Quick, name a couple of famous female coders in the vein of Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates. Nobody comes to mind, eh? Nowadays, two of the best-known women in computer science might just be characters on a TV show.
Jarrett Parker hit a double, home run and drove in three runs to help the Sacramento RiverCats to a 5-1 victory over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game Friday in Sacramento, Calif.
St. George is the perfect place for a sunny weekend escape. It’s a desert playground that offers hiking, golfing, biking, climbing and many more family friendly activities.
The Paseo Verde Little League ousted defending U.S. champion Mountain Ridge 6-4 for the state championship on Tuesday. Now the team is looking for donations to help offset the cost of traveling to the Western Regional, which begins Aug. 9 in San Bernardino, Calif.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 190 today in Rio de Janeiro, except for the two season title fights for the Brazilian version of “The Ultimate Fighter”:
Other than going 2-10 or 2-11 most seasons, and having spectators depart Sam Boyd Stadium in mass-exodus-style after the third quarter, the UNLV football program mostly is bereft of tradition.
Joe Neal was so much a part of the fabric of the Nevada Legislature that it’s hard to imagine he has been out of office 15 years.
A Texas Christian University student has been disciplined after posting online comments seen as racially offensive about current events, including rioting in Baltimore and the rise of the Islamic State, TCU officials said on Friday.
A man was shot in the side of the head in the central valley on Friday, according to Las Vegas police.
At least one person is hospitalized and part of Sahara Avenue is closed after a crash Friday evening in the central valley, according to Las Vegas police.
Dougie J’s Cafe is named after co-owner Suny Chabrow’s son, Spc. Douglas J. Green, killed in action in Afghanistan, and the restaurant is a sort of tribute to members of the military.
Armed citizens who started guarding the entrances of military recruiting centers in Las Vegas almost two weeks ago were not there Friday.
Parents, educators and researchers will have to wait a bit longer before state officials release a series of reports about students and the workforce as part of the debut of a first-of-its-kind database in Nevada.
Joel Casamayor remembers the last time he stood before Fidel Castro.
A Clark County District Court judge on Friday said she lacked the authority to hear dozens of motions to dismiss charges against mentally ill inmates now languishing in jail and sent the cases back to the courts where they originated for a decision on the matter.
At age 12, Mark Brandenburg mopped the basement floors at Las Vegas’ first casino: the Golden Gate at 1 Fremont St. Nearly 50 years later, he has his own office in the building as its president and shareholder.
When it comes to eating raw eggs, “Rocky” has got nothing on Drew Ott.
A woman found slain in her central Las Vegas Valley townhouse died from multiple stab wounds to the upper body, the Clark County coroner’s office said Friday.
President Barack Obama is lined up this month for yet another trip to Las Vegas, officials confirmed Friday.
Clark County officials have a tentative agreement to pay $150,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by a former employee.
When Hillary Clinton launched her 2016 presidential campaign this spring, she boldly proclaimed on social media that she, unlike the GOP, was “looking forward to a real discussion” about the issues facing Americans. As we saw last week, however, her desire to have “a real discussion” about the issues does not apply to the Keystone XL pipeline.
Never in the annals of American politics has one man — Donald Trump — been so wrong for so long about so much. Mr. Trump’s bombastic opinions about immigration, foreign policy and the fight against ISIS make one wonder about the depths of extremism to which the Republican Party I belong to has sunk.
HBO’s most-watched series, the medieval fantasy drama “Game of Thrones,” will likely continue through three more seasons, a network executive said on Thursday, as he defended the show’s gritty violence.
One person was hospitalized following a garage fire in the northeast valley blamed on “careless handling of ashes,” according to the Clark County Fire Department.
I want to thank the Review-Journal for publishing the editorial on asset forfeiture (“Forfeiture abuse,” July 2 R-J). I looked up state Senate Bill 138, and what I found was very interesting, to say the least.
We don’t know when the country’s next mass shooting will happen. With two tragedies a week apart last month, we know it won’t be long.
People tend to say they want straight-talking politicians — then get upset when straight talk actually occurs.
Christianity, whose presence in the Middle East predates Islam’s by 600 years, is about to be cleansed from the Middle East. Egyptian Copts may have found some respite under Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, but after their persecution under the previous Muslim Brotherhood government, they know how precarious their existence in 90 percent Muslim Egypt remains. Elsewhere, it’s much worse. Twenty-one Copts were beheaded by the Islamic State affiliate in Libya for the crime of being Christian. In those large swaths of Syria and Iraq where the Islamic State rules, the consequences for Christians are terrible — enslavement, exile, torture, massacre, crucifixion.
Pop singer turned television talent show judge Mel B has hinted at a possible Spice Girl reunion, saying she would like to “gather the troops” to mark the 1990s group’s 20th anniversary next year.
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