Groups performed during the Taiko Ten, part of a Japanese drumming conference, at UNLV on Friday.
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Cain Velasquez was an obvious choice to help bring the UFC to Mexico. An injury kept him out of the organization’s first card in Mexico City, but he’s getting a second chance in a heavyweight title bout against Fabricio Werdum on Saturday.
Las Vegas left-hander Steven Matz leads the Pacific Coast League in strikeouts (81) and innings pitched (78.1) and is tied for first in wins (6). He has all but forced New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson to seek a trade to create an opening for him in one of the majors’ deepest rotations.
A Henderson woman police had sought the public’s help in finding is no longer missing, police said Friday night.
The Little League World Series U.S. champion banner that arrived this week and reportedly will be officially presented to Mountain Ridge on July 6, to hang somewhere in the city where locals and victors alike can view it, has no reasonable place here.
The lawyer for B.B. King’s longtime manager denies that his client embezzled more than $1 million from the musician during his dying days. Las Vegas attorney Brent Bryson said King’s manager, LaVerne Toney, transferred the money into King’s trust account after his death.
James Lawrence says his outrageous attempt is needed to raise awareness of childhood obesity. He completed triathlon No. 6 Thursday in Henderson, then jumped into an RV and headed for Arizona.
You do need to let your imagination soar, easy to do when the magical machine is brought to life in this dreamlike show, adroitly and briskly directed by Phil Shelburne.
The health plan that covers thousands of teachers and their families, which has been insolvent for years, is on the verge of collapse. It’s time for law enforcement to get involved. And if local authorities don’t want to look at the trust’s books, then Attorney General Adam Laxalt should.
One man was killed in a shooting on D Street at the Interstate 15 underpass Friday night, Las Vegas police said.
There’s mystery, an unexplained confrontation and even some blood in the first trailer for Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig’s take on the campy made-for-TV movie genre, “A Deadly Adoption.”
A child molestation suspect’s violent outburst in a Clark County (Wash.) courtroom left a judge and deputy with injuries as they tried to control him, according to the sheriff’s office.
The city of Henderson is considering sharp fee hikes for pools, sports leagues and recreation centers that some parents say could drive them to pull their kids off a swim team.
A flash flood warning is in effect until 9:45 p.m. for the east half of the Carpenter 1 burn area in Kyle Canyon, the National Weather Service announced Friday evening.
Embattled rancher Cliven Bundy says he and his son talked to government contractors on June 5, but he had nothing to do with shots fired near the group’s campsite later that night.
Open auditions for “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” will take place June 19 at the Hard Rock Hotel.
When LeBron James cut his head after crashing into an NBA TV cameraman following a hard foul by Warriors center Andrew Bogut in the second quarter of Cleveland’s 103-82 loss to Golden State in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, perhaps nobody was more upset than Lynn Merritt.
It would be hard to fault the Florida Gators for feeling like rock stars during their flight Thursday from Gainesville, Fla., to Omaha, Neb., for the College World Series.
A body was found inside of a vehicle that was submerged in a pond Thursday night. While crews were pulling the vehicle out of the pond, they say the body fell out and landed in nearby woods.
Two Gymboree locations in Las Vegas are helping raise money for the March of Dimes with a “Parachute Prom in Paris” — for babies.
A trio of offensive-minded substitutions weren’t enough to get the United States women’s national soccer team the goal it needed to secure a spot in the knockout round of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The “Summer of Gronk” has been going on so long it’s hard to believe that summer still hasn’t technically started yet.
The woman whose burned and partially dismembered body was found May 21 at a south valley apartment was strangled to death, the Clark County coroner’s office said Friday.
They’ll be joined by the likes of David Hasselhoff, Ann Coulter, Michele Bachmann, Anthony Weiner and Jerry Springer.
In an exclusive look at the killer`s videotaped confession, David Zink recounts he was drinking and driving, on parole and didn’t want to go back to prison. That’s why David Zink says he killed 19-year-old Amanda Morton.
As if Dave Grohl hadn’t already sealed his place in rock ‘n roll history, the Foo Fighters’ front man made a statement Friday after breaking his leg during a concert and returning to finish the show.
The death of a driver who was killed in a wrong-way car crash in April near Snow Mountain was ruled homicide by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Saturday is Free Fishing Day, the only day of the year children and adults can fish at select Nevada parks without a fishing license or trout stamp.