The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan formally ended its combat mission on Sunday, more than 13 years after an international alliance ousted the Taliban government for sheltering the planners of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on American cities.
The Obama administration is on the verge of proposing long-awaited rules for commercial drone operations in U.S. skies, but key decisions on how much access to grant drones are likely to come from Congress next year.
This was a sure bet in 2014: celebrities making headlines, from delicious feuds to a cult confession.
Winter creates frosty landscapes and snowy calendar scenes that Grand Canyon visitors the rest of the year will miss.
The Las Vegas man who was shot and killed in the robbery of a Walgreens Friday morning was positively identified Sunday by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Egypt says it banned Ridley Scott’s biblical epic “Exodus: Gods & Kings” because it gives the wrong idea about Egypt’s history and presents a “racist” image of Jews.
The woman arrested Saturday afternoon in connection with a shooting two hours earlier in the northwest valley faces an attempted murder charge, according to Las Vegas police.
An Arizona police officer investigating a domestic violence incident was shot dead by a suspect who then killed himself, police said.
Police in Massachusetts have arrested a woman who they say smeared uncooked bacon and sausage all over a police station dispatch window offering to “feed the pigs.”
What would television do without Las Vegas? Probably be a lot less wacky. The city’s TV footprint extends from “Wizard Wars” to “Vegas Rat Rods” and beyond. On a larger scale, the 2014 season also saw the end of such TV classics as “How I Met Your Mother” and “Boardwalk Empire.”
Instead of a dominant defense, the Pittsburgh Steelers are heading into the playoffs by relying on an explosive offense, and running back Le’Veon Bell has been a big reason for the success.
Happy anniversary, Las Vegas. This marks the 25th annual edition of my Bottom 10 stories of the year. I think you’ll agree that we’re not getting older, we’re getting weirder.
Fun winter activities abound in Brian Head, Utah, from skiing and snowboarding to tubing and snowmobiling. Or perhaps you’d enjoy a sleigh ride around town or a pleasant evening around the fireplace.
The premise is simple: You can eat one marshmallow now or, if you can wait, you get to eat two marshmallows later.
The Roots, Drake and more scheduled to perform New Year’s shows.
“At the end of the day, I want Nevada to maintain its reputation as the fight capital of the world,” said Nevada Athletic Commission chairman Francisco Aguilar.
Multiday festivals and some new venues highlighted the year in live music in Las Vegas.
Vegas odds defied in a year when the sure-thing “Mamma Mia!” flops and the oddball ‘Zombie Burlesque’ is a breakout hit.
Hollywood was an underachiever in 2014 in terms of box office and quality. However, Las Vegas managed to shine through on the big screen in several movies and Penn and Teller impressed with the documentary “Tim’s Vermeer.”
Canyon Springs’ girls basketball team would have done just about anything to shave the last three minutes off of its second game Saturday.
I think Einstein was right: Time doesn’t really exist. It’s an agreed-upon group illusion, designed to sell watches and clocks. And to tell me when to pay my quarterly taxes. And to count down the moments maybe to provide rhythm and context to this thing called life.
If you disagree with a coverage or payment decision made by Medicare, you can appeal, and you’ll be happy to know that around half of all appeals are successful, so it’s definitely worth your time.
For a fifth year, 100 Black Men of Las Vegas and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Las Vegas Chapter, held a joint fundraiser to buy toys and bicycles for students at The 100 Academy of Excellence.
In the spring, Nevada students in grades three through eight will take a historic step into the future of education when they take new state tests that are fully aligned to the Nevada Academic Content Standards for English language arts and mathematics.
Teller’s magical production of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” and the arrival of a new music director for the Las Vegas Philharmonic added vibrancy to the local arts scene in 2014.
If a student is found to have plagiarized an assignment at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the school’s extensive academic misconduct policy comes into play. The student is given the initial notification of suspicion of plagiarism, followed by a meeting, which can then lead to a formal hearing, followed by a number of possible sanctions if the student is found guilty.
Last weekend, New York City police officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were ambushed while sitting in their patrol car, executed by a lone shooter. The attack certainly resonated here in Las Vegas, where on June 8, Metro officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo were ambushed and killed by two shooters as they had lunch at a pizza place.
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