Here are five spirited ways to celebrate National Cocoa Day, which is Dec. 13.
Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez will return to coaching in a bowl game for the second time in three years after Gary Andersen left to take the Oregon State job.
Bishop Gorman announced in a news release Thursday that defensive coordinator Kenny Sanchez would act as the school’s interim head football coach until a permanent replacement is named.
“Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas” follows that overgrown man-child, voiced by Jim Parsons, and his voyage to New York to find his father.
The dark days of December are being lit up with holiday sparkle all over the map, from creative Christmas trees to giant menorahs. Gingerbread houses, light displays and train shows are part of the fun, too. Here are a few of the biggest and best-known events around the country.
Moses (Christian Bale) defies Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton) and leads 400,000 slaves out of Egypt in this 3-D telling of the biblical journey.
The federal government asked states to ban Uber on Tuesday amid concerns about passenger safety after one of the company’s drivers was arrested for allegedly raping a young female passenger in New Delhi.
An American nurse who was exposed to Ebola while volunteering in an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone arrived at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Maryland on Thursday, NIH said in a statement.
Bishop Gorman announced in a news release Thursday that defensive coordinator Kenny Sanchez would act as the school’s interim head football coach until a permanent replacement is named.
Advocates say announcement could open new markets across the country and give rise to a rich new business on reservations.
Republican Assembly leader John Hambrick abruptly shifted course Thursday and reinstalled Assemblywoman Michele Fiore as chairwoman of the Taxation Committee as turmoil continued within the GOP caucus.
Mobile and in-store browsing are melding into one shopping experience, and retailers are adapting by retooling their apps to enable browsing while inside brick-and-mortar stores.
He’s a boxer, not a minister. But Devon Alexander wants to help his community heal.
The inventor of the World Wide Web said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was incorrect when he alleged the Internet was a project created by U.S. spies in the Central Intelligence Agency.
Utah Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a woman to be posthumously wed to her late husband.
Sunday features three match-ups with playoff implications. In the afternoon, Denver battles San Diego to keep control of the AFC West, and Seattle looks to put San Francisco out of the playoff picture. The nightcap features Dallas looking for revenge in Philadelphia.
It used to take the Electric Daisy Carnival a few months to sell out. Now, it looks to be only a matter of weeks before all passes to the massive electronic music festival are gone.
Clark County’s diversity director appears poised for an $80,636 payday from her employer after the U.S. Department of Justice filed a wage discrimination lawsuit on her behalf against the county.
Dan Jennings traded Dan Jennings. On the final day of the winter meetings, the Miami Marlins sent Jennings, a 27-year-old left-handed reliever, to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday for 26-year-old right-hander Andre Rienzo.
A dozen applicants are seeking an appointment to the vacant Nevada Assembly District 37 seat, coming from diverse backgrounds that include careers in law, state government and law enforcement
Southern Nevadans who say they lost thousands of dollars to a pyramid scheme run by Herbalife called on Nevada’s attorney general Thursday to investigate the company, which sells nutritional and weight-loss products.
A judge ordered Kyle Kuhn, who was shot by police in August, to serve one to three years in prison Thursday on a charge of resisting a public officer with the use of a dangerous weapon.
Despite its attention-grabbing name, the app offers common-sense advice that applies to motorists of all races.
A sport utility vehicle went airborne and sailed through the roof of a home in California’s San Diego County, but the residents inside weren’t hurt.
One of the two men who were arrested Tuesday in connection with a southwest valley pot bust also faces child abuse or neglect charges, according to Las Vegas police.
A woman who has accused Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting her in the 1970s filed a defamation lawsuit against him Wednesday, alleging he “publicly branded” her a liar through statements made by his lawyer and publicist.
A rain system that is bringing heavy rainfall to Northern California and southern parts of Oregon is going to lend some moisture to the Las Vegas Valley before the weekend.
Five local post offices will open their doors for two extra days to help with the stress of the holiday season. They are among many around the country that will be open in the afternoons of the next two Sundays, according to the U.S. Postal Service.