Longtime college basketball referee Karl Hess was terminated by the ACC and decided to no longer work American Athletic Conference games because of a remark directed at a spectator during a game.
His 80th birthday was Thursday, but Elvis’ Birthday Celebration Week continues through Saturday, so … celebrate.
The U.S. Navy’s Electromagnetic Railgun is capable of launching projectiles at 4,500 mph and hitting targets 100 miles away.
Previews and predictions for every game. Know the key matchups before kickoff.
Mitt Romney, the Republican U.S. presidential nominee in 2012, told a meeting of donors on Friday that he is considering another White House run in 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Mechanical problems caused by winter weather delayed an Amtrak train from departing Chicago’s Union Station for almost 14 hours.
A Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a jury verdict of more than $12 million against NFL player Adam “Pacman” Jones for a 2007 melee in a Las Vegas strip club that led to the shootings of two security officers.
A man accused of raping and killing a woman behind a Las Vegas strip mall could face the death penalty, prosecutors said Friday.
For many employees, 2015 is a pay period leap year, meaning that there are 27 pay periods during the 52-week calendar year instead of the usual 26.
The 87th annual Academy Award nominations will be unveiled in two-parts on Jan. 16, Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have announced. It’s the first time that all 24 categories will be announced live.
A man who authorities said lured two victims by telling them his girlfriend was pregnant before he beat and robbed them has been indicted, prosecutors said Friday.
The state’s largest casinos lost $743.7 million in the 2014 fiscal year, cutting their losses in half from the previous year.
Jury selection began on Friday in the trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, who is accused of fatally shooting a semi-professional football player near his Massachusetts home in June 2013.
NEW YORK — A failure by ISDA’s Credit Determinations Committee to agree whether Caesars Entertainment entered into a technical default in December has resulted in the convening of an external arbitration panel for the first time in six years, and has added to concerns that credit default swaps have begun to unduly influence lender activity.
The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against a Fallon-area company that was alleged to have been responsible for a leukemia cluster that affected 16 children between 1997 and 2002.
“Splendor in the Glass,” the 26th annual wine- and beer-tasting fundraiser hosted by Nevada Public Television, will be Feb. 7.
A 5-year-old Florida girl was likely alive when her father dropped her 62 feet off a bridge into the choppy waters of Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg police said on Friday.
Fifty-one minutes is all the time Katie Kropas had to prepare for what most expectant mothers spend nine months planning for: motherhood.
Here’s a list of places with the most vice per 10,000 people. It may surprise you.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is listed as probable and expected to play against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday despite a calf injury.
A multivehicle crash on southbound U.S. Highway 95 near Casino Center Boulevard is tying up traffic Friday morning, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Rod Taylor, the Australian-born actor who helped actress Tippi Hedren battle swarms of vicious birds in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 film “The Birds”, has died at the age of 84, his daughter announced on a fan website.
At least one person was killed and six cars and semi-trailers set afire in a pileup of 50 to 70 vehicles on Friday in Michigan. Hazardous materials officials ordered the evacuation of everyone living within 3 miles of the crash.
In a rare reference to the sexual assault allegations against him, Bill Cosby told a woman attending his comedy show that, “you have to be careful about drinking around me.”
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada said Friday he suffered a serious injury to his right eye in a gruesome New Year’s Day accident, and that full recovery of his vision “is not anything that is a slam dunk.”
An Albuquerque city bus collided with another vehicle then rammed into a woman’s house on Thursday, injuring seven people, police said.
Tiger Woods will make his season debut at this month’s Waste Management Phoenix Open, a tournament he has not played in 14 years, the former world number one said on Friday.
Atlantic City has endorsed steep budget cuts but rejected the idea of a state-appointed emergency manager as part of the struggling New Jersey gambling hub’s recovery plan.