“Sherlock” star Benedict Cumberbatch says his latest role as a code-breaking genius doesn’t mean he’s only capable of playing brainy characters.
RED ROCK CANYON CAMPGROUND SET TO OPEN BY END OF OCTOBER
Nevada’s population could end up growing by more than 290,000 from 2000 to 2020, the Nevada State Demographer’s Office at the University of Nevada, Reno, reported Wednesday.
Three suburban Atlanta residents have been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a 14-year-old before taking his collection of high-end sports shoes, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The 2022 Winter Olympics may have to move from its traditional January and February dates to accommodate the World Cup finals being staged in Qatar, leading European soccer clubs’ official Umberto Gandini said on Wednesday.
If there is something strange in the neighborhood, who are you going to call? ‘Hilarious women,’ quipped filmmaker Paul Feig, director of “Bridesmaids.”
It’s a mystery how a sky lantern — similar to the dozens that RiSE Festival promoters ignited and released at dusk Tuesday from the Jean Dry Lake bed — wound up 26 miles north of the launch site in Ken Du Pont’s swimming pool in Henderson.
Efforts by an upscale Wyoming town to stabilize a hillside whose slow collapse is threatening homes and businesses has been hampered by lack of access to private property where the landslide destroyed a house, a city manager said on Tuesday.
North Las Vegas’ downtown library might be in a smaller space — but the city’s hopes for the branch are big.
The bankruptcy of a major supplier of a super-hard sapphire glass that Apple Inc. uses in iPhones has thrown the future of a highly touted Mesa factory in doubt and caught the tech giant by surprise after it spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the plant.
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No marriage licenses were issued for same-sex couples in Clark County on Wednesday, and probably none will be issued on Thursday either, Clark County Clerk Diane Alba says.
Legacy’s Nadia Hernandez has an area-best 30 goals. Thanks in large part to her goal-scoring prowess, the Longhorns are enjoying the best season in school history and are in line to reach the Division I Sunset Region playoffs for the first time.
Off his soapbox, Fielder predicts the winners of Coronado at Green Valley, Las Vegas at Canyon Springs, Sierra Vista at Faith Lutheran, and Foothill at Silverado.
A man Las Vegas police said was linked to a series of robberies has been arrested.
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks soared and the dollar fell on Wednesday on a wave of investor relief after the Federal Reserve said it does not plan to hike interest rates before the economy can support an increase.
UNLV meets a Fresno State team that has recovered from an 0-3 start by winning its past three games.
BOSTON — Anti-gambling activists, in a study released Wednesday, suggest local aid from state lottery profits will drop by as much as $103 million if and when casinos open in Massachusetts, but casino proponents argue the revenue drop is not likely to be that severe.
Atlantic City arrested 24 people who blocked streets in the New Jersey city on Wednesday as hundreds of casino workers demonstrated against plans by the Trump Taj Mahal to cut pension and health benefits.
Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James moved past golfer Tiger Woods as the most valuable brand in sports this year, according to Forbes.
After a six-year development hiatus, Downtown Summerlin’s 1.6 million-square-foot shopping, restaurant and entertainment center opens at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Sarah Goldberg, who starred in the television series “7th Heaven” and the film “Jurassic Park III,” has died. She was 40.
The nation technically put the Great Recession in its rear-view mirror five years ago, but to the president and CEO of the San Francisco’s Federal Reserve Bank, which oversees Nevada, there’s still a ways to go to reach full recovery.
A December 2013 fatal police shooting was was justified, the Clark County district attorney’s office has determined.
An app designed to help federal law enforcement seek the public’s help with fugitive and suspected child predators is now available on Android smartphones and in Spanish.
Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two men connected to the armed robbery of a restaurant near the intersection of Paradise at Flamingo roads.
A bear cub found dead in the bushes of New York City’s Central Park this week was likely struck and killed by a vehicle, state wildlife officials said on Wednesday.
Attorney general candidate Ross Miller said Tuesday that if elected Nov. 4 he would set up a strike force to go after Internet crimes against children, particularly those involving sexual abuse.
Frank Marino has often said he did not expect to see same-sex marriage happen in Nevada in his lifetime.