Former Detroit Tigers outfielder Kirk Gibson was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Gibson, a Tigers analyst with Fox Sports Detroit, managed the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2010 to 2014, leading the team to a division title in his first season.
The New York Jets were hit with a $100,000 tampering fine from the NFL for owner Woody Johnson’s comments about cornerback Darrelle Revis, according to a report.
“Star Trek” actress Alice Eve took to Instagram to denounce Bruce Jenner for “playing at being a woman,” eliciting a deluge of negative responses.
The question jurors in the Boston bombing trial must answer is this: Should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev be sentenced to death for detonating two bombs near the finish line of the marathon in 2013? Or, should he spend the rest of his life in a 6-by-9-foot prison cell on 23-hour-a-day lock-down, without the possibility of parole?
Damon Runyon would have loved the characters at a party held in his honor the other night in Denver.
A man who requested a late-night ride from the ridesharing service Uber in San Francisco over the weekend was robbed by a driver, who refused to let him leave, then chased and assaulted him before taking his cell phone and debit card, police said.
The sustained outbreak of violence followed the funeral for Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old man who died after he was arrested more than two weeks ago.
A special agent with the Nevada Gaming Control Board infiltrated a Bitcoin-fueled poker website to help launch what authorities on Tuesday said was the first state-level criminal prosecution of illegal online poker.
Despite being viewed as generally highly skilled, attractive guys have trouble getting you through a job interview.
It’s easy to spend your whole life working toward owning a home, but now it’s possible to have your home work for you.
An exclusive tour of some of the valley’s finest mid-century modern houses is scheduled to begin when doors open at noon May 3 at the Morelli House, 861 E. Bridger Ave., but the 12 to 15 homes on the self-guided tour are top secret.
The National Football League’s front office will voluntarily give up its decades-old tax-exempt status, Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Tuesday.
Amid all the hoopla for this week’s big fight, veteran film critic Carol Cling rates her all-time favorites that captured the “sweet science” on the silver screen. No, “Rocky” is not No. 1.
A woman who survived Colorado’s movie theater massacre found an escape route blocked by bodies, she told jurors on Tuesday in the murder trial of gunman James Holmes. And a nine-months pregnant woman slipped in blood while fleeing with her badly wounded husband.
Phoenix police said they believe a man jumped to his death at Phoenix-Sky Harbor International Airport on Tuesday morning.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives launched an effort on Tuesday to prevent new travel from the United States to Cuba, one of the first legislative attempts in Congress to thwart President Barack Obama’s move to normalize relations with the Communist-ruled island.
Iran Revolutionary Guard patrol boats fired shots at a commercial cargo ship and then intercepted the vessel, the M/V Maersk Tigris, which was crossing the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday morning, according to a senior U.S. military official.
In 2003, when the Massachusetts Supreme Court became the country’s first to legalize same-sex marriage, less than 30 percent of religiously affiliated Americans supported gays’ and lesbians’ right to wed. By 2014, that number had climbed to 47 percent.
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc on Monday said the 46 ingredients used in its roughly 1,800 restaurants were now free of genetically modified organisms, becoming the first major U.S. restaurant chain to make that switch.
After 2-1/2 hours of arguments, The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided along ideological lines on whether the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage, but the “swing vote,” Justice Anthony Kennedy, appeared in favor of legalizing gay marriage nationwide.
Cellphones are one of the most common distractions for caregivers to overcome while supervising children at playgrounds, new research finds.
The Baltimore Orioles said Wednesday’s home game against the Chicago White Sox will be played but it will be closed to the public, as unrest in the city continues following the death of a man in police custody.
Women who suffer from extreme morning sickness are three times more likely to have a child with neurological developmental disorders than mothers who experience mild pregnancy symptoms, a new study says.
Tim Tebow might be the most recognizable religious athlete, there are certainly plenty of others.
Americans are more prone to view movies, TV shows and sports through video-streaming services instead of watching them live, according to Deloitte.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Koppe ruled that a statement to police by Las Vegas police Detective Michael Kitchen should be turned over because it is relevant to his credibility as a witness in the unrelated gun case.
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday changed the colors of her presidential campaign logo Tuesday on social media to the rainbow colors symbolizing the gay rights movement, less than an hour before the Supreme Court on Tuesday was set to hear oral arguments on same-sex marriage.
Floyd Mayweather’s criminal record for domestic violence hasn’t tarnished his image as a golden and sacred cash cow for Las Vegas.
A woman found dead on Legacy Golf Course Tuesday killed herself, according to Henderson police.
Goodwill of Southern Nevada said late Monday that it has inked a lease on 28,000 square feet inside The Boulevard Mall on Maryland Parkway.