A private landowner has closed off access to a narrow slot canyon beloved by hikers at the northwestern edge of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Harold Marin was caught red-handed — literally — and on Thursday a Clark County jury convicted him of first-degree murder in the slaying of a woman outside the Silver Saddle Saloon.
A small Reno limousine company and a California-based moving company have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas challenging the Nevada Transportation Authority’s system of approving transportation operating certificates.
A man and woman in Oregon are accused of starving their 7-week-old baby to death.
Kevin Garnett is reuniting with his first coach and returning to where his career began. The Timberwolves obtained the power forward from the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday for forward Thaddeus Young after Garnett waived his no-trade clause. Here’s a list of all the trades that happened in the NBA today.
A large Los Angeles teaching hospital has told scores of patients they were possibly exposed to a drug-resistant bacterial “superbug” during endoscopy procedures that infected seven patients and may have contributed to two deaths.
Nate Adams, who has won four X Games gold medals, looks to bounce back from an injury-filled year. His new year begins with Saturday’s race in the Mesquoite Off-Road Weekend.
Captain Jack Sparrow is headed back to the theater at least one more time, and the fifth installment of the Disney franchise has begun filming and received an official synopsis.
This week was a mix of emotions as first there was a blackout of seven racing signals controlled by Monarch Content Management. Fortunately, the interruption lasted less than two days. By mid-afternoon Thursday, a temporary agreement between Monarch and the Nevada Pari-Mutuel Association allowed those signals to return.
A bomb scare, which later turned out to be false, shut down the busy intersection of Hollywood & Highland for more than two hours on Thursday. The incident took place just steps away from the Dolby Theater, home to Sunday’s Academy Awards.
A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Thursday terminated the $95.4 million sale of Atlantic City’s Revel to Florida developer Glenn Straub, clearing a path for a third attempt to sell the troubled property.
Have fond memories of playing hockey on a frozen pond as a kid? Take a TV timeout and watch San Jose host Los Angeles on Saturday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Predicted temperature: 70 degrees.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Lovie Smith said, based on what he knows, he would have no trouble using the No. 1 pick in the draft on Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston and making him the face of the franchise.
The Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame announces its third class, which includes Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Marvin Hagler, Felix Trinidad and Jack Johnson along with Roger Mayweather, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Johnny Tapia.
You’ve been doing it wrong all along.
Jim Marchant wants Assembly Speaker John Hambrick’s job. The owner of a Las Vegas water and ice vending business said Thursday that hopes to run against the Republican Las Vegas assemblyman in a potential recall election.
A 58-year-old man was in custody on Thursday in connection with the shooting death four decades ago of his teenage friend in a small southwestern Pennsylvania town, prosecutors said.
Almost three weeks after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub, Bobbi Kristina Brown is still fighting for her life.
Last year’s botched website build for the Nevada Health Link insurance exchange could continue to haunt some consumers through tax season. Exchange customers are beginning to report mistakes on the IRS forms they received from the exchange to calculate their federal premium tax credit.
When the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors takes up the acquisition of the Riviera on Friday, it will do so with a board comprised of members who will have to consider killing jobs — and competition. Most industry observers believe the proposal will be approved and that the only suspense will be in whether the vote is unanimous.
The official Wilbraham Police Department Facebook page was deleted after an animal abuse controversy arose following an incident during the Polar Plunge event where a dog was pushed into the freezing cold water.
Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday night he doesn’t believe President Barack Obama “loves America,” according to a report.
During a visit to Las Vegas, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio said Wednesday Congress should pass a bill to fund Homeland Security without conditions, essentially stepping back from a battle with President Barack Obama over his executive actions on immigration.
Three police officers were shot in the coastal Texas city of Corpus Christi on Thursday as they were attempting to serve a warrant at a home as part of a drug investigation, police said.
Rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight, who is charged with murder in a hit-and-run death, was hospitalized on Thursday before his scheduled Los Angeles court appearance in a separate camera theft case, a judge said.
The third bill of the Nevada legislative session dealing with collective bargaining was introduced Thursday in the Assembly.
The family of Tammy Meyers will refund more than $6,000 in donations collected for her funeral expenses on GoFundMe amid public criticism of the family’s account of her death.
The Adrian Peterson saga figures to stretch to April 15, more than a month after the start of free agency. But it sure sounds like the Minnesota Vikings are proceeding as if Peterson will be sticking around.
An anonymous letter bitterly insulting African-American officers was recently found in mailboxes at a Connecticut police station.
Worried about the end? Don’t crawl under your desk just yet because Oxford University has compiled a list of the 12 ways the world could end.