The Oakland Raiders named Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio as their head coach on Wednesday, sources told The Sports Xchange.
When former emergency medical technician Shelly Cochran responded to a call a few years back, she found a young woman suffering from an overdose. The woman’s choice of drug? Nutmeg.
Oregon quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota will forgo his senior season with the Ducks to enter the 2015 NFL Draft.
There has been a resurgence in the striper fishing in Lake Mohave, which could be because of the presence of threadfin and gizzard shad. Plus, government officials are moving toward a deal to restore the trout-rearing program at the Willow Beach National Hatchery.
Donald Trump has sued Palm Beach County in Florida for $100 million and accused the county-run airport of deliberately sending air traffic over his historic mansion and private club.
A Tennessee community is rallying behind a teen who became the target of online bullying.
A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected the latest plea by lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to pause jury selection for his trial due to the recent attacks in Paris.
President Barack Obama called Urban Meyer to congratulate the Ohio State head coach on his team’s 42-20 upset victory over Oregon the first College Football Playoff championship.
Former U.S. Attorney Lawrence Semenza II, who once led the government’s prosecution of tax cheats in Nevada, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Wednesday for failing to pay $290,009 in taxes.
An emotional dash-cam video shows a distraught Billings, Mont., police officer sobbing and being consoled by his fellow police officers after shooting and killing an unarmed man last April.
Convicted murderer Jodi Arias told a jury deciding whether she should be executed for killing her former lover that she struggled for two years to admit to herself that she did the crime, according to secret testimony released on Tuesday.
Director Michael Bay’s special-effects spectacle “Transformers: Age of Extinction” led all movies in ignominy with seven Razzie Awards nominations, including worst picture, screenplay and director.
Paul Johnson Drywall of Phoenix has bought a 6,500-square-foot office building at 5957 McLeod Drive for a Las Vegas location, with plans to bring on as many as 100 office and field staff members by the end of the first quarter.
A mother backed a vehicle into her 3-year-old child Wednesday morning, Las Vegas police said, but the the injuries are not life-threatening.
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The federal Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that 47,784 Nevadans had enrolled between Nov. 15 and Jan. 9 in Nevada Health Link coverage through healthcare.gov. That was up from 40,285 people on Dec. 15, which was the deadline to apply for a plan that would have taken effect Jan. 1.
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Charlie Hebdo’s first edition since an attack by Islamist gunmen sold out within minutes on Wednesday, featuring a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad on the cover.
Apple has secured a patent to produce its own small mountable sports camera, causing GoPro’s stock to take a significant tumble on Tuesday.
NASCAR champion Kurt Busch, testifying about a request for a protective order against him, said his ex-girlfriend is a trained assassin sent on covert missions who once returned to their hotel room in a blood-splattered evening gown.
It’s not just children who find intriguing items at The Toy Box at Downtown Summerlin. Sure, the shop has your prerequisite puzzles, dress-up items and play ovens, but older patrons who take a second look will find items they’d long forgotten about, such as Lionel trains, play instruments and My Little Pony.
Berwick’s, a restaurant and bar that had been touted as a symbol of downtown Henderson’s renaissance, has closed after just four months in business, but a pizzeria has agreed to a deal to move into the space.
People talk out of both sides of their mouth all the time, especially in reality TV. But it’s hard to imagine a more fork-tongued project than “Snoop & Son: A Dad’s Dream,” which centers on rapper Snoop Dogg and his football-playing son Cordell Broadus.
Leon Benzer’s capable attorneys made a game effort. But despite recent attempts to have the federal criminal charges against him disrupted, Benzer remains in the crosshairs of the FBI and Department of Justice.
The key to braising is low and slow — roasting something (generally meat) in liquid at a low temperature for a long time. It not only creates deeply flavored, hearty dishes, it’s a good way to use less expensive cuts.
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“300: Rise of an Empire” star Rodrigo Santoro is in negotiations to portray Jesus in the “Ben-Hur” reboot for MGM and Paramount.
Springfield, Massachussetts, police arrested a man who they say robbed a convenience store at knifepoint in the city’s Forest Park neighborhood after his card was declined early Tuesday morning.