While it is nice to have a break from the craziness of the school year, many parents worry that their children’s education will go on hold during the fun-filled summer months. Of course, giving your children packets of math, science and English to work on over the break is an easy way to fix this problem. However, this can cause the words “learning” and “education” to form a negative connotation in your child’s mind, making education an evil thing that takes away from the fun and freedom of summer.
Coca-Cola wants everyone to imagine a world without labels. And as an example, the beverage company is dropping its own.
Jason Somerville is a World Series of Poker bracelet winner with almost $4 million in documented career live tournament earnings. Yet it’s his wildly popular Web series titled “Run It Up” that has revolutionized the way millennials are watching and learning poker and made him a mainstream sensation.
Former Assembly Speaker John Oceguera will certainly be seeing a lot of familiar faces on the trail as he campaigns for Congress in the Fourth District.
During a recent speech at the University of Wisconsin, President Barack Obama patted himself on the back for 64 straight months of private sector job growth — “a new record,” he proclaimed — and a total of 12.8 million new jobs.
The NBA Summer League has become an annual must-see affair on the Las Vegas calendar, putting a national spotlight on the city at a slow time of year and just a couple of weeks after the NBA Draft. The tournament-style event is in its 12th year at the Thomas &Mack Center and the adjacent Cox Pavilion, and its growth has been tremendous, going from six teams in 2004 to 24 teams this year.
Chad Mendes isn’t concerned that he took his fight with Conor McGregor on short notice and didn’t have a full training camp. The two will meet Saturday at UFC 189 for the Ultimate Fighting Championship interim featherweight title.
Pope Francis on Thursday urged the downtrodden to change the world economic order, denouncing a “new colonialism” by agencies that impose austerity programs.
Wendy Sloboda’s knack for finding fossil beds got her name immortalized — and has handed science a missing link in dinosaur evolution.
Facebook is updating its preferences to let users see more from their best friends and the family members they like — and less from the odd cousins and obligatory business contacts they loathe.
Buckle up, baby. Volvo Cars debuted a new concept for their luxury, family-friendly vehicles — a swivel child seat built into a console that sits where the front passenger seat would normally be.
More than half a million people downloaded an Android game that stole their Facebook usernames and passwords, according to researchers.
The Las Vegas Monorail Company is celebrating its 10th year of running the monorail, which runs from the MGM Grand hotel-casino to the SLS hotel-casino, with five other stations in between.
The Los Angeles Lakers are in the marquee game on opening day of the NBA Summer League, playing the Minnesota Timberwolves at 5:30 p.m. Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The game will feature No. 1 overall pick Karl-Anthony Towns and No. 2 pick D’Angelo Russell, if he signs his rookie contract with the Lakers.
Logan Verrett and three relievers combined on a four-hit shutout, and Alex Castellanos went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run as the 51s capped a PCL sweep over the Salt Lake Bees with a 2-0 win Thursday at Cashman Field. Las Vegas won the first game 6-4.
Bill Murray put on a show for the fans who followed him and pro golfer D.A. Points during their round at the John Deere Classic Pro-Am on Wednesday in Silvis, Illinois.
The San Antonio Spurs were the biggest winners in NBA free agency. LaMarcus Aldridge, a 6-foot-11-inch power forward, is an All-Star coming off arguably his best season with Portland. He averaged 23.4 points and 10.2 rebounds while shooting 35 percent from 3-point range.
C.J. Watson, a former Bishop Gorman High School standout, signed a three-year, $15 million contract Thursday with the Orlando Magic. The 6-foot-2-inch guard is coming off one of his best seasons, having averaged 10.0 points, 3.6 assists and 2.3 rebounds for the Indiana Pacers.
San Diego Comic-Con 2015 has it all: Sherlock, Batman, Katniss and Bill Murray. And it’s only Day 1.
Storm clouds should be gone from the valley by 8 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
A vast sweep of rural Nevada marked by lonely desert valleys, craggy mountain ranges and both ancient and modern art will become the newest addition to the nation’s inventory of protected landscapes on Friday.
Here’s a jacket that could very well be the Swiss Army Knife of travel wear — it’s got 15 features. “This is the travel jacket you always needed, but never existed,” said Hiral Sanghavi, co-founder of BauBax, which is making the jacket.
The state’s high court has referred Las Vegas attorney David Phillips to the State Bar of Nevada for investigation of possible misconduct.
Nevada’s continuing failure to transfer court-ordered inmates to the state’s maximum-security psychiatric facility in a timely manner has prompted the Clark County public defender’s office to file dozens of motions to dismiss charges, ranging from murder to battery, and release the inmates now languishing in jail.
Ken Stabler, a star NFL quarterback who led the Oakland Raiders to a Super Bowl championship in 1977, has died at age 69, WPMI television in Alabama reported on Thursday.
After more than three hours of public interviews with six finalists Thursday, Henderson City Council members said they will pick a new city manager on Monday.
In order to get a longer-lasting bang out of the nation’s nuclear bomb bucks, government scientists conducted a life-extension test of the aging B61 nuclear bomb using a fighter jet from Nellis Air Force Base to drop a dummy version of it July 1 at the Tonopah Test Range.
Which 10 songs will you be sick of by the end of summer? Well, let’s see … are you tired of “Can’t Feel My Face” by the Weeknd yet? No? Hang tight, you probably will be by the end of summer.
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