Something of a dark horse, rock singer-songwriter Beck spoiled Brit soul-pop vocalist Sam Smith’s bid to sweep the four top categories at Sunday’s Grammy Awards by snagging album of the year honors for “Morning Phase.”
With more than four million records sold from their 2012 debut album “Night Visions” and a Grammy award win, Las Vegas-based band Imagine Dragons took their music out to the streets.
On one of those postcard Sundays in San Diego, Jason Day got his moment in the sun at the same time it was setting on Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Day’s win in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines is a good story, but it was overshadowed.
After reading coverage about the Nevada System of Higher Education lifting large parts of a think tank’s report word-for-word, an associate professor of philosophy at UNLV vented his frustration in a satirical “alleged academic misconduct report.”
North Korea tested what it described as a new type of “cutting-edge” anti-ship missile with its leader Kim Jong Un pictured beaming at the launch, as shown in state media on Saturday.
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, what gifts are you planning to give? Roses? Chocolates? Would you consider being a living organ donor for someone you love? How about for a stranger?
Once known as the Royal Americana, Paddlewheel, Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel and Greek Isles, the Clarion Hotel and Casino will be bid farewell with a spectacular implosion planned for Tuesday morning.
Those screams you’ve been hearing lately from the southwest valley are coming from motorists who want more time to make left turns at traffic signals on Blue Diamond Road.
With high-tech aircraft and command of cyberspace, they excel in fighting the global war on terrorism. While those assets at Nellis and Creech Air Force bases are widely known, seldom does their prowess on the higher education front receive as much publicity.
The Grammy Awards paused the celebration to deliver a strong message from President Obama about violence against women and girls, calling on artists to use their power to change public attitudes.
A valley rescue team has joined an effort to find an “endangered” 13-year-old girl who went missing on Monday morning, Red Rock Search and Rescue said on Sunday.
Not only is Las Vegas’ bid for a Major League Soccer franchise mired in political turmoil over an approved stadium financing plan, the city and its stadium-development partner are competing against two other cities that already have minor-league soccer clubs, ticket-buying fan bases and stadium proposals in place.
Two people were expected to survive after being shot at the Broadacres Open Air Swap Meet in North Las Vegas on Sunday afternoon, according to a police spokesman.
Republican lawmakers made it clear in the first week of the 2015 Nevada legislative session that there is a new sheriff in town.
When people think of a city that stands in for a dystopian society, they might think of Atlanta because it’s the home of the TV mega-hit “The Walking Dead.” What they may not think of is Katniss Everdeen.
Launch of a SpaceX rocket with a U.S. weather satellite bound for deep space was called off minutes before liftoff on Sunday due to a technical problem, officials said.
Measles outbreaks in several states have reignited a long-simmering public debate about the safety of childhood vaccines.
Call it a prison break that left little to the imagination.
The NBC News anchor, at the center of a growing scandal over his recounting of an Iraq War mission in 2003, said on Saturday that he would take a hiatus from the evening news “for the next several days.”
The trouble happened at a match between two Cairo clubs, Zamalek and Enppi. Police used teargas to disperse the crowd, security forces said.
The suspect faces adult charges of attempted homicide and three counts of aggravated assault, the Allegheny County Police Department said in a statement.
Four people were taken to hospitals in the area with minor injuries. Five children, ranging 2 to 16 years old, were involved but uninjured in the crash.
Griffin is expected to miss four to six weeks, but Clippers coach Doc Rivers said there is no timetable for his return. Griffin will be re-evaluated after the All-Star break.
After 45 years together, Ron Virtue and John Jaworek were finally able to get married after Nevada’s ban on same-sex marriage was deemed unconstitutional. The couple got married 45 years to the day from their committment ceremony.
Over the last 18 months, Scientific Games Corp. spent $7.6 billion to acquire the gaming industry’s No. 2 and No. 3 slot machine manufacturers. That makes Scientific Games Corp. the new International Game Technology — minus the baggage.
Hours after Olympic champion and reality TV star Bruce Jenner was involved in a fatal car accident, authorities said there is no evidence he was being chased by photographers.
Those at a certain level of income don’t always have to worry about the same financial issues as their less affluent counterparts. But, a credit score isn’t necessarily one of those issues, and many incredibly rich people have average credit.
The Internal Revenue Service has limited the amount of free federal tax forms it will provide to places that participate in the Tax Forms Outlet Program, including libraries in the Las Vegas Valley and Boulder City.
When she isn’t running restaurants in Las Vegas, Jenna Morton returns to Jordan to join her father on archaeology digs. It’s been her second home since the 1970s. That won’t change, she said, even with Jordan suddenly at the epicenter of the tinderbox that is the Middle East.