Versatile composer-performer died before seeing his promising musical “Sisterella” get to that next level.
A deputy with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office in Florida was arrested after a road rage incident that started at a Taco Bell.
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price took home four trophies Wednesday at the NHL Awards Show at the MGM Grand Garden — the Hart Trophy that goes to the league’s MVP, the Vezina Trophy, the Ted Lindsay Award and the William M. Jennings Trophy.
A Las Vegas doctor facing nearly a dozen child pornography charges videotaped himself having sex with a sedated, underage girl in his office, according to Metro.
The body of a 33-year-old Las Vegas man who went missing in April after his canoe flipped on a lake in Alaska has been found, according to a department of public safety spokeswoman.
The global HIV epidemic could see a resurgence in just five years without a drastic acceleration in efforts to prevent and treat the AIDS virus, the United Nations and disease experts said Thursday.
LaVerne Toney, who worked for King for more than 40 years, denies that she prevented Karen Williams and Patty King from visiting their father, as they have alleged in a lawsuit seeking to bar her from administrating King’s estate.
More than 65,000 students in New York City’s poorest-performing public schools will have their vision screened and, if needed, get a free pair of eyeglasses, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday.
The U.S. Justice Department likely will file federal hate crime charges against the suspect in the recent South Carolina church shooting, the New York Times reported Wednesday.
Two prison escapees may have at least one gun from a cache of weapons in an upstate New York cabin where they hid about 20 miles from a maximum security facility, police said Wednesday.
The NHL’s Board of Governors gave the go-ahead Wednesday to formally explore the possibility of expansion. Businessman Bill Foley now must file a formal application to join the league, and from there, the NHL will decide whether the city warrants a franchise.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s No. 88 car will be emblazoned with a Windows 10 paint scheme for two upcoming races.
A scheduled fight between Conor McGregor and UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo will proceed as planned as the main event for UFC 189 at MGM Grand on July 11. Probably.
The Kyle Canyon Detention Basin, overwhelmed by flash floods in 2013 following the Carpenter 1 fire on Mount Charleston, is now connected to an expanded network of underground channels at an estimated cost of $17 million.
Participating locations of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, in celebration of the company’s 1,000th store, are offering $2 small ice blended drinks from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, one per customer.
Now that people are calling to replace Hey, Reb, the UNLV mascot who had Confederate origins, with a less offensive choice, here are some possible alternatives.
The outreach teams contacted 171 homeless individuals Tuesday and Wednesday. Of those, 36 were veterans. The teams will be out again Thursday morning.
A man and woman who abandoned a teenage girl with her 3-year-old sister, who later died, have been indicted on murder charges, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The Las Vegas Sin of the LFL doesn’t play its home games in Las Vegas anymore and the players don’t get paid much, if anything. But the players still have great stories — such as Cynthia Schmidt, who was an officer in the Indiana National Guard.
The long-range forecast doesn’t bode well for the interior West as it chokes on a fourth year of drought and smoke from wildfires.
A jury should decide on murder charges against Michael De Angelo Scott, accused in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old woman police called an “innocent bystander,” a Las Vegas judge ruled Wednesday.
State and local authorities stopped Straughn Gorman on Interstate 80 twice within 50 minutes in 2013. He was never charged with any crime.
The NHL Board of Governors on Wednesday gave the green light to accept an expansion application from prospective owner Bill Foley to start a potential NHL team in Las Vegas — and any other ownership group interested in starting an NHL franchise in the U.S. or Canada.
Massachusetts’ first casino opened Wednesday when Penn National Gaming took the wraps off the $250 million Plainridge Park casino in Plainville.
Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of late singer Whitney Houston, was moved to hospice care on Wednesday after suffering irreversible brain damage five months ago, and her former boyfriend was hit with a lawsuit alleging physical abuse and theft from her bank account.
President Barack Obama is used to hecklers stopping him during speeches — but he draws the line when the audience interrupts him in his own house.
The man went robbed the U.S. Bank branch at 10565 S. Eastern Ave., near Horizon Ridge Parkway, about 5 p.m. Tuesday.
With “Terminator Genisys” opening July 1, here’s your A-to-Z guide to the first four movies in the “Terminator” franchise.
Taunting an opponent when your team is down big rarely results in a reward. But it did for a young Indians fan who pointed and shouted at Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera after the boy snagged a foul ball with his hat Tuesday night during Cleveland’s 7-3 defeat.
Fox News has ended its relationship with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as a political contributor.