Manny Pacquiao didn’t need the huge bouquet of flowers he was holding to feel welcome in this gambling enclave, where he will be fighting at an odd hour Sunday against an opponent who has to already feel as though he won boxing’s biggest lottery.
Kentucky coach John Calipari made one simple adjustment to his game plan Tuesday night. He scrapped the zone. The Wildcats didn’t need it.
It took four weeks, but it finally happened. The Southeastern Conference bias struck the College Football Playoff rankings.
Nearly half of the 18 medical marijuana dispensary applications that Clark County commissioners approved have an uncertain fate, as they failed to win state support. The development has brought about frustration and unanswered questions among county officials and applicants who are now in limbo.
President Barack Obama is expected to visit Las Vegas on Friday, stopping here after Republicans swept all top state offices and took control of the Legislature in the Nov. 4 election. No details were available about the president’s visit.
An 18-year-old man is dead after a shooting Tuesday night in North Las Vegas, according to police. Police responded about 6:45 p.m. to a shooting in the area of East Tropical Parkway and North Lawrence Street, west of Losee Road.
Four people were wounded in a Tuesday evening shooting in North Las Vegas, police said.
Robert Gibbs wasn’t looking to have a day named in his honor, but Clark County commissioners decided he deserved it.
A San Francisco kid with a knack for collegiate fundraising was tapped to lead the University of Nevada, Las Vegas by the state higher education Board of Regents Tuesday.
The Transportation Security Administration on Tuesday displayed thousands of items confiscated from carry-on bags over three months at Kennedy Airport. As the chaotic holiday travel season approaches, the agency wanted to remind the public what carry-on items are no-nos.
The left three lanes of Northbound Interstate 15 are closed at Tropicana Avenue after a bulldozer atop a flatbed truck struck the an overpass and sent debris into the freeway, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
The UNLV wind orchestra will hold a benefit concert Thursday night to recognize Las Vegas World War II veteran Frederick Giesz, who will receive the Legion of Honor medal from a representative of the French Consulate General.
Four people died during a storm that dumped more than 4 feet of snow around Buffalo and forced motorists in 150 vehicles, including a women’s basketball team, to ride it out on a day when temperatures dropped to freezing or below in all 50 states.
Well, it appears we have a cured-meatsapalooza today. Taste of the Town has had reader requests about corned beef, pastrami and corned beef tongue in the past few weeks, and today we have the results.
Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed five people in a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday before being shot dead by police, the deadliest such incident in six years in the holy city.
Here’s a recipe for pasta with roasted eggplant and mozzarella from “Carmine’s Celebrates” by Glenn Rolnick with Chris Peterson.
Hearthstone, from the Light Group and executive chef Brian Massie, took the group off the Strip and into the suburbs for the first time when it opened earlier this month.
Ron Smeltzer’s goal as president of the Clark County High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame has been to honor people whose contributions date back several years.
A bill to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline failed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, sparing President Barack Obama from having to veto legislation that several fellow Democrats supported.
The funded ratio of Nevada’s public employee retirement plan improved in fiscal year 2014 over 2013 and now stands at 71.5 percent fully funded, an analysis from an independent actuary shows.
Whether they beat him with a belt buckle, broom stick or spatula, or whipped him with an electric cord, 7-year-old Roderick “RJ” Arrington didn’t cry.
Seven former foster children alleging abuse and neglect in the child welfare system will receive a settlement in excess of $2 million from Clark County.
The West Division will put a football team in the Mountain West title game, but the Mountain Division probably deserves two schools in the championship.
Officers originally responded to reports of a sick or injured person at 11:51 a.m. in the 1900 block of Dwarf Star Drive, near East Lake Mead and North Lamb boulevards.
The minivan driver who died on Monday night after crashing into a flat-bed semi truck in the south valley was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday.
The number of immigrants who are in Nevada illegally dropped by about 20,000 people from 2009 to 2012. But Nevada still has the largest share of any state of unauthorized immigrants in its total population, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.
The challenge of turning desert to farmland has drawn a new player to northwest Arizona where developer Jim Rhodes has already generated plenty of controversy and water depletion paranoia.
One person died in a single-vehicle rollover crash Tuesday morning on southbound Interstate 15 at the northern 215 Beltway, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
A win over previously No. 1 Mississippi State vaulted Alabama from a position outside of the national semifinals to the No. 1 spot in the College Football Playoff rankings.
A Florida woman charged with strangling and dismembering her neighbor is accused of attempting to cook him in order to hide evidence.
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Southwest Vegas food hall closing only a year after opening
‘Top Chef’ stars to close Las Vegas Strip pop-up restaurant
Fontainebleau signs ‘once in a generation talent’ to residency deal
Wynn’s plans to build a third tower on Strip still alive
Las Vegas ranks among most expensive places in the US to visit: study