A man called 911 for help from a train after he realized he left his 1-year-old baby in his SUV at a Massachusetts station.
College of Southern Nevada scored eight runs in the second inning Thursday en route to a 15-7 victory over Trinity (Colo.) State College in the first round of the Western District baseball tournament at Morse Stadium.
It’s time to cowboy up and get in touch with Las Vegas’ Wild West roots. Helldorado Days, featuring a parade, a rodeo, a carnival and the whiskerino contest, gets rolling Thursday night and lasts through Sunday.
The NFLPA on Thursday filed an appeal of the NFL’s four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. NFL officials said Thursday night that commissioner Roger Goodell will handle the appeal.
The buddy comedy “Hot Pursuit” hit theaters last week, and the film starring Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara got us thinking about great buddy comedies.
Forward LeBron James compiled 15 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers eliminated the Chicago Bulls with a 94-73 win in Game Six of their Eastern Conference semi-final series on Thursday night.
Isolated thunderstorms Thursday morning brought hail to parts of the valley, the National Weather Service said.
Las Vegas literary happenings this week include a presentation by Easy Rawlins mystery series author Walter Mosley.
What happens when a celebration occurs and a child is absent the “right” parent to laud? Miriam B. Schiffer gives her main characters a nice fix for what could be an upsetting day in “Stella Brings the Family.”
Airfares between New York and Washington, D.C. are jumping since the fatal Amtrak crash in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Amtrak service from Philadelphia to New York has shut down, which means train travelers in the popular Washington-New York sector are stranded. And that has sent demand for airlines soaring, and travelers are having to pay up.
A South Carolina high school student gained a wave of support from his community in York County after he was told he couldn’t fly an American flag in the back of his truck.
Las Vegas native Cynthia Vespia spins a tale about an ex-Navy Seal searching for clues to mysterious deaths as a head of casino security in the thriller “Lucky Sevens.”
Thick scars cover her hands. There are countless others across her body, hidden under the dark pantsuit the 27-year-old wore to a Las Vegas court Thursday, that remind Sophia Parker of the torture she endured at the hands of her older brother.
An “honesty gap” study released Thursday by the nonprofit education reform group Achieve shows a 42-point discrepancy between the Nevada-reported proficiency scores in fourth-grade reading compared to the National Assessment of Education Progress, or NAEP.
For the second time this year, the valley’s largest water utility is being sued by former employees who claim they were forced off the job in part to cover up mistakes and wrongdoing that cost ratepayers millions of dollars.
Seven homes for teens got a makeover on Thursday as volunteers chipped in to replace fixtures, put in new furniture and put on a new coat of paint.
A bill backed by Nevada’s gambling equipment manufacturers that would allow slot machines to add a skill-based, arcade-style element to the game has been approved by both legislative houses and awaits the governor’s signature.
Gov. Brian Sandoval unveiled a compromise tax plan Thursday, a blend of competing proposals floated in the Legislature that would raise $262 million a year to fund his $7.4 billion budget.
Tide Dry Cleaners of Agile Pursuits Franchising Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Procter & Gamble, plans a ceremony on Friday at its new location at 10010 W. Sahara Ave.
Rotella Gallery, a fine-art photography gallery showcasing collectable works from notable photographers, has opened a third location at Appian Way inside Caesars Palace.
A Massachusetts retirement board will decide this month if a Boston police officer died from injuries sustained during a shootout with convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev four days after the bombing, officials said on Thursday.
The Siegel Group Nevada Inc., a real estate investment and management company, on Thursday announced that it had acquired two extended-stay properties totaling 305 units in Las Vegas previously operated under the Crestwood Suites brand for $12 million.
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts declared a state of emergency on Thursday, after federal agriculture officials confirmed a second farm site had tested positive for the rapidly spreading avian flu virus.
The principal at a school in Georgia who caused an uproar after making controversial statements about black graduates has been removed from her position.
Joshua Wolf Shenk, 44, will succeed current director Carol Harter as the head of the literary writing graduate center, department spokesman Joseph Langdon said in a news release.
A 16-month-old girl died after her father forgot to take her to day care and left her in a vehicle in the northern Florida sun, according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, citing what family members told authorities.
Police rescued a baby boy buried alive in a shallow, unmarked grave on a hillside in southern China’s Guangxi province, according to the country’s state media.
Former Las Vegas Constable John Bonaventura is accused of domestic battery and coercion against his wife from an incident on April 17, according to the criminal complaint.
A group of rooftop-solar firms and three major companies seeking to leave Nevada Power Co. and buy their own electricity on the wholesale market on Thursday announced the creation of a new group called the Nevada Coalition to Protect Ratepayers.
UNLV’s baseball game Thursday night at San Jose State was postponed because of inclement weather. It is scheduled to be made up as part of a doubleheader today starting at 3 p.m. in San Jose, Calif.