A long-awaited report issued Thursday by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission found key aspects of the Yucca Mountain site could meet safety requirements to store nuclear waste.
Las Vegas doctor Victor Bruce was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison Thursday for trafficking in the prescription painkiller oxycodone.
Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Heck and his Democratic opponent, Erin Bilbray, clashed Thursday in debate on immigration, health care, minimum wage and U.S. strategy to quash Islamic militants in the Middle East, with Bilbray attacking Heck from her opening statement to her closing comments.
The rush to vote in Clark County before Election Day starts Saturday.
Football teams that feature a spread offense sometimes struggle to establish a consistent running game, and that certainly has been the case for Foothill High in recent years.
Authorities say a wanted man attempted to flee pursuing officers by blending into the sea of Chicago Marathon runners.
If you are undecided on whether you want to meet trainer Art Sherman in the Sam’s Town race book at 10 a.m. Monday, let me share a story about the man.
The NFL has sent a newsletter outlining the basic facts about the Ebola virus to all team doctors and trainers for distribution to players and staff.
A judge set bail Thursday at $200,000 each for a man and woman accused in an attack on a 64-year-old school crossing guard.
Despite opposition from prosecutors, a federal judge Thursday ordered the release of a Phoenix woman charged with throwing a shoe at Hillary Clinton during a speech in Las Vegas.
A judge set bail at $250,000 Thursday for a 73-year-old man authorities said shot a lawyer inside the state Department of Administration’s Hearings Division building.
Guns and bullets seized from Chicago-area crimes will be melted down and turned into jewelry by a company that pledges to give part of the profit to at-risk children, company and government officials said on Wednesday.
Novelist John Grisham apologized Thursday for saying in an interview that many men imprisoned for child pornography offenses in the U.S. probably just had too much to drink and “pushed the wrong buttons.”
Department of Public Safety Capt. Tom Ely was appointed on Thursday as interim administrator of the Nevada Taxicab Authority beginning Oct. 27.
McCarran International Airport got its first up-close look at a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet, the first airliner constructed primarily with fuel-efficient composite materials, when it arrived with a series of military charter flights at Terminal 3 this week.
Henderson police plan to crack down on impaired drivers from Sunday through Nov. 3, the department announced Thursday.
It’s going to take serious budget cuts and commitment to reach a comfortable $1,000 buffer. So what can you do to save big besides giving up your morning latte and brown-bagging lunch?
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday that hackers it believes to be backed by the Chinese government have recently launched attacks on U.S. companies.
The Brigham Young University Cougars will suit up in blackout uniforms when UNLV football makes a visit to Provo in November.
WASHINGTON — Average U.S. mortgage rates tumbled this week. The 30-year loan hit its lowest level since June 2013 as Treasury bond yields marked new lows amid concern over global economic weakness.
Health officials are investigating whether a potent virus that has infected hundreds of children nationwide killed a 6-year-old boy in Arizona, officials said on Wednesday, adding that it would take more than a week to get an answer.
Traffic will be reduced to four travel lanes in each direction of Interstate 15 Sunday for a restriping project.
Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict will appeal his $25,000 fine for twisting the ankles of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and tight end Greg Olsen during last week’s game, ESPN reported.
CNN’s “Crossfire” and Jane Velez-Mitchell’s nightly show on HLN are both being canceled as a result of budget cuts at CNN Worldwide.
Here’s a look at this week’s new movies, “Fury,” “The Best of Me,” “The Book of Life,” “Pride” and “The Green Prince”:
Empty, abandoned news racks located off the Strip might be in for scrutiny. Clark County officials are considering a measure that would allow the county to impound news racks that sit empty for days on end.
Washoe County health officials have conducted their first Ebola screening of a person who was on a flight with a patient who had the virus but released the individual after determining there was no health risk.
A young boy suffered a head injury and a driver was arrested Thursday morning after a truck hit a pedestrian in northwest Las Vegas, Las Vegas police said.
The New York City medical examiner says Joan Rivers died from low blood oxygen during a medical procedure.
What looks like a mini space shuttle, can fly itself for millions of miles and goes by the name X-37B?