A police officer, badly wounded in a gunfight with the Boston Marathon bomber four days after the deadly attack, was likely hit by a bullet fired by a fellow officer attempting to shoot the fleeing suspect, a Massachusetts prosecutor said on Tuesday.
A perceived bomb scare closed U.S. Highway 95 near Creech Air Force Base for about an hour Tuesday afternoon, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation.
The Air Force’s newest fighter jet, the F-35 Lightning II, is making its debut as the star of an ongoing air combat training exercise over the Army Combat Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif.
A bill to let the Public Utilities Commission delay renewable energy projects proposed to be built by NV Energy passed the Legislature late Monday.
The teen was taken to University Medical Center with wounds that do not appear to be life threatening, Las Vegas police said.
Lionel Messi scored an amazing goal to put Barcelona ahead 1-0 en route to a 3-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday to win the Copa del Rey final.
Check our logic. Keeping the kids busy in cooking classes can pay off through more variety in the family’s daily meals.
The Fare Thee Well simulcast, Machine Gun Kelly and the Funky Meters lead the list of tickets going on sale.
This much is clear: Nehemiah Fischer — a 35-year-old pastor — is dead. Brandon Fischer, a restaurant owner, is behind bars on charges of assault and public intoxication. Authorities are investigating. And their father says a family in mourning is searching for answers.
Spring weather in downtown Los Angeles and other areas of Southern California flip-flopped this year as temperatures cooled from March to May, creating a so-called reverse meteorological spring for the first time in nearly a century, officials said on Tuesday.
We have learned that stress has more effects than previously thought. In addition to increasing our risk for heart disease, hypertension and stroke, it can also lead to obesity and the myriad of conditions that accompany an increase in weight.
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency used a wider array of sexual abuse and other forms of torture than was disclosed in a Senate report last year, according to a Guantanamo Bay detainee turned government cooperating witness.
The New York Cosmos dominated Cuba 4-1 on Tuesday in a soccer friendly meant to promote better relations between the United States and Cuba and demonstrate that baseball-mad Cuba is also becoming a soccer nation.
A Native American student took a California school district to court on Monday after his high school banned him from wearing an eagle feather on his graduation cap, a civil rights group said.
A convicted sex offender arrested at his Las Vegas home while with a young boy and in possession of a firearm was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison, according to Nevada U.S. Attorney Daniel G. Bogden.
A Las Vegas police officer who turned himself in when he was sought on child porn-related charges was caught through a file-sharing network, according to an arrest report.
Council members will advise the Secretary of Interior during preparation and implementation of a management plan for the 22,650-acre monument at the northern edge of the Las Vegas Valley
A pair of Hells Angels were sentenced Tuesday for their roles in a 2008 melee outside a downtown Las Vegas wedding chapel.
Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday he will be announcing “very soon” his decision on whether he will run for Harry Reid’s U.S. Senate seat.
Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson completed the NBA’s concussion protocol and was cleared Tuesday to play in opening game of the NBA Finals.
A graduating senior at a Catholic high school said the school is withholding her diploma over her choice of footwear during the school’s graduation ceremony.
A flurry of advertisers last week had a lot to say about TLC’s now-controversial “19 Kids and Counting,” noting they would no longer support the program. Few if any of them, however, have put their money in the same space as their collective mouth.
The 55-year-old man was booked at Clark County Detention Center on 19 felony counts including sexual assault against a child under the age of 14 and lewdness with a child under the age of 14.
While doing a little spring cleaning recently, New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski discovered he had a surplus of size-16 cleats and announced on Twitter that he wanted to give them away.
The Pentagon is now investigating whether live anthrax was brought into the Pentagon building itself, CNN has learned exclusively.
A search for a man who ran from police after a traffic stop caused an uproar in a Henderson neighborhood Tuesday morning. Henderson police officers stopped a car about 9:50 a.m. near Pecos Road and Windmill Parkway.
A Kingman, Ariz., police officer was justified when he shot and killed a man holding a BB gun that looked real, the Mohave County attorney has determined.
Former Olympic athlete and reality TV star Bruce Jenner, who is transitioning to life as a woman, revealed her new name as Caitlyn Jenner on Monday and posed in a white strapless leotard on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine.
A man fatally shot by police in Boston on Tuesday was under 24-hour surveillance by anti-terrorism authorities, FBI Special Agent in Charge Vincent B. Lisi said.
How bad is the airplane noise over Phoenix? Bad enough that some residents can’t hear each other talk. Bad enough that many can’t sleep. Bad enough that the city is now suing the Federal Aviation Administration.
