Basic’s boys basketball team has suffered some ugly losses in the early going this season, but coach Leonard Taylor still thinks his team can compete for a league title.
Ireland’s High Court ruled on Friday that a life support machine keeping a brain-dead woman alive could be switched off because her unborn fetus had no chance of survival, a decision likely to upset anti-abortion campaigners.
One game can dramatically change the perception of a team, and it can do the same for a player. It has been a week of change for UNLV and forward Chris Wood.
Police in northwest Indiana are investigating the death of a 40-year-old man who the coroner says was apparently killed by a pit bull.
Clark County will pay its diversity director $150,486 to settle a federal wage discrimination lawsuit that the U.S. Department of Justice filed against the county.
On Jan. 5, the Las Vegas Business Press will debut a re-engineered weekly print edition.
A drugstore clerk was shot to death during a robbery in the northwest valley on Friday morning, Las Vegas police said.
A police chief in a southeastern New Mexico city who was suspended earlier this year for having sex in the back of an ambulance has submitted his resignation.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation Friday that creates a drug-testing program for adult welfare recipients who are suspected of using drugs.
Fans of the popular British period drama “Downton Abbey” can visit a number of sites depicted in the television series about life among the upper crust early last century.
A Georgia middle school teacher has been accused of letting students smoke marijuana at her house.
The real-life story behind Hollywood’s “American Sniper,” rolled out this holiday season, has been a dark tale of lawsuits and a pending murder trial for the man accused of gunning down the movie’s hero.
A U.S. highway regulator opened an Internet portal this week allowing the public to report accidents tied to a Trinity Industries Inc. guardrail system, which has been linked by lawsuits to at least eight deaths.
Dozens of New Year’s 2015 events are scheduled to take place this week on the Strip, but one, featuring a three-time Grammy award winner, is getting extra attention.
Dustin Diamond, who played Screech on the 1990s TV show “Saved by the Bell,” was charged Friday with stabbing a man during a bar fight on Christmas.
A state commission is investigating Clark County School Board President Erin Cranor for actions that led to a lawsuit against her and the district, resulting in a $100,100 settlement paid without the approval of her fellow School Board members that got Cranor dropped in the lawsuit.
John Stockton’s fictitious twin Don Stockton made his commerical debut in a New State Farm ad as a member of the National Bureau of Assists.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into a claim made in a call to a Texas border town police department that a Mexican organized crime cartel has kidnapped a U.S. Border Patrol agent, officials said on Friday.
A New York woman is suing United Airlines after she says she was arrested on her flight for moving to an empty row of seats as the plane readied for takeoff.
Clark County drug court recently stopped accepting new referrals, and the program may be full through this spring, according to Judge Linda Bell, who has presided over the county’s specialty court program for two years.
Nevadans diagnosed with terminal diseases could legally end their lives by taking lethal doses of doctor-prescribed medication under a proposed law that would see the Silver State join a growing national movement to give people who are dying greater control over their final days.
A rollover accident at the intersection of East Charleston Boulevard and North Christy Lane is causing traffic delays. Las Vegas police responded to a call at 3:05 p.m. about the two-car accident.
Consider saying hello to 2015 with one of these cocktails worthy of the big event.
Dining guide offers suggestions for steak and seafood restaurants.
17 Degrees South at Tahiti Village, 7200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, is offering a Dozen Days of Prime Rib special.
Biscuits Cafe departs from the norm of breakfast-and-lunch places in decor. While the interior is attractive, it’s fairly streamlined and not so cluttered that I found myself wondering about the poor soul who has to dust it all. When it comes to the food, though, Biscuits Cafe tucks snugly into the genre.
Michael Feinstein should have quite a case of deja vu Wednesday night, as the “Ambassador of the Great American Songbook” headlines a New Year’s Eve special on PBS — and a live New Year’s Eve concert at The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall.
R&B star ditches smooth talk on latest album, “Black Panties.”