pain,” “will have value for anyone struggling.”
Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict has been fined $25,000 for intentionally twisting the ankles of two Carolina Panthers players, according to multiple reports Wednesday.
If you think Nevada faces a water crisis today, imagine how residents of booming Virginia City must have felt back in the 1870s when their fickle sources began to run dry.
A northwest Arizona man who killed his ex-girlfriend’s new fiance in the Midwest was given a life prison sentence in Douglas County, Wis., on Monday.
The lawyer for a 73-year-old Northern Nevada man charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed trespasser says he’s ready to go to trial and anxious to prove he was acting in self-defense.