The daylong National Clean Energy Summit promotes advances in energy and energy efficiency and has attracted top political and business leaders.
Harriet Tubman should be the first woman on the $20 bill, according to a new online poll.
Manny Pacquiao is back in the Philippines, rehabbing his surgically repaired right shoulder and counting the millions he made from his May 2 loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their megafight at the MGM Grand Garden. But he might need to book a return trip to Las Vegas next month to answer questions from the Nevada Athletic Commission.
AMC is going all out for the series finale of “Mad Men,” setting a marathon of episodes as a lead-up and asking its sister networks to forgo regularly scheduled program during the acclaimed drama’s conclusion.
Sandra Lee, a television chef and longtime girlfriend of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, has been diagnosed with breast cancer, and the governor will be taking time off to be with her, his office announced on Tuesday.
UNLV hopes it can finish in the top five at the NCAA golf regional in Noblesville, Ind., this week and qualify for the NCAA championship. The Rebels are led by seniors Kurt Kitayama and Carl Jonson but will be without Mountain West freshman of the year John Oda, who is injured.
Pablo Sandoval’s return to the Bay Area represented a day to remember — and a day of forgiveness.
In a ranking of the states drinking the most soda, Nevada came in third, just behind Tennessee and Mississippi, but why?
Well, at least he now has a good bar story to share. As does everyone else.
A wild boar dropped into a kids clothing store at a Hong Kong shopping mall recently.
The NFL suspended New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady without pay for the first four games of the 2015 season, fined the franchise $1 million and took away two draft pick for their role in Deflategate. The punishment is not the most severe in the world of sport for a player or franchise.
Sausage sales are up, and not just because they’re an inexpensive way to feed the family. Local butchers say custom sausages are always a fantastic way for cooks to bring variety to their table.
More than 6,000 employees of Tiens Group — a Chinese conglomerate — were given the VIP treatment on an all expenses paid trip to France to celebrate the company’s 20th birthday.
‘Expanded dance music platform’ promised for eclectic downtown festival that sold about one-fourth the tickets of summer electronica fest at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last year.
Kids who suffer a concussion worry about their academic skills in the weeks afterward, and older kids and those with more severe symptoms seem to worry the most.
A Canadian woman is demanding she be reimbursed for waiting 90 minutes for what she said was a shot that would have taken less than a minute.
A blogger was hacked to death by machete-wielding attackers in Bangladesh on Tuesday, the third killing of an online critic of religious extremism in the Muslim-majority nation in less than three months.
Barack Obama’s presidential library and museum will be built in his hometown of Chicago, the Obama Foundation announced on Tuesday.
Hooters Hotel has been sold to Trinity Hotel Investors, a New York investment group for $70 million, but it’s unclear the new ownership’s plans for the off-Strip property.
About 900 NV Energy customers in the southwest valley are without power, according to the utility company’s website.
Verizon Communications Inc is buying AOL Inc in a $4.4 billion bet that a push into mobile video and targeted advertising can help the biggest U.S. telecommunications company find new growth avenues.
The U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crew was overheard talking on the radio about fuel problems before the aircraft went missing on Tuesday during earthquake relief efforts in Nepal with six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers aboard, the Pentagon said.
Former All-American wide receiver Justin Blackmon has been rebuffed in his attempt to return to playing in the NFL.
According to author and historian Ken Bain, great teachers aren’t defined by what they do, but by their ability to “understand their discipline” their students.
A U.S. museum returned a 10th century statue of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman to Cambodia on Tuesday, saying research suggested it had probably been taken from the gate of an ancient temple complex.
It is easy to let our mornings become something we endur, rather than enjoy. Here are five ways to change that.
The troupe’s 44th annual season features family-friendly story ballets with the return of both “The Nutcracker” and “Cinderella,” while contemporary works anchor “A Choreographers Showcase,” NBT’s annual collaboration with Cirque du Soleil artists.
Working women who choose to have kids know they’ve likely got maternity leave to take care of their infant and get back on their feet. However, more companies are starting to recognize paternity leave is just as valuable to employees.
I’m not sure how stupid or genius this idea will turn out to be, but the 31st Annual Cocaine Anonymous World Service is coming to Vegas (um, what?) for a dry convention.
Who is the definitive onscreen Batman? Michael Keaton? Christian Bale? Kevin Conroy? A strong case could be made for any one of them. For some fans, though, no one will ever be able to take the place of Adam West.