The death rate among Hispanics, the nation’s fastest-growing ethnic group, is 24 percent lower than non-Hispanic whites, but liver disease and diabetes affect the Latino community more than non-Hispanic whites.
Two people were wounded in a Thursday morning northwest valley shooting, Las Vegas police said.
The owner of a diamond-covered gold Cartier watch valued at more than $100,000 forgot the watch at a Newark Liberty International Airport security checkpoint on Tuesday. Luckily for the owner, he’ll be getting it back.
A legislative panel Thursday endorsed a $7.6 million spending plan to hire 100 additional correctional officers at the Nevada Department of Corrections.
A Virginia Beach man was arrested within an hour after he allegedly robbed the Townebank at 297 Constitution Drive Monday afternoon. And in the 20 minutes it took for police to find him, he was able to post some incriminating evidence to his Instagram account.
Derek Stevens, owner of The D Las Vegas and the Golden Gate, has purchased 852 Riviera-owned slot machines, four roulette wheels and spare machine parts.
Moment of levity on routine ground ball startles unsuspecting first baseman Anthony Rizzo during Chicago’s 6-5 victory.
Maroon 5 frontman, Adam Levine, got “sugar bombed” Wednesday night and he wasn’t too happy about it.
Unique in its promise of delivering a career’s worth of No. 1 singles in order, Mariah Carey’s diva showcase still manages to surprise at times.
Dana Finkelstein shot a 1-over-par 72 to help the UNLV women’s golf team to third place after the first round of the 18-team NCAA St. George Regional on Thursday in St. George, Utah. Finkelstein is in a five-way tie for fourth place.
The City of North Las Vegas announced the promotion of assistant chief of police Alexander Perez to the department’s top job Thursday night.
A Senate resolution that would ask Congress to convey more than 7 million acres of federal land to state control remained as polarizing as ever at a hearing Thursday in an Assembly committee. Senate Joint Resolution 1 passed the Senate on an 11-10 party-line vote in April, and was heard by the Assembly Legislative Operations and Elections Committee.
State Sen. Greg Brower is outraged over a political threat issued over a bill, but he’s being accused of making threats to kill bills based on politics.
Lawyers argued their positions Thursday at a hearing to determine whether Clark County District Court has jurisdiction over Sands China Ltd. in a wrongful termination case.
A proposal to double the frequency at which guardians must file financial paperwork wouldn’t fix Nevada’s systemic problems, according to a key proponent for guardianship reform.
A car got stuck in a watery sinkhole created when it struck a fire hydrant in Liberty, Mo. Wednesday afternoon.
UNLV golfer John Oda was named the Mountain West’s freshman of the year, and Oda joined senior teammates Kurt Kitayama and Carl Jonson on the 10-member all-conference team announced Thursday.
A motorcyclist is dead and a child critically injured after a crash that temporarily shut down East Lake Mead Boulevard between Marion Drive and Dolly Lane.
Noah Syndergaard allowed two runs on five hits and no walks and struck out eight in eight innings, and also went 3-for-4 with a home run as the 51s extended their franchise record with their 14th straight win, an 8-2 rout of the Albuquerque Isotopes on Thursday.
CARSON CITY — A measure making taxes that were supposed to expire four years ago permanent and increasing cigarette levies by $1 a pack was approved by a Senate committee Thursday on a party-line vote.
Not long after Los Angeles Clippers guard Matt Barnes reportedly talked trash to James Harden’s mother Wednesday, the Rockets guard exploded for 16 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter to lead Houston to a comeback victory that evened their NBA playoff series at a game apiece.
Government documents released Thursday show that a single Blue Bell Creameries plant in Oklahoma tested positive for Listeria 16 times since 2013.
In his first public comments since the NFL released a report on the “Deflategate” scandal, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady told sports reporter Jim Gray on Thursday night that he doesn’t yet “have really any reaction.”
A bill authorizing ride-hailing companies like Uber to operate in Nevada was resurrected Thursday on the Senate floor as an amendment with new tax provisions to fully fund a new medical school in Las Vegas and boost the state highway fund.
Attacks like Sunday’s shooting at a Texas event featuring cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad are a bigger threat in the United States than any by foreign fighters returning radicalized from Syria or Iraq, security experts told a U.S. Senate panel.
The Parents Television Council, a nonprofit organization that advocates for family friendly entertainment, released a list this week of the best moms you’ll find on television in honor of Mother’s Day on Sunday.
Some Pentagon employees, apparently attempting to hide personal spending on gambling and adult services, used their government-issued credit cards to pay for the salacious expenses, according to a Department of Defense official.
Three inmates were on the run on Thursday after escaping a minimum-security prison in western Wisconsin, causing an area school district to cancel classes, authorities said.
Thousands of law enforcement officers gathered at a Long Island funeral home on Thursday to pay their respects to a New York policeman who died of a fatal gunshot wound this week, the city’s fifth officer to die in the line of duty since December.
Prosecutors said 47-year-old Andrea Heming poisoned her husband by injecting boric acid into his NOS energy drink, Miracle Whip and cereal at their Spring Valley home.