The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill to permanently repair the formula for reimbursing Medicare physicians, marking a rare bipartisan achievement and sending the issue next to the Senate.
Congress might weigh tightening an investor visa program in the wake of an investigation that found a top Department of Homeland Security official pulled strings to process visas under pressure from powerful political figures including Sen. Harry Reid, according to a House committee chairman.
Two men are being sought by wildlife authorities after a video went viral showing them driving around with a federally protected owl.
One of the most important decisions a couple will make is the choice of a first home. Choosing well can ensure quality schools for the kids, stability in family and other relationships and opportunity.
Sick of saying no to Fido’s puppy dog eyes as you head out the door? There’s no need to leave your pooch home alone if you’re headed to one of southwest Las Vegas’ pet-friendly workplaces, shopping venues or restaurants.
As March Madness ignites Americans’ yearly obsession with college basketball games and broken brackets, a new book is calling attention to a different kind of madness: the systemic academic fraud at the center of college sports.
Hearthstone fulfills the quintessentially American part with a menu that mixes small plates, shared plates and full-size entrees, a staff that’s welcoming and accommodating and a warm interior design.
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Alex Rodriguez will be tested for drugs more often in the wake of his 162-game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs.
At least one person was killed and several others injured when a truck hit a beam on a highway bridge under construction above Interstate 35 in central Texas, causing a collapse that rained debris on vehicles, officials said.
The man who killed Las Vegas FBI agent John Bailey in 1990 may get a new trial because because of the appearance of judicial bias.
The Louisiana SPCA is investigating a goat beheading that was filmed and posted on YouTube — the second goat beheading in two months in New Orleans.
The documented ill health effects from inhaling secondhand smoke were squared off against individual rights at a hearing Thursday on a bill that would ban smoking in cars while children are present.
Women are campaigning on social media to put pressure on fashion brands and magazines to drop the term “plus-size,” which they say is a harmful and damaging term.
Aston Martin has been to the brink of bankruptcy more than a few times in its 100-year history.
The Boston Marathon bombing jury on Thursday viewed mockups of the twin pressure-cooker bombs that ripped through the crowd at the race’s finish line in 2013 and autopsy photos of one of the three people they killed.
Fritz is your average, all-American Golden Retriever. He’s fluffy, he’s big, he’s goofy and, wow, he can not catch.
A U.S. Army National Guard soldier and his cousin have been arrested on charges of conspiring to support Islamic State, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.
An Alabama jury on Thursday recommended that a woman convicted of running her 9-year-old granddaughter to death as punishment for having eaten chocolates spend the rest of her life in prison, a local ABC News affiliate reported.
A federal judge Thursday denied a government request to bar convicted attorney Keith Gregory from practicing law while he waits to be sentenced in a high-profile scheme to defraud and take over homeowners associations in the Las Vegas Valley.
A Michigan magistrate judge set a bond of $1 million on Thursday for a mother of two children found dead in a freezer in a Detroit apartment, after a prosecutor said that murder charges will be filed.
Temperatures could reach 90 degrees in Las Vegas this weekend, which would be the hottest for 2015 and at least 10 degrees above average, according to the National Weather Service.
A firefighter with three decades of service with Cincinnati’s fire department died on Thursday after falling five stories down an elevator shaft while fighting a multi-alarm apartment building blaze, officials said.
U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl says he tried to escape his Taliban captors a dozen times, but each time he was found and brutally beaten.
The state lawmaker under fire for making a controversial comment while discussing a sex assault bill has responded to the criticism. The comment causing controversy came up during his testimony, where Bocchino said, “At the end of the day, if there are no witnesses, at least if there are it is a great party.”
A bicyclist died 17 days after a February hit-and-run crash in the east valley, Las Vegas police said Thursday.
Pope Francis will visit President Barack Obama at the White House on September 23 as part of the pontiff’s first visit to the United States.
As your child grows from toddler to teen, it’s natural she’ll become more involved with friends and activities outside the home. However, if you feel like you are completely losing your child, check your own attitude and behavior.
Chicago Cubs slugger Kris Bryant has worked out in left field and was expected to play there in Thursday’s spring training game.
The former owner of a North Las Vegas behavioral health services company was sentenced Thursday to four to six years on child abuse and lewdness charges for encounters with his adopted son.
Linebacker Brandon Magee was placed on waivers by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Wednesday, and now he’s headed to Boston Red Sox spring training… to play.