While the Nevada Legislature has been grabbing headlines in recent weeks with a series of education reform bills, you might have missed the “report card” released by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation revealing how Nevada schools are woefully neglecting gifted students from low-income backgrounds.
It’s been more than a month since Hillary Clinton launched her presidential campaign. Since then, she and her staff have been active on social media, proclaiming that “we need to fix the dysfunctional political system,” and that she, unlike the GOP, is “looking forward to a real discussion” about the issues facing American families. She has talked a lot about access to the American dream.
The 25th anniversary of the death of Sammy Davis Jr. passed without fanfare on Saturday. “Mr. Bojangles” should have been blaring over loud speakers up and down Las Vegas Boulevard.
The elderly, the blind and the physically disabled. Thousands of people in these groups in Clark and Washoe counties face major changes in the way assistive services are provided to them should Assembly Bill 310 — sponsored by Nevada Assembly Majority Leader Paul Anderson, R-Las Vegas — become law.
Clouds showed up on Sunday but rain wasn’t expected until Monday, according to the National Weather Service said.
A couple of hours before the best 3-year-olds would go for a muddy romp in Baltimore on Saturday, a 21-year-old and a 79-year-old were preparing for a different kind of equine display at the Cooper Ranch in northwest Las Vegas.
The Nevada Senate on Sunday unanimously approved a bill that puts state regulators in charge of deciding how to credit rooftop solar homeowners for electricity generation without shifting costs to other utility customers.
The Federal Aviation Adiminstration is investigating an aircraft crash in Laughlin that left at least one dead Sunday night.
Shadow Ridge High School senior Joshua Han — a scholar, athlete and leader — has earned a $45,000 Army scholarship to UNLV to join the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
Justin Germano pitched six strong innings, and Ketel Marte homered and drove in two runs to lead the Tacoma Rainiers to a 4-0 win over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game Sunday in Tacoma, Wash.
Of the 172,000 people who entered the City of Rock over the festival’s four days, only 21,156 were from Las Vegas.
Florida Georgia Line takes the award for Top Country Artist, beating out Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton. Taylor Swift gets her fourth award of the night, winning Top Artist.
It would be difficult to argue that Clark County’s fuel revenue indexing program hasn’t been a success so far, but is it successful enough to persuade voters to authorize the tax for another 10 years?
“Good Kill,” a movie based on airmen who fly the deadly remotely-operated drones from Creech Air Force Base that is debuting in the U.S. this week, renews awareness of Nevada’s role in the secret drone program and the toll it takes on the pilots.
After seven seasons, it’s time to say goodbye to Don Draper. The “Mad Men” series finale is one of six shows to watch this week.
Located about 160 miles north of Las Vegas, the park occupies more than 1,600 acres atop an ancient lake bed formed of volcanic ash, clay and silt called Bentonite.
Ask anyone whether they support free speech and they’ll almost certainly respond in the affirmative — until they are confronted with expression that offends or attacks them.
Nine people were killed on Sunday when a simmering feud among rival biker gangs boiled over at a sports bar in Waco, Texas, resulting in gunfire and a full-blown rumble in the parking lot, police said.
Trevor Ariza buried a corner 3-pointer with just under a minute remaining and the Houston Rockets completed a stunning comeback from a 3-1 series deficit to claim Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Los Angeles Clippers 113-100 on Sunday at Toyota Center.
Three people were killed and one person was airlifted to University Medical Center after a single-vehicle rollover in Laughlin, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
A couple of Republican presidential hopefuls have ventured into Nevada-dicey territory by talking about Yucca Mountain and giving U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, the state’s top Democrat, an opening to take some shots.
Although probiotic bacteria and microorganisms already exist in the body, they also can be taken into the body by eating specific foods that contain them — among them, yogurt and kefir — or taking nutritional supplements.
The Miami Marlins fired manager Mike Redmond on Sunday after being swept by the Atlanta Braves and nearly the victims of a no-hitter.
General Motors Co unveiled the sixth generation of its Chevrolet Camaro on Saturday, upping the ante as Detroit’s muscle cars enjoy a renaissance fueled by cheap oil.
New York rapper Lionel Pickens, who goes by the name “Chinx”, was shot and killed on Sunday while driving through the city’s borough of Queens, police said.
The National Transportation Safety Board is tapping FBI experts to investigate whether a mark on the windshield of Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 was made by a hurled projectile — or even a bullet — before it derailed in Philadelphia last week, killing eight and injuring more than 200.
In most cases your 30s and 40s are the prime of your life. Chances are you’re killing it in your career, earning more than ever before, expanding your family and maybe living in your white-picket-fence dream home.
Thunderstorms and floods battered several central U.S. states on Sunday after a tornado series hit large parts of the area a day earlier, cutting power lines and damaging structures.
Even if you don’t have ruby slippers, there’s no place like Opportunity Village’s Magical Forest this weekend.
