Give Gov. Brian Sandoval credit for backing off a fight he couldn’t win. The keystone of his plan to fund a $7.4 billion budget, a business license fee based on a company’s gross receipts, did not have the votes to pass the Assembly.
Nevada might soon become the 35th state to pass a law requiring voters to show some form of identification at the polls, and that’s a good thing.
I bet you like it when you board a plane with passengers wearing fuzzy slippers and men’s boxers. You dig it, don’t you, when shoppers wear pajamas to the grocery store?
Sarah Jessica Parker has unusual musical taste. Her favorite song is Melissa Manchester’s “Through the Eyes of Love” from the movie “Ice Castles.”
Kaney West, Joe Jonas and Ed Sheeran all payed a visit to our humble city.
As states tackle issues of legalizing “all-natural” medical marijuana, the dangers of synthetic marijuana continue to surface. This past month, there was again a dramatic spike in emergency room visits in several states.
Here’s your feel-good item of the day, a look back at Friday’s look-back at 1985’s “Back to the Future,” because some cast mates were in Vegas for a car show.
Disneyland is celebrating 60 years of magic with a Diamond Celebration set to begin May 22. Here are 25 things you need to know if you are planning to celebrate with Mickey.
College life isn’t easy. Between full class schedules, maintaining friendships and studying for finals, today’s American students aren’t strangers to feelings of anxiety or depression.
A Texas grand jury declined on Monday to charge a suburban Dallas police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Mexican national in another case that raised questions about racial bias by U.S. police.
U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez has apologized for an ethnically touchy gaffe that was caught on cell phone video.
A cybersecurity consultant told the FBI he hacked into computer systems aboard airliners up to 20 times and managed to control an aircraft engine during a flight, according to federal court documents.
A controversial plan to outsource the city of North Las Vegas’ human resources functions will go to the City Council Wednesday, but some city workers say the move is a foregone conclusion — right down to the company to get the contract.
A Mid-Michigan man is accused of using a controversial torture tactic, once used to interrogate terrorists, on his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son and is now facing eight felony charges.
Las Vegas police detectives are investigating a shooting in the southeast valley. First responders were dispatched about 8:15 p.m. Monday to the Sportsman’s Royal Manor weekly apartment complex at 5600 Boulder Highway.
It’s going to be one of the coolest days of the week with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms, the National Weather Service said.
A man at an indoor shooting range just off the Strip turned a gun on himself Monday afternoon, according to Las Vegas police. First responders were called about 4:15 p.m. to The Range 702, 4699 Dean Martin Road, between Tropicana and Harmon avenues, according to Clark County Fire Department dispatch logs.
A Henderson man who was reported missing on Thursday turned up at an area hospital shortly after that, police said.
A 21-year-old man faces a murder charge, among others, in the April 17 shooting death of Cassandra Cassidy.
Sen. Harry Reid and Sen. Dean Heller are millionaires, and details of how they stay that way are contained in personal finance reports that lawmakers are required to file each May 15 with Congress.
CARSON CITY — Springing ahead and falling back may be history in Nevada if Congress listens to the state Legislature. The Nevada Senate on Monday approved Assembly Joint Resolution 4 on a vote of 12-8. It urges Congress to let Nevada set its clocks once and for all to daylight saving time and keep them there.
A Las Vegas police officer was seriously burned on his face, neck and hands by exploding debris while on a call in Sandy Valley on Monday.
Bryce Harper is so hot right now that one of his Washington Nationals teammates jokingly acted as if he burned his fingers from tapping the former Las Vegas High School and College of Southern Nevada standout on the shoulder.
There’s about a million ways to pull out a loose tooth. There should almost be an award ceremony for “most creative tooth pull.” This method would be a top contender.
The newsroom at Henderson’s Green Valley High School on Monday again took the title of best high school newspaper in Clark County. For the second year in a row, The InvestiGator student paper won the top honor in the Clark County High School Journalism Awards, which the Las Vegas Review-Journal has sponsored for 39 years.
Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone waslooking forward to fighting undefeated contender Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 187 on Saturday night at MGM Grand. But when Nurmagomedov was injured, he didn’t think twice about taking on John Makdessi, who has a vastly different style.
Clark County commissioners approved $1.242 billion in yearly spending Monday that will help add dozens of police officers while devoting more money to jails and adding jobs in the Department of Family Services.
Since in many species, sperm is males’ only contribution to reproduction, biologists have long puzzled about why evolutionary selection, known for its ruthless efficiency, allows them to exist.