A woman accused of leaving the scene of a hit-and-run crash that killed a man and injured his granddaughter in November is back in the custody of Las Vegas police on Thursday.
The taxi rate increases approved by the Nevada Taxicab Authority in October have been implemented.
The Cardinals can stay home for the playoffs by beating the surging Seattle Seahawks on Sunday night. The showdown caps a packed weekend of sports on TV, including a football bowl game-college basketball game doubleheader in Las Vegas on Saturday.
The Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks are close to finalizing a deal that would send point guard Rajon Rondo to the Mavericks, multiple media outlets reported Thursday.
The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday approved SLS Las Vegas part-owner Sam Nazarian a one-year limited license after listening to him apologize for past dealings and not being truthful about his past use of drugs.
Former limousine company owner Charles Horky pleaded guilty Thursday in a multimillion-dollar racketeering conspiracy involving fraud, prostitution and drug trafficking.
Bob Baffert’s undefeated Dortmund will be the favorite in the Los Alamitos Futurity on Saturday. In the Kentucky Derby future books, the colt already is 12-1 at Wynn Las Vegas and 10-1 at William Hill.
Over 160 fireworks per second will burst in the Las Vegas skies over the Strip to welcome in 2015.
A judge increased bail Thursday for a man accused of videotaping the sexual assaults of several children.
Arts events around the area, include theater (“A Christmas Carol” at the Onyx), museums (new Mob Museum exhibits), music (Laura Taylor at Las Vegas Events Center) and art (Gig Depio at Winchester Center).
Despite its desert setting, Las Vegas becomes an ice skating mecca Dec. 20 when Olympic champs — from 2014’s Meryl Davis and Charlie White to 1988’s Brian Boitano — check into Mandalay Bay Events Center for “Unforgettable Moments of Love on Ice,” accompanied by rockers O.A.R.
A stream of molten lava from an erupting volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island crept to within a mile of the only grocery store and gas station in the village of Pahoa on Wednesday as it neared a highway link with the rest of the island.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association took the first steps Thursday to replace replace Eddie Bonine as executive director, asking its lawyer to draft a job description and qualifications.
For a band like L.A.’s War, “funk” has always been a feeling, a mindset as much as a genre designation.
The Brian Setzer Orchestra delivers a rockabilly take on seasonal standards.
The soulful singer has three Christmas albums to draw from for “This Christmas — An Evening of Holiday & Hits” on Saturday at the Eastside Cannery.
When the Federal Aviation Administration first identified Nevada as one of six states authorized to test unmanned aerial systems — we call them “drones” — the state was heralded for its wide-open spaces far from population centers.
The U.S. government on Thursday said it was weighing the proportional response to the sophisticated perpetrator of a cyberattack that crippled Sony Pictures, exposed its executives and led to the cancellation of the film “The Interview.”
Navada Gaming Commission approved the $1.73 billion purchase of the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Thursday.
Two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to kill a classmate to please a fantasy character called Slender Man are mentally fit to stand trial on attempted homicide charges, a judge ruled Thursday.
Ethel M Chocolates has opened its first pop-up location on the western side of the Las Vegas Valley at Tivoli Village.
The Secret Service is stretched “beyond its limits” and needs more training, more staff and a director from outside its ranks — and the White House needs a better fence — an independent review has found.
UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez announced three new hires. They are Joe Seumalo from Oregon State, Jamie Christian from Houston and J.D. Williams from Georgia State.
The $1.2 billion buyout of slot machine maker Multimedia Games by Global Cash Access was approved Thursday by the Nevada Gaming, which allowed the transaction to clear its final regulatory hurdle.
U.S.-led airstrikes against Islamic State in Iraq have killed three of the militant group’s top leaders, the head of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.
A U.S. bound-American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Tokyo on Wednesday after hitting severe turbulence created by a strong winter storm, with several people taken to hospital for minor injuries.
A driver for ride-sharing company Uber in Boston was charged with the kidnapping and rape of a woman who used the service earlier this month.
Human Nature goes the extra mile to give us an Australian Motown Christmas that rings familiar.
The restoration of U.S.-Cuban diplomatic relations after more than half a century is not likely to be directly tied to the issue of human rights in Cuba, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Thursday.
