During his State of the Union address in January, President Barack Obama said “nothing helps families make ends meet like higher wages.” His comments were part of a sales pitch for increasing the minimum wage to make the poor be better off.
Everyone is entertained by the Cinderella stories. This was not one of them. Jahlil Okafor is too big and skilled, and the 6-foot-11-inch freshman slaughtered San Diego State in a game that played out as expected.
Pet parents and their dogs participated in the 1-mile fun walk during the 19th annual Wag-A-Tail Walk-A-Thon on Sunday.
An Internet poll came out just before the ongoing edition of March Madness ranking Las Vegas No. 124 among the 300 best basketball cities in the U.S.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz became the first major figure from either party to announce a bid for the 2015 U.S. presidential election race.
The turmoil that seemed to follow the Louisville Cardinals during the regular season was nowhere to be found Sunday night.
Loud noises can cause hearing loss and ringing in the ears. But ringing in the ears, or tinnitus, also can be associated with a number of other conditions, from aging to tumors.
For the first time ever, we’re getting a live-action “Star Wars” movie without the man who composed the “Star Wars” theme.
West Virginia 69, Maryland 59: Devin Williams posted 16 points and 10 rebounds as the Mountaineers knocked off the Terrapins in Columbus, Ohio to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
A trend of fewer traffic tickets being written by police around the state may be a boon for motorists, but it is creating a financial crisis for the Nevada Supreme Court, which says it will go broke May 1 without more state funding.
Developing countries are pumping livestock full of antibiotics at such a startling rate that they are dramatically increasing the risk of creating drug-resistant “super bugs”, scientists warned on Monday.
Forward Sam Dekker scored 17 points, and top-seeded Wisconsin never trailed in a 72-65 victory over eighth-seeded Oregon on Sunday in an NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional quarterfinal at Century Link Center Omaha.
Starbucks Corp head Howard Schultz told employees on Sunday they will no longer be encouraged to write “Race Together” on drinks cups, but the company’s effort to promote discussion of racial issues “is far from over”.
A toddler was hospitalized Sunday after an incident in a west valley pool, which Las Vegas police have classified as a near drowning.
Kyle Wiltjer authored a sizzling shooting display en route to 24 points as the Gonzaga Bulldogs rolled past the Iowa Hawkeyes in the NCAA Tournament’s round of 32 in Seattle.
Blaze Bohall and Dan Skelly combined to limit Northwestern to eight hits, leading UNLV to a 7-2 victory on Sunday at Wilson Stadium. That also gave the Rebels the series victory, at 3-1.
A victim of prolonged sexual abuse told the Review-Journal that Christopher Sena weilded control over his wife and ex-wife for years. Deborah Sena and Terrie Sena should not be locked up, the victim said.
Nevada and Clark County are clashing over what state and federal laws actually require when it comes to reporting child fatalities and near fatalities to the public.
Jordan Woodard scored six of his 16 points in the final minute as the Oklahoma Sooners held off the Dayton Flyers in the NCAA Tournament round of 32 in Columbus, Ohio.
The father of seven Orthodox Jewish children killed in a Brooklyn house fire told hundreds of mourners at their funeral on Sunday that the only way he can survive the tragedy was “complete, utter and total surrender” to his religious beliefs.
Two people were hospitalized in critical condition after a two-vehicle head-on crash in the southwest valley Saturday, Las Vegas police said.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday takes up a free speech case on whether Texas was wrong in rejecting a specialty vehicle license plate displaying the Confederate flag – to some an emblem of Southern pride and to others a symbol of racism.
Forward Tekele Cotton scored 19 points to lead five Shockers in double figures, and No. 7 seed Wichita State made the most of a long-awaited game with its in-state rival, defeating the second-seeded Kansas Jayhawks 78-65 in Sunday’s NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional quarterfinal at Century Link Center Omaha.
Many of us have had that sinking feeling while carefully driving along, following all the rules of the road and being courteous behind the wheel. All of a sudden, from out of nowhere, comes a car with those flashing red lights right on your bumper.
After 10 years of pleas and false hope that the Clark County School District would replace the aging Heard Elementary School with a new school in a quieter part of Nellis Air Force Base, base officials want to sever ties with the school district and have a new charter school built, joining eight other Air Force bases around the country that have charter schools.
A call for Nevada to begin talks with the federal government over Yucca Mountain re-awakened strong feelings on Sunday over the prospects of burying high level nuclear waste in the state.
Matt Dillon gets an ominous anonymous phone call commanding him to kill the man in front of him in the new trailer for the Fox miniseries “Wayward Pines.”
Freshman center Jahlil Okafor scored 26 points and top-seeded Duke rolled to a 68-49 victory over eighth-seeded San Diego State in the NCAA South Regional third round Sunday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Arena.
The article, “A Rape on Campus,” horrified readers when it was published last November. It described how a University of Virginia freshman named Jackie was sexually assaulted by seven attackers during a frat party, and how the university failed to adequately respond.
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