Equal rights, voter rights, divorce, sex education and campaign laws were among throngs of bills introduced in the Nevada Legislature on Monday, the deadline for lawmakers to get their individually sponsored measures into the 2015 legislative hopper.
When it comes to sleep, we need to maintain our hygiene. And, no, I am not referring to brushing our teeth, washing our hair or scrubbing our armpits.
A skiing trip in Switzerland nearly killed a man after an avalanche buried him a few feet below the surface, covering his entire body in snow and concealing him from his group’s view.
Bart Thompson, an assistant executive director for the Utah High School Athletic Association, was hired by the NIAA”s Board of Control to be the association”s fourth executive director.
“Furious 7” premiered at a secret midnight screening at SXSW on Sunday night to a packed crowd that broke into spontaneous applause throughout the movie.
Transcripts from a Clark County grand jury hearing released this weekend reveal details of the shooting death of 44-year-old Tammy Meyers.
Federal court trial of four defendants goes to jury with lawyers saying their clients were duped along with HOA members by the central figure in the case, Leon Benzer
Undefeated No. 1-ranked Kentucky can be written in Sharpie when you fill out that office bracket, but the picks that put you over the top aren’t tracing the chalk to Lucas Oil Stadium.
He admitted to shooting and dismembering his neighbor but was acquitted of murder. He was suspected in his first wife’s disappearance, but no one could pin him to it. And just before his friend was going to speak to investigators, she was killed.
International aid agencies are preparing to begin emergency helicopter flights on Tuesday to the remote outer islands of Vanuatu, which they fear have been devastated by a monster cyclone that tore through the South Pacific island country.
As the deadline for introduction of bills nears, the Nevada Legislature gives itself an extra day to come up with proposed laws. But some of the ideas to amend the Constitution should be cause for concern.
Harry Mortenson, the retired nuclear physicist who served in the Nevada Assembly, was known for being quiet but steadfastly persuasive in his policy approach. He died Wednesday at 84.
Quarterback Marcus Mariota visited the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday, days after general manager Jason Licht led a three-man contingent to Eugene, Ore., for the Heisman Trophy winner’s pro day.
The former girlfriend of Kurt Busch said on Monday she was “stunned” that prosecutors declined to file criminal domestic abuse charges against the NASCAR driver after a commissioner ruled earlier she had likely been choked and had her head slammed against a wall.
Nike has extended its on-field apparel contract with the NFL. The deal adds three years to the contract that originally was to expire after the 2016 season, Sports Business Journal reported Monday.
Larry Eustachy was convinced, adamant, certain of his basketball team’s fate. It wasn’t false bravado, either. He truly believed.
Bart Thompson, an assistant executive director for the Utah High School Athletic Association, was hired by the NIAA’s Board of Control to be the association’s fourth executive director.
Disney has set a March 17, 2017, release date for its live-action “Beauty and the Beast.”
A Los Angeles police officer wanted on murder charges “should be considered armed and dangerous,” according to authorities.
An 82-year-old woman died Monday morning after the SUV she was driving crashed on the southern 215 Beltway, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
Archeologists uncovered an ancient tomb during a dig near Luxor, Egypt.
Police closed part of a south valley intersection Monday after police stopped a man they said would not get out of a vehicle that had been reported as stolen.
A Los Angeles police officer and another person were charged Monday by federal prosecutors after they say the couple attempted to smuggle a Mexican citizen across the Otay Mesa border crossing into the United States.
The Philadelphia Eagles worked out quarterback Tim Tebow, who last played in the NFL in 2012, on Monday.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and the city’s resorts are gearing for their own version of March Madness this week. March historically has been the busiest month of the year for Southern Nevada tourist visits, not only because of the focus on popular sporting events but because the convention calendar is packed.
Emergency crews in New Haven, Connecticut, responded to a car vs. house accident early Friday morning and found a tenant of the multifamily home pinned underneath the vehicle.
Citizens from wealthy nations are less likely than citizens from poor nations to see religion as an important role in their daily lives, according to a recent report from The Pew Research Center.
The accused Boston Marathon bombers tossed bombs and fired a pistol at police in their final hours on the run before a dazed and wounded Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found hiding in a drydocked boat and arrested, witnesses testified on Monday.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. said Monday it could be forced to repurchase a portion of its corporate debt under unfavorable terms if now-ousted board member Elaine Wynn prevails in her lawsuit over a shareholders agreement with her ex-husband, company Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn.
Former San Francisco 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald plans to sue the woman accusing him of sexual assault. McDonald confirmed to ESPN on Monday that a lawsuit will be filed.
