The first-ever Fantasy Sports Combine is scheduled for next Friday and Saturday at Wynn Las Vegas and Encore. The sessions will include talks by fantasy sports experts, broadcasters and sports personalities, including former NFL coaches Mike Shanahan and Mike Ditka.
Arizona prisons Director Charles Ryan has provided additional details of unrest and rioting that injured 12 people and ransacked the state prison in northwest Arizona last week.
Prosecutors said the 61-year-old Australian rocker phoned a former employee last year and said, “I’m going to come over and kill you.”
Chris Nielsen, a member of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s staff, is poised to become general counsel for the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System after serving a brief stint as the governor’s deputy chief of staff.
Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman is relentlessly hopeful, a deep thinker whose sincerity is sobering in world shrouded in senseless violence.
A Clark County grand jury has indicted 11 people in a year-long scheme to make credit cards and collect cash advances at various Las Vegas casinos, prosecutors said Friday.
Some NBA players travel with an entourage. Timberwolves rookie Karl-Anthony Towns travels with an imaginary friend.
It was an insanely close call for these would-be adrenaline junkies at a Wisconsin amusement park.
Insert Coin(s), the boutique video-game nightclub/lounge in downtown Las Vegas, has closed after four years because of financial problems but the owner hopes he can reopen it one day.
Elderly patients may be willing to let family members access their medical records and make decisions on their behalf, but they also want to retain granular control of their health information, a study suggests.
General Motors Co said it was recalling nearly 780,000 crossover SUVs, mainly in North America, because their rear power lift gates could suddenly fall and hit people.
NASA took a key step forward in the goal to eventually land a person on Mars on Thursday.
A United Airlines pilot first threw live ammunition in the trash, then flushed it down a toilet on an international flight — an episode that spurred the involvement of German authorities and an investigation by the airline.
With the stroke of a pen, President Barack Obama created more green on the Nevada map Friday when he signed a proclamation designating a 704,000-acre national monument conservation area in the state.
Apple is finally letting users test the updates they’ve been waiting for. With iOS 9, the updates go beyond icon designs and color schemes. There’s a lot to look forward to — new apps as well as revamped ones. Apple Maps boasts particularly welcome upgrades.
At the end of January, Attorney General Adam Laxalt announced that Nevada would join 25 other states in opposing an executive order blocking deportation of many undocumented immigrants.
The company known as “the front page of the Internet” has a new leader. Reddit’s interim CEO Ellen Pao has resigned. Co-founder and former CEO Steve Huffman will replace her.
Some parents claim that McDonald’s Minion Happy Meal toys are asking a rude question. And they’re not happy about it.
Every Sunday through Sept. 6, locals are invited to the free screening series that kicks off this weekend with “The Breakfast Club.”
MGM Resorts Foundation is presenting its the ninth annual Women’s Leadership Conference on Monday and Tuesday.
It remains to be seen if Jason Pierre-Paul and C.J. Wilson will play this fall after losing digits in fireworks mishaps over the Fourth of July. But athletes are tough, and others have played without all their fingers.
Defense lawyers trying to avoid the death penalty for Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes wrapped up their case on Friday, hoping they have convinced jurors he was legally insane when he carried out one of the worst U.S. mass shootings.
Mitch Garber has turned Caesars Interactive into a social gaming giant. After having zero cash flow from social gaming in 2010, the balance sheet may show some $250 million in cash flow this year.
The fire started about 10 p.m. Thursday in the Duck Creek area of the 2,900-acre park.
“Bob Massi Is the Property Man” premieres at noon Saturday on Fox News Channel.
Is it possible that Joe Theismann is still in shock from the gruesome broken leg he suffered 30 years ago at the hands of Lawrence Taylor on “Monday Night Football?”
Sari Dennis’ mission is to help people bring their bodies back into balance. Dennis is a certified health and wellness counselor who studied at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and founded My Wellness Counts, mywellnesscounts.com, in 2010. Some clients bestow on her their own title.
Intrepid Taste of the Town readers find local Italian bakeries that sell fresh pastries, especially cannoli.
Is this poster promoting the Chinese edition of animated movie “Cars”? No. But some say it’s a knock-off. Critics and disappointed movie goers say a newly-released Chinese animation is a copy of Pixar’s hit film franchise, but the filmmaker and production company have denied the accusations, insisting it is “independently produced” and an “original” film.
