More than two dozen lawmakers want the United States government to ban travelers from the West African countries hit hardest by the Ebola virus until the outbreak is under control.
A longtime Anchorage public radio host was found shot dead in his home and his teenage foster son was suspected of killing him, Anchorage police said on Wednesday.
Republicans have a slight advantage or are statistically tied with Democratic opponents in two key Senate races that could determine whether the GOP retakes control of Nevada’s upper house, according to several new polls.
Georgia tailback Todd Gurley was indefinitely suspended Thursday while an investigation continues into a possible violation of NCAA rules, the school announced.
NFL games are averaging about 17 penalties, up more than two per game from the 14.7 to this point in 2013, according to the league, and the man in charge of officiating is OK with the trends, in part because games are actually running a few minutes shorter.
A dismembered body found in an isolated cabin near Idaho City appears to be an Idaho man who vanished 14 years ago while in the company of the son of a Chicago hit man, authorities said on Wednesday.
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada will continue talks with a private tour bus company wanting to use public transit stops on the Strip but made it clear Thursday that the best solution may be for it to petition the city or county for its own stops.
Awkward acting, terrible dialogue and uncomfortable music placement were hopefully the three major factors that led to James Cameron changing the ending to “Titanic.”
Five things to look for when UNLV’s football team plays Fresno State at 7 p.m. Friday at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Texas prosecutors want Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson arrested after admitting during his court appearance on a child abuse charge that he had “smoked a little weed” while out on bond.
BOSTON — State gambling regulators say they see no wrongdoing by Wynn Resorts following last week’s arrests of three owners of land the company wants to develop into a casino.
The Gators have abandoned their balanced offense to emphasis the run behind a veteran line. They face Coronado on Friday.
A group of shareholders in casino operator Full House Resorts are seeking a special stockholders meeting in order to remake the Las Vegas-based company’s board of the directors.
Southern Nevada’s 859,000 residential and commercial electric utility customers will see a negligible increase in their rates starting Jan. 1 after the Nevada Public Utilities Commission on Thursday approved an agreement reached by NV Energy and other parties on its three-year general rate filing.
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Dillard’s in Downtown Summerlin will celebrate its grand opening this week with six fashion shows, celebrity appearances and prizes.
CARSON CITY – In a letter signed by Gov. Brian Sandoval, the Western Governors Association is criticizing a proposed U.S. Forest Service directive that seeks significant changes to water policy without their involvement.
Police found four dead bodies at an upstate New York home on Wednesday and were treating the case as a quadruple homicide, local media reported.
A New Hampshire woman says she was removed from a JetBlue flight after tweeting about the flight’s delays, which included a pilot having to take a sobriety test.
The much-delayed federal health care trial of Dr. Dipak Desai stemming from the hepatitis C outbreak has been put off again.
A Las Vegas woman who was behind the wheel in a crash that killed her 9-year-old niece was ordered released from house arrest Thursday.
A judge Wednesday sentenced the mother of an autistic Michigan teenager to 10-22 years in prison for what the woman described as a failed murder-suicide attempt.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday night it’s up to a neutral arbiter to decide whether he should testify during an appeal of Ray Rice’s indefinite suspension.
Las Vegas police on Thursday morning were looking for a driver and a car involved in a crash that sent a bicyclist to a valley hospital.
A former long-term substitute teacher at Hyde Park Middle School was ordered to serve five years’ probation Thursday for an affair with a 15-year-old male student.
Interest rates, which have been at all-time lows, have recently been on the rise. Because rates have such an impact on just about every facet of our financial lives, it’s crucial to understand how rising interest rates will impact them. So what are savers and investors to do as offensive or defensive moves?
To get ready to face Richard Sherman and Seattle’s ear-piercing 12th man, the Denver Broncos turned to Lil Wayne, Jerimih, Ozzy Osbourne and Pharrell Williams. Like many other teams, the Broncos have dialed down the old jet engine noise that roared through their concert-sized speakers at practice.
Lou Reed, The Smiths, Green Day and Nine Inch Nails are among the nominees for the 2015 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance has elected three business leaders to its board of directors.
For many Southern Nevadans slammed by the recession, homeownership was transformed from a dream come true to a Sisyphean nightmare.
It’s the little things that will get you — like, say, shaving the truth instead of telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth.