Casino baron Steve Wynn is no stranger to self-inflicted wounds. He just suffered another one in his ill-advised slander lawsuit against stock market short-seller James Chanos.
Las Vegas literary happenings this week include a book launch by Holly Madison.
A stowaway found Friday in the wheel well of a British Airways flight from Johannesburg remains hospitalized in critical condition after he survived 11 hours of freezing temperatures.
A Utah pizza shop cook was the victim of multiple vicious attacks, including being knocked out and waking up to homophobic slurs carved into his arms.
United States striker Abby Wambach has apologized for her suggestion the referee targeted certain American players for yellow cards in her team’s Womens World Cup game against Colombia on Monday.
What’s wrong with striving to keep up with the Joneses and their spending? Well, maybe nothing … if you can afford it and it makes you happy. Of course, many people truly can’t afford it.
For everyone lamenting the fact that “Saturday Night Live” is on hiatus while the Rachel Dolezal controversy rages on, Maya Rudolph has answered your wishes.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, once a Republican rising star who passed on an opportunity to seek the White House in 2012, announced his candidacy on Wednesday under much more trying circumstances.
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On June 2, the Las Vegas Emblem Club No. 114, a community service organization, awarded its first scholarship to two Clark County high school seniors: Hannah Borguilla from Southwest Career and Technology Academy and Cassidy Nicole Campbell from Cowan Sunset High School. Borguilla is the daughter of Anthony and Virginia Bruce of Las Vegas, and Campbell is the daughter of Debra Campbell of Las Vegas.
LAKE MEAD — The striper bite is steady on the lake. Anglers have had success fishing shallower for the striped bass in the early morning and then switching to deep diving lures once the heat of the day has warmed the surface waters. Trolling with gizzard shad has worked for many through the Vegas Wash area and near Boulder Beach. The National Park Service will continue to improve launch ramp conditions through the summer but four-wheel drive is recommended when launching due to silt buildup.
A rare 6.3-meter-long basking shark was accidentally caught by a trawler in seas near Portland, in southwestern Australia.
A 50-year-old man is charged with attempted murder after stabbing his girlfriend in a southeast apartment Tuesday night, Las Vegas police say.
A man is in critical condition after a stabbing near downtown Las Vegas Wednesday morning, police say.
Tom Brady was present for all of the 10-hour-plus appeal hearing for his alleged role in Deflategate and the New England Patriots quarterback reportedly performed at the top of his game.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has directed that four Confederate flags be taken down from a Confederate memorial at the state Capitol.
The motorcyclist killed in a Tuesday crash on Interstate 15 has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
View Neighborhood Newspapers editorial cartoon, June 25, 2015, by F. Andrew Taylor.
A Virginia man was awarded $500,000 after discovering a recording on his phone of his anesthesiologist and doctors mocking and insulting him during a colonoscopy.
Rapper Rick Ross, whose real name is William Leonard Roberts II, was arrested in Fayette County, Ga., and charged with kidnapping, aggravated battery and aggravated assault on Wednesday morning.
The U.S. Department of Education will grant Nevada three additional years of flexibility from the accountability standards, and potential consequences, included in the No Child Left Behind Act.
When a paramedic handed police officer Nick Struck a weeping toddler soaked in gasoline at the scene of a deadly car crash in Brighton, Colorado, his fatherly instincts kicked in.
Gov. Brian Sandoval welcomed water experts and managers from around the West on Tuesday to Lake Tahoe, where they reviewed a final report on dealing with drought.
More U.S. consumers bank on the go, even on dates.
The truth on the painful conversations between doctors and patients.
Excessive bone density loss can lead to a condition called osteoporosis, which significantly increases a person’s risk for fracture.