The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is hearing historic arguments on gay marriage, a major topic for presidential candidates in the 2016 season, and are reportedly on the cusp of declaring it legal nationwide.
Arizona Diamondbacks rookie right-hander Archie Bradley appeared to sustain only minor injuries when he was struck in the face by a line drive in Tuesday’s game.
Jack Ely, a former singer with garage band The Kingsmen whose largely slurred version of the song “Louie Louie” became a staple of rock radio, has died in Oregon at age 71, his son said.
Caesars Entertainment’s Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore is closing overnight to meet the city’s 10 p.m. curfew prompted by riots related to the death of Freddie Gray.
First Friday is set to celebrate Las Vegas’ cultural diversity with the theme One World Through Art.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday expressed “deep repentance” over Japan’s role in World War II, even as he declared Tokyo’s emergence as a global security player in the face of China’s rising power in Asia.
Former NBA player Javaris Crittenton pleaded guilty on Wednesday in the 2011 shooting death of an Atlanta woman and was sentenced to 23 years in prison.
Strip gaming win slumped by 9.6 percent in March, but better results in other locations salvaged a smaller decline for Clark County and statewide, the state Gaming Control Board reported Wednesday.
Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man linked to an armed robbery in the southeast valley.
An Oregon judge has ruled that the owners of a Portland-area bakery who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple should pay the couple $135,000 in damages, state officials said Tuesday.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the woman killed Tuesday in a southeast valley car crash.
Penn National Gaming on Wednesday announced an agreement to acquire the Tropicana. The Strip hotel-casino on 35 acres at Tropicana Boulevard will be purchased for $360 million from its shareholders, the largest of which is a partnership between Onex and Alex Yemenidijan.
ESPN’s budget is taking a hit this week. The Worldwide Leader in Sports is utilizing 345 rooms for the 200-300 in town for the superfight between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.
The U.S. House on Tuesday renewed passage of a bill to allow volunteer groups easier access to search public lands for victims of crime or accidents.
St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Rose de Lima campus in Henderson and MountainView and Desert Springs hospitals in Las Vegas scored an A on a report card kept by a national health care watchdog for preventing errors, injuries, accidents and infections.
A poll of 300 likely Nevada voters suggests that state lawmakers could suffer at the polls come election time next year if they do not support expanding rooftop solar efforts through a net metering program.
Time to talk: 70 percent of people over 65 will need some form of long-term care.
Advice for African American women to help reduce heart disease risks.
Advice for American Indians to reduce heart disease risks.
Sebastian Robert Jones, 12, a seventh-grader at Rogich Middle School, was recently chosen as a finalist in the Do the Write Thing national essay writing contest for his essay on bullying. He is the son of Jon and Nicole Jones of Las Vegas.