A high school baseball team in Ohio got quite the surprise last weekend … a tree planted on their field between the pitcher’s mound and home plate.
Station Casinos gained tentative approval on Wednesday from Nevada gaming regulators to be treated by like any other casino company.
Las Vegas police are asking for help identifying and locating a person they say was involved in a shooting that left a man in critical condition last week.
Facebook announced deals with nine publishers — including NBC News, the New York Times and BuzzFeed — to deliver select articles “instantly” on mobile apps. A next logical step for the social giant would be to extend the program to Internet-video providers.
Chronic snorers might need to put aside their Breathe Right strips and schedule a doctor’s appointment. New research highlights health risks associated with snoring that often go unacknowledged.
The Muppets are headed back to the small screen in an all-new TV show headed to ABC this fall.
While there’s no doubt that a woman’s role in the workplace has expanded since the 50’s, what’s interesting is the impact they’re having on colleagues.
New reports from authorities suggest that the Game of 72 may be more of a hoax and not something teens are actually doing.
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said he wasn’t concerned that only a few Las Vegas Justices of the Peace had written letters to the legislature in opposition to Assembly Bill 193, which would allow for hearsay evidence at preliminary hearings or in grand jury in certain cases.
Bradley Cooper will appear in the first episode of CBS’ new fall drama “Limitless,” based on the 2011 feature film, in which Cooper starred.
Slot machine giant International Game Technology lost $13 million and saw total revenue decline 22 percent in its final quarter before completing a $6.4 billion merger with lottery provider GTECH Holdings.
If you’re afraid of heights, look away now. Freerunner Oleg Sherstyachenko’s Instagram account is a dizzying, terrifying trip through the highest views in Dubai.
The prosecutor in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told jurors Wednesday to remember those killed and wounded two years ago when deciding whether to sentence the Boston Marathon bomber to life in prison or death.
LAKE MEAD — Catch rates continue to look up for anglers. Stripers have been found boiling in the Vegas Wash and at the north end of Boulder Basin. Some anglers report that when using live shad as bait it is difficult to not catch fish. Some anglers have found success chumming with a mixture of anchovies and corn; then when stripers come in they cast Rat-L-Traps or other shad imitations into the schools. As nights get darker with the new moon on May 18, anglers will have increased opportunity of catching stripers at night, especially when fishing under a light.
The father of a 2-year-old child who was severely beaten over a potty-training incident, says this could have all been avoided.
State authorities said they are investigating after a video surfaced showing an Alton, Mo., police officer macing two teens in handcuffs at Alton Police headquarters.
A serial car thief is pulling off an unusual scheme across the Midwest. So far he’s been able to scam his way through three states.
Former North Carolina head coach Bill Guthridge, who also served 30 years as an assistant to Dean Smith, died Tuesday night at the age of 77.
With a record-setting 21 Tony Awards and more than 50 musicals, plays and operas on his resume as director and/or producer, Hal Prince has tales to tell. And tell them he will on Thursday at The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall.
Two adults were treated for smoke inhalation after an apartment fire in Henderson late Tuesday night.
To help celebrate its 40th season, the opening night of “Keepin’ It Country” Friday will feature a picnic dinner fundraiser. Other highlights of the season include “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and “Tarzan The Stage Music Based on the Disney Film.”
Although the number of Fortune 500 companies offering traditional defined benefit plans has dropped significantly over the years, it is possible to find a job that still offers some sort of pension.
The two-hour finale will feature the return of original cast members William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger.
Repeating a popular marketing campaign that drew millions of visitors to the city in 2014, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority previewed its $16 million summer campaign that will include a series of humorous television advertisements juxtaposing the Christmas season with visiting Southern Nevada.
Legendary Florida State coach Bobby Bowden called former Seminoles quarterback Jameis Winston “an embarrassment” to the university during an interview.
Elaine Pascal Wynn no longer holds the distinction of owning the world’s most expensive work of art sold at auction.
Eight months after Nevada lawmakers said they were told groundbreaking was imminent, the Department of Veterans Affairs is being pressed to explain continuing delays in building a veterans health clinic in Pahrump.
Looking at a neighborhood and seeing just the bad guys is a kind of trap that about 70 Metro recruits were warned against during an academy class on fair and impartial policing Tuesday.
An already risky bet on downtown redevelopment is turning into a reckless gamble. And City Hall’s lack of openness smacks of an alarming contempt of legitimate taxpayer concerns.