Two presidential candidates dropped in on Nevada during the past three days, and they couldn’t have been more different.
The Justice Department went to outrageous lengths to keep its Southern Nevada homeowner association fraud case cloaked in secrecy for seven years. Federal prosecutors are prepared to go even further to keep the public from ever knowing the depth of the conspiracy and the scope of the investigation.
A 75-year-old Texas woman who crashed her car into a rural ravine and fractured her spine survived for two days by drinking three cans of soda and water she collected with a rag, police said on Tuesday.
A 55-year-old prisoner’s death is being investigated as a suicide, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections. Quentin Hendricks died at Humbolt General Hospital in Winnemucca on Monday.
An Oregon woman who was kidnapped, bound and held captive in her car was rescued by police after she seized the moment to call 911 when her captor left the vehicle to change a flat tire, authorities said on Tuesday.
Around 1,200 prisoners, including al-Qaida suspects, escaped during clashes at a jail in central Yemen on Tuesday, officials said.
The Americans should win and be crowned World Cup champions Sunday for a third time. We should always win, at least until the rest of the world takes women’s soccer seriously. Which it probably never will. We care about it more, invest in it more, nurture it more.
Jonathan Duhamel, the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event winner, outlasted several top pros to win the $111,111 buy-in High Roller for One Drop tournament at the Rio Convention Center. Duhamel won $3,989,985 in the event, which features the largest buy-in at this year’s WSOP.
Hisashi Iwakuma held the 51s to one run on five hits in 5 2/3 innings to help the Tacoma Rainiers to an 8-4 PCL victory Tuesday. Iwakuma was making his second rehab start with the Rainiers after the Seattle Mariners placed him on the disabled list with a muscle strain.
Many elected state higher education leaders say they want more information about Chancellor Dan Klaich’s efforts to quash a report critical of his agency, and some question his leadership.
For those who don’t fully appreciate the importance of open government in protecting the public and holding institutions accountable — or why this newspaper advocates for transparency so frequently — we present disgusting, disturbing allegations against Dr. Binh “Ben” Minh Chung.
Controversial Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy just wanted to shake hands with Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul at a campaign event in Mesquite on Monday, but also was invited to a private meeting with the U.S. senator from Kentucky.
Not even Monday’s short stint of rain could cool down Las Vegas, and it looks like the clouds are here to stay.
One person is dead after a shooting in the northeast Las Vegas valley Tuesday morning, according to police.
Jose Aldo, the Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight champ, has pulled out of a scheduled title defense against Conor McGregor because of a rib injury. Chad Mendes will step in to face McGregor for the interim title at UFC 189 on July 11 at the MGM Grand.
Brett Favre’s confidence might be getting better with age, even if his throwing arm is not.
A Georgia law firm says the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas owes it $3.4 million — money a partner improperly transferred from the firm’s accounts in 2012 for gambling there. The firm, Morris Schneider Wittstadt, recently made the allegation in a federal lawsuit filed in Las Vegas.
The NHL denied a New York Post report Tuesday that the league is arranging the sale of the Arizona Coyotes to billionaire William Foley, who would move the team to Las Vegas.
Culinary Local 226 and Ultimate Fighting Championship are mixing it up again, and this time the Clark County Government Center has become the Octagon.
Police on Tuesday were searching for a man in a wheelchair who is suspected of robbing a New York bank and rolling out of the building with $1,200 cash to make a clean getaway.
With the valley’s triple-digit heat streak expected to stretch through Fourth of July weekend, Southern Nevada officials are reminding everyone that fireworks are illegal on public lands and should be handled with caution where their use is permitted.
Bishop Gorman’s Jack Little and Arbor View’s Nick Quintana made the 40-man roster for the 18U National Team Trials.
It was originally built to defend an empire, but now parts of the Great Wall of China are crumbling so badly they need someone to leap to their defense.
Freedom was short-lived for Glenn Ford, a Louisiana man who was exonerated last year after serving 30 years on death row for a crime he didn’t commit. He died from stage 4 lung cancer this week, 15 months after his release from prison.
Follow the link for the latest Connie Mack baseball standings.
An injunction against Nevada’s version of the Adam Walsh Act, a sex offender registration plan passed in 2007 but never enacted, was debated before the Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday morning.
If recent reports are true that Aaron Rodgers and Olivia Munn are headed for a breakup because the actress has jealousy issues, the Green Bay Packers quarterback might want to wear his helmet and pads at all times.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in finding three men and one woman in connection with a May shooting in a southeast valley parking lot.
Follow the link for the latest American Legion baseball standings.