A 64-year-old Northern Nevada inmate serving time for weapons charges died on Sunday, the Nevada Department of Corrections said Monday. Larry Dial died at a Carson City hospital after being housed at the Northern Nevada prison medical facility.
A U.S. woman on a safari outside Johannesburg was attacked and killed by a lion Monday.
Prevailing wages for school construction projects were resurrected Monday on the last day of the legislative session in an end-game concession to the Democratic minority.
A California high school senior’s portrait was left out of her high school yearbook over a policy that officials say is now under review.
Airport screeners failed to detect explosives and weapons in nearly every test that an undercover Homeland Security team conducted at dozens of airports, according to an internal investigation.
A video containing body cam footage from the Albuquerque (N.M.) Police Department along with audio of a 911 call pertaining to the traffic accident that led to the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s indefinite suspension of Jon Jones was obtained by MMA Digest on Monday.
At the end of a three-mile tunnel, engineers are preparing to remove a 16-foot-wide stainless steel plug and allow water from the deepest part of the lake to flow to taps in Las Vegas.
Valley High School seniors participated Monday in a “Grad Walk” to celebrate the achievements of the graduating seniors. The event also encourages younger students to graduate.
The PENTA Building Group isn’t relying on luck. With 40 people currently on the job building the Lucky Dragon Hotel & Casino, and plans for 250 workers at construction’s peak, the company paused on Monday to focus on safety.
A Colorado charter school is under fire after blocking a speech from a class valedictorian in which he planned to out himself as gay.
A lush oasis where the Great Basin and Mojave Desert intersect, Pahranagat Valley in southern Lincoln County offers glimpses of a long and varied history.
A Pahrump man arrested Monday after trying to get out of a traffic ticket by pretending to be a Las Vegas police officer is listed as chairman for the Nye County Republicans, according to the Nevada Republican Party website. William Carns, 45, has pretended to be a Metro officer at least twice before, the Nye County sheriff’s office said.
The Assembly on Monday approved legislation that allows the state to designate underperforming public schools as turnaround schools and requires school districts to lay off the least effective teachers and administrators when staff reductions are necessary.
Some questioned Rashad Vaughn when he left UNLV after his injury-plagued freshman year. But his ability to create off the dribble and shoot excites NBA teams enamored by the smaller, faster style of the Golden State Warriors.
Yum Brands Inc’s KFC unit in China said on Monday it has sued three companies it claims are using a popular messaging service to spread false rumors about the fried-chicken chain, including allegations that its chickens have six wings and eight legs.
Following the box office success of “San Andreas,” star Dwayne Johnson is in negotiations to star in a remake of ’80s cult classic “Big Trouble in Little China” for 20th Century Fox, sources tell Variety.
A psychiatrist testified on Monday that Colorado theater gunman James Holmes chose a midnight screening of a movie to commit mass murder because he believed there would be fewer children present.
First, Bryce Harper. Then, Kris Bryant. Now, Joey Gallo. Las Vegas continues to send sluggers to the major leagues.
The Las Vegas Valley will experience a “gradual cool down” from the triple-digit temperatures it saw over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
A man molested a neighbor girl after luring her and two playmates into his central valley apartment by asking them to help “style his hair,” according to Las Vegas police.
Attorneys Mary and Phil Brown filed the lawsuit in 2012, claiming defamation through an anonymous comment posted on the news organization’s website.
Gavin Maloof, of the Palms and former basketball family, is selling his Las Vegas estate in Southern Highlands for $12.5 million — the house where Lil Wayne shot the video for his hip hop classic “Lollipop.”
The “Colossus” event was billed as the People’s Poker Tournament, an invitation for anyone who’s ever played on a dusty table in the garage or quoted “Rounders” to mosey on down to the Rio Convention Center for their shot at a WSOP bracelet. And what better way to prove that than to have a lowly Review-Journal reporter sign up.
Andrew McCutchen gave two young Pirates fans the thrill of a lifetime when he gave them his batting gloves following Pittsburgh’s 5-2 win over the Padres in San Diego on Saturday night.
Henderson is set to approve two more medical marijuana dispensaries this month, one of which nixed its first potential site after neighborhood opposition.
Spanish pop star Enrique Iglesias is seeking treatment after a drone cut his hand during a Saturday concert.
If you were playing “Call of Duty” online multiplayer all weekend like I was, then you might have a small interest in downloadable content of new maps and a new cinematic campaign narrative starring Bruce Campbell.
Terri Nunn has turned down more starring roles than other entertainers get offered in a lifetime. She rejected the TV show “Dallas” plus the lead female part in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.”
Last week a federal judge threw out most of the evidence FBI agents seized from Caesars Palace villas during a raid on an alleged operation that accepted millions of dollars in illegal wagers on World Cup soccer.
In the past, Painesville Municipal Court Judge Michael Cicconetti sentenced a drunken driver to view bodies of car crash victims in the morgue and told teens to play drums in support of Lake Metroparks for criminal mischief.