A federal judge in Texas has issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Barack Obama’s program that would defer deportation for up to 5 million people living in the United States illegally.
The Cougars host Liberty in the Sunrise Region quarterfinals at 6:30 p.m. today, hoping to advance past the tournament”s opening round for the first time since 2011.
A CSX Corp train hauling North Dakota crude derailed in West Virginia on Monday, setting a number of cars ablaze, destroying a house and forcing the evacuation of two towns in the second significant oil-train incident in three days.
Monday’s tabloids ran photos of her in a Valentine’s weekend bikini. I asked her how she stays in shape. Well, she’s not doing MMA, anymore.
Las Vegas lost a historical figure with the passing of UNLV hall of fame basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, but friends, family and a few public figures gathered Monday to remember “Tark the Shark” at a private funeral.
Last fall, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson made headlines after being charged with abuse for hitting his son with a switch.
UNLV senior guard Danielle Miller was named the Mountain West women’s basketball player of the week Monday, the second time this season she has won the award.
UNLV reserve guard Dantley Walker has a sprain of his medial collateral ligament in his right knee and is expected to miss three to four weeks.
Two women who worked with Holly Madison at 1923 Bourbon and Burlesque have joined the reality TV star and Las Vegas showgirl’s lawsuit alleging the women were secretly recorded last year in a backstage dressing room.
With Chinese New Year just around the corner and tourism to China increasing by almost 10 percent every year, Beijing will welcome a record number of foreign tourists this winter.
A grand jury indicted a North Carolina man on Monday for the shooting deaths of a newlywed Muslim couple and the wife’s sister last week, a court official said.
Rio headliner Penn Jillette snorted chocolate with his friends for the new episode of his audio podcast, “Penn’s Sunday School.”
About 900 NV Energy customers are without power, according to the utility company’s outage site.
The world’s oceans are clogged with plastic debris, but how much of it finds its way into the seas annually? Enough to place the equivalent of five grocery bags full of plastic trash on every foot of every nation’s coastline around the globe.
A man died early Monday morning after he was shot in his garage in the southwest valley, Las Vegas police said.
Jason Giambi, a one-time MVP whose career was tainted by a PED scandal, announced his retirement Monday.
A North Las Vegas woman averted tragedy Monday when she dropped her grandchildren out a second-story window of a burning house and into the arms of her husband and a police officer.
Southwest Airlines President and CEO Gary Kelly is keenly aware of Las Vegas’ bid to bring big-league hockey to Las Vegas. Does that mean we could someday see an MGM-Southwest Airlines Arena in our future? “We’ve never done that,” Kelly said in an exclusive interview with the Review-Journal. “Never say never, but we’ve never done that.”
Chances are, the beast sitting on the bar stool next to you won’t be a real dog.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety seized a large amount of methamphetamine that was found hidden in a load of broccoli early Saturday morning.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio hits Las Vegas Wednesday to promote his new book, which argues the “American dream” is in jeopardy because of failed economic policies under President Barack Obama.
A woman was arrested Sunday night after she set three fires in a little more than a half-mile stretch in the central valley, according to the Las Vegas Fire Department.
For years, it’s been a painful and difficult process to manage a loved one’s Facebook account after death.
The Senate on Monday passed a divisive bill along party lines exempting school and university construction projects from prevailing wage laws.
Hackers have stolen approximately $1 billion in what could be one of the largest bank heists ever, according to a new report from the Internet security firm Kaspersky Lab.
Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, who scored a massive hit in 1963 with “It’s My Party,” died Monday. She was 68.
Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch says it is unlikely she would reverse a landmark Department of Justice opinion that opened the door to legalized Internet gambling and also sparked a backlash against it.
Lance Armstrong was ordered to pay $10 million to a sports insurance company after arbitrators ruled against him in a dispute over Tour de France bonuses, according to court documents made available on Monday.
It started as a police chase after a teenager allegedly ignored a traffic stop by a Maryland state trooper. By the time it ended, the 16-year-old suspect was dead in a shootout with officers. During an investigation into the teen’s background, police found three bodies at a Kentucky address linked to him.
Park Rangers at the Lincoln Memorial see it almost every day: Tour guides telling eager visitors that the number of steps leading to the temple match Lincoln’s age when he died; that his white hands send a message in sign language; and that you can see Robert E. Lee’s face sculpted in the back of his head.