The new law that launched Nevada’s Education Savings Accounts is still the buzz of the country’s school choice movement, but the job of getting the accounts open for parents is just getting started.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday squashed one of the country’s worst agricultural policy abominations, correctly condemning a New Deal-era bureaucracy that seized raisins from farmers without compensation, distorting the marketplace and inflating prices.
It’s unlike Timothy Bradley to talk trash before a fight. But when Erik Morales, the trainer for Jessie Vargas, called Bradley old, the 31-year-old fired back, saying he will “whup” Vargas when they fight for the vacant World Boxing Organization welterweight title Saturday.
In the most memorable moment in the history of American women’s team sports, the United States beat China in the 1999 Women’s World Cup final. Sixteen years later, the U.S. and China will meet in the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals in Canada.
Economic growth in Nevada is accelerating faster than in the U.S., economic analysts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Center for Business and Economic Research, said Thursday, but housing remains tight and the state trails woefully in advanced industry.
A team of industry experts selected by the Contractors State License Board will examine the balcony built by Segue Construction Inc for workmanship and perform other forensic analysis, said agency spokesman Rick Lopes.
Two logical stakes for American Pharoah are the Haskell on Aug. 2 at Monmouth Park and the Jim Dandy on Aug. 1 at Saratoga. Trainer Bob Baffert might hold him out until the Travers on Aug. 29 or even the Pennsylvania Derby on Sept. 19.
Throughout her six-month deployment overseas, Jessica Dawley bonded with fellow soldiers by playing poker. On Friday, the former Air Force intelligence analyst turned poker pro will begin play in the World Series of Poker’s $1,000 buy-in Ladies No-limit Hold ’em Championship at the Rio Convention Center.
Republican Rep. Joe Barton re-introduced legislation Thursday that would legalize online poker in states that choose to play. It would set up a system rooted in the Department of Commerce and carried out by individual states to license and regulate game sponsors.
Kirk Nieuwenhuis had two home runs and five RBIs and was one of eight Las Vegas players with multiple hits as the 51s routed the Salt Lake Bees 20-8 in the rubber game of their three-game Pacific Coast League series Thursday in Salt Lake City.
The DeHavilland DHC-3T Otter, a floatplane, crashed in steep, mountainous terrain about 25 miles northeast of Ketchikan.
After a 17-year-old’s body was found partially decomposed in a wooded George County, Alabama area on June 1st, investigators are trying to determine if her murder was a hate crime.
Months after Clark County School District leaders apologized for mishandling potential changes to the sex education curriculum, the unexpected cancellation of a school board meeting to discuss related policy revisions left at least one board member fuming.
The dream duo of Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler reunited on Wednesday’s “Late Night” to revive their signature “Weekend Update” segment, “Really!?!”
The last few weeks have been all about the animals of “Jurassic World.” This week, they’ll be joined at the multiplexes by a foul-mouthed bear and a heroic dog.
Las Vegas lightweight Diego Magdaleno returns to the ring Friday, meeting Jose Gonzalez in the main event of Top Rank’s boxing card in Hidalgo, Texas. The fight is for the vacant World Boxing Organization international lightweight title.
This just may be one of the funniest, yet creepiest things to appear on the internet.
The Clark County district attorney’s office has charged ex-National Football League player Warren Sapp in connection with an April domestic violence incident.
If you’ve had “Big Fish” on your Netflix list for a while now, you better watch it — it’s part of 53 other titles being dropped from the streaming service in July.
Chilling letters forced a family of five from their new, $1.3 million dream home in New Jersey only days after they purchased the house.
A large chunk of ice fell from the sky into the home of a Washington state family.
New York-style and Roman-style pan pizzas star at Pizza Forte at Sunset Station.
The first building phase of Tesla’s massive battery factory being constructed in Northern Nevada is nearly complete, a legislative panel was told Thursday.
Metro is investigating the shooting death of two men found inside an SUV in the eastern Las Vegas Valley Wednesday.
Metro responded to the shooting at 1:55 p.m. in the 5900 block of West Smoke Ranch Road, near the intersection of Jones Boulevard, police said.
Keep doing what you’re doing to stay cool, Southern Nevada, because temperatures could reach 115 degrees.
During our recent visit to the newest location, in Henderson, we discovered that Babystacks continues to bring a freshness to the breakfast world.
The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Kentucky forward/center Karl-Anthony Towns with the first overall pick, while the L.A. Lakers passed on Duke Center Jahlil Okafor to take Ohio St. PG D’Angelo Russell at the NBA Draft.
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