A public lands bill agreement hammered out by U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and other senior lawmakers during the lame-duck session of Congress incorporated more than five dozen natural resources initiatives into a must-pass defense authorization bill headed to final votes in the coming days.
The Philadelphia 76ers avoided tying the record for the worst start to a season in NBA history, ending their 0-17 skid with an 85-77 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
As a canal boat slides along Amsterdam’s elegant Herengracht canal, a man walking over a bridge pushes down and pulls up on a bicycle pump. As he does, a model tulip — its flower glowing purple — rises sedately from beneath the water.
An overdue copy of “Gone with the Wind” has been returned to a high school library in Washington state, 65 years past its due date.
A Phoenix father is facing child abuse charges after punching his baby girl in the mouth as her mother held her.
A cat has used up at least one of its nine lives after surviving a monthlong trip in a moving box with no food or water.
A trio of Las Vegas police buildings at the agency’s Martin Luther King Drive headquarters will be named after three prominent sheriffs from the past 50 years.
Authorities say seven baggage handlers are charged with stealing electronics, jewelry and other items from checked luggage at New York’s Kennedy Airport.
Construction crews finished a section of underground pipeline that will take treated waste water from North Las Vegas’ reclamation facility to the Las Vegas Wash.
From “Walking Dead” survival kits, to “Real Housewives” panties, here’s a look at some of the more unusual — some would say unnecessary — gifts you can give those TV lovers on your list.
Follow the link for preseason wrestling capsules, as submitted by coaches.
Cirque du Soleil replaced system which resulted in performer’s death as it prepares to reinstate climactic battle scene.
With the threat of lawsuits looming, Las Vegas city leaders Wednesday decided Nuleaf CLV should get a chance to find a new location for the shop it proposed at 4500 West Charleston Blvd.
Follow the link for preseason flag football capsules, as submitted by coaches.
I found myself in the midst of a conundrum recently. . For those of you who love golf and business decisions, please put on your thinking caps, turn off any distractions and pay attention. Your help is needed; I ask you to participate.
Clark County commissioners on Wednesday approved regulations affecting slot machine operations in taverns. The changes, aimed at Dotty’s tavern chain, passed on a 6-1 vote.
Clark County commissioners held off on Wednesday making any decisions about medical marijuana dispensaries, due to a pending lawsuit over the selection process.
SBE Entertainment CEO Sam Nazarian, company whose owns 10 percent of SLS Las Vegas, was recommended for a one-year limited license by Gaming Control Board Wednesday.
Comedian Ron White — one of Las Vegas’ most popular headliners — says weed has become so normalized, politicians smoke with him in public.
Las Vegas’ Hustler club is really stepping up their promotions. Recently, Hustler applied for a sports book betting license. Now, Larry Flynt’s club has hired Carrie Reichert to dance at the Vegas Hustler in January, and at a South London Hustler club.
A Colorado mother claims in a federal lawsuit that she was fired from her hairstylist job after she sought to take periodic work breaks to pump breast milk but was rebuffed by an employer who called the idea “gross,” court documents showed on Tuesday.
“Part memoir, part travelogue, half serious, mostly true” reads the description on the cover of Stefany Holmes’ “Gone With the Whim: Leaving the Bible Belt for Sin City.”
If Gov. Brian Sandoval and legislative leaders want to increase funding for public education and other critical needs in the next two-year budget, they have a big challenge in figuring out how to pay for it all.
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., operator of Allegiant Air, will pay its shareholders a $2.50 per-share special dividend next month.
A two-day hearing at Florida State that could determine quarterback Jameis Winston’s future at the university ended on Wednesday with no decision and no definitive timetable on when the case will be resolved.
You might think you’ve escaped “Gangnam Style,” but you could be wrong.
The mother of 7-year-old Roderick “RJ” Arrington, who was tortured for months and ultimately beaten to death in 2012, was sentenced to 16 to 40 years in prison Wednesday.
In the new book “Firebird” by Misty Copeland, illustrated by Christopher Myers, a young girl learns to replace the word “can’t” with one that strengthens as she learn the story of a child who wanted to dance among the stars.
