The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State group in Syria pleaded for his son’s release on Thursday, reminding militants that his son shared the same faith as the ultraconservative group.
Kobe Bryant sat out to rest his sore body, missing the Los Angeles Lakers’ contest Thursday night against the Chicago Bulls.
Sony’s online PlayStation store and Microsoft’s Xbox site suffered disruptions to users on Christmas Day in the latest possible cyber-attacks on the companies.
Clark County technicians, who tend to a diverse 2,608-vehicle fleet that includes cars, street sweepers and industrial-grade construction equipment, are getting a new challenge — a half dozen all-electric vehicles.
Officers from the Nevada Highway Patrol, Las Vegas police and Union Pacific police watched motorist and pedestrian behaviors at the railroad crossing on Las Vegas Boulevard just north of Sunset Road on Dec. 4.
Two more men have been arrested for threatening New York police, including one who called the precinct headquarters of two officers killed as they sat in their patrol car and asked to speak to one of them, a police spokesman said on Thursday.
Mesquite’s Megaplex Stadium theater was packed for a Christmas afternoon showing of Sony’s controversial film “The Interview.”
Stacey Addison, 41, of Portland was arrested in September shortly after crossing the border into the Southeast Asia nation.
A California condor chick hatched this year in Zion National Park gave hope for the continued recovery of the endangered species, but scientists believe it has died.
Heavy rain made streams too swollen to cross on the island of Kauai.
Are you a fan of HBO’s hit TV series, “Entourage”? Well, good news — the movie hits theaters in summer 2015.
Donors have given a huge Christmas gift to the surviving relatives of a Maryland mother and her two young sons who were killed when a jet crashed into their home earlier this month.
The Zion National Park Service has a warning for those passing through the Zion-Mount Carmel Tunnel: Oversized vehicles will get stuck.
Tony Bennett’s “Duets II” pairing with Lady Gaga on “The Lady is a Tramp” led to September’s “Cheek to Cheek” album, a TV special and select live dates, including the two tightest tickets in Las Vegas next week: Tuesday and New Year’s Eve’s sold-out shows at The Cosmopolitan.
Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a blaze in a Las Vegas senior recreation center that caused nearly $20,000 in damage.
A five-year dream for the Las Vegas Coalition of Reason became reality just a few days before one of the world’s biggest religious celebrations.
San Diego police say a 40-year-old man died after a border inspector shot him with a stun gun at the nation’s busiest crossing.
Clark County Department of Family Services’ employees and union leaders say large caseloads are still a problem four months after taking a petition to county commissioners.
Goats are known to eat just about anything. But until recently it didn’t dawn on longtime Truckee Meadows volunteer firefighter Vince Thomas that they might go for Christmas trees. Turns out, they do.
If you didn’t find what you wanted under the tree this morning, it might be because Santa’s sleigh got blown off course.
A volunteer firefighter allegedly took a fire truck on a drunken joy ride and then apparently called dispatchers to complain about another firefighter following her.
Republicans crowed in 2004 that freshly re-elected President George W. Bush had established a “permanent governing majority” for the GOP. Eight years later, Democrats were touting the enduring power of the “Obama coalition” to keep their party in the White House.
A tiny rural town in Utah put on its first-ever Christmas light parade this week in the latest gesture aimed at making the holidays special for a dying little girl.
A palm tree caught fire in the mid-city area of Los Angeles Christmas morning, with high winds sending burning fronds down the street.
Former professional wrestling star Kevin Nash and his 18-year-old son were arrested after allegedly fighting at their Florida home.
Protests flared into early Thursday in the St. Louis suburb where a white policeman fatally shot a black man who brandished a gun at a gas station on Tuesday night.
A rollover crash in Lincoln County left an Ely man dead Wednesday afternoon.
Two women were killed, four adults were hospitalized with serious injuries and one infant had minor injuries after a crash late Wednesday night in the northwest valley, according to Las Vegas police.
Tens of thousands of people flocked to St. Peter’s Square to hear the Argentine pope deliver his “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) blessing and message, marking the second Christmas since his election last year.