Undefeated welterweight Sammy Vasquez has served two tours of duty in Iraq, so when he steps into the boxing ring Sunday to fight Wale Omotoso at the MGM Grand Garden, fear will be the last thing on his mind.
It has been eight years since Rances Barthelemy left his native Cuba. And as the former super featherweight champion looks to remain in boxing’s upper echelon, his thoughts drift to a reunion with his family and friends. Barthelemy fights Antonio DeMarco on Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden.
The Las Vegas Outlaws, who snapped a five-game losing streak last week, will host the San Jose SaberCats at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The SaberCats (11-1) have defeated Las Vegas (4-7) twice this season.
Matt Duffy had a home run and three RBIs to back Dan Straily’s strong pitching, lifting the Fresno Grizzlies to a 7-2 win over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game Saturday at Fresno, Calif. Las Vegas lost for only the second time in 10 games.
Former UNLV star Adam Scott and Summerlin resident Kevin Na would need a miracle to pull out a victory Sunday in the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay Golf Club in University Place, Wash. Scott is seven strokes off the lead and Na eight entering the final round.
Veteran drivers say the pressures of a prospective competitive battle with Uber is resulting in cab owners demanding more from their drivers and to fill in more frequently for those who miss their shifts.
The inmate was injured during a “shake-down due to the threat of inmate violence,” in December, according to a document in the committees agenda.
Shawn Porter won “The Battle of Ohio” with a 12-round unanimous decision over Adrien Broner in their nontitle fight at a catch-weight of 144 pounds Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden. Porter was the superior fighter over 12 rounds and never got frustrated with Broner’s holding tactics.
The strength of recently passed collective bargaining reforms is about to be tested by Clark County’s two-year dispute with the SEIU Local 1107. If the law doesn’t apply to this case, then the Legislature wasted its time passing it.
There came a moment during Bernie Sanders’ town hall meeting at Treasure Island on Friday when he blurted out a seemingly spontaneous line that was really anything but.
The Nevada Legislature passed the nation’s first universal Education Savings Account bill, which will allow people of any income to use public education funds to attend private schools. Nevada joins 13 other states with a voucher or ESA program, though all others are targeted only at high-needs students.
Nevada is about to become a proving ground for the range, practicality and rural tourism impact of electric cars — at your expense, of course.
It’s time for a new strategy in Iraq and Syria. It begins by admitting that the old borders are gone, that a unified Syria or Iraq will never be reconstituted, that the Sykes-Picot map is defunct.
The millions of dollars Kirk Kerkorian gave away usually came with strings attached: his name was not to be mentioned.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval will wrap up his yearlong stint as chairman of the Western Governors’ Association next week after hosting the organization’s annual meeting at Lake Tahoe.
Whether it is trail maintenance and graffiti cleanup or welcoming visitors and feeding the tortoises, the organization known as Friends of Red Rock Canyon is there to get the job done.
Some plants produce chemicals that interact with other plants. We usually only notice when they interfere with each other.
Two years before the International opened, Kirk Kerkorian separated the Flamingo from the long shadow of Meyer Lansky and S&G Syndicate at a time federal agents were scouting the Strip for signs of organized crime’s influence.
Ten people were shot, one of them fatally, at a block party in Detroit on Saturday, the Detroit Free Press reported on its web site.
Drugs. Dance music. For decades, not many people ever wanted to have this conversation.
The U.S. Senate last week overwhelmingly approved a $612 billion defense authorization bill over objections from the Obama administration that it evades congressionally mandated spending caps through an accounting loophole.
Jordan Spieth is the 7-4 favorite on the adjusted odds board at the Westgate Las Vegas sports book to win the U.S. Open. Dustin Johnson is the 5-2 second choice, followed by Jason Day (4-1) and Branden Grace (6-1). The four are tied for the lead entering Sunday’s final round.
Each year, the culinary community eagerly awaits the announcement of Chef of the Year. This year’s winner was honored at a gala earlier this month at South Point.
A 52-year-old Sandy Valley mechanic is dead after a driverless RV ran him over Saturday afternoon, police said.
Three people were hospitalized and a teenage boy was in custody after a three-vehicle wreck near downtown Las Vegas on Saturday morning, police said.
Las Vegas-based Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects is making a big splash in Hollywood by supplying cockpits, passenger cabins and entire aircraft for movies and television productions.
The Rat Pack aesthetic is reflected in at least three shows on the Strip, even if demographics have shifted more to the era of Michael Jackson.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in mysterious lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2, shuts down 215 in northwest Las Vegas
Asian grocery store looks to add new location near Summerlin
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school