It might be hard to accept that someone’s pet earns more money than you do — but unless you’re really rich, it’s true. From internet sensations to movie stars and commercial actors to print models, cats, dogs and animals of all stripes have raked in millions — or even tens of millions — for their owners. Here are 20 pets who have made their owners rich.
When you think of what might make a state the most "American," you might think of things related to stereotypes, foreign relations or patriotism, but according to a new ranking, Nevada is the least American state in the nation.
If careers were like roads, there would be big Dead-End signs posted on millions of cubicles around the country. But careers are slightly more difficult to navigate than highways, and it‘s hard to know whether your job has you in the fast lane to a bright future — or on the road to nowhere.
While average daily room rates and hotel occupancy rates are below historic highs, Las Vegas is seeing the highest level of visitation in its history, economist Jeremy Aguero told members of a new committee this week.
The Denver Broncos and star wide receiver Demaryius Thomas reached agreement on a five-year deal, right before Wednesday‘s deadline for franchise-tagged players.
Ramen places have popped up all over the valley in recent years, most of them clustered in and around Chinatown.
WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Cresent Hardy raised less than $200,000 in the past three months, outpaced by two challengers as he seeks to hold his House seat representing North Las Vegas and six counties in rural Nevada.
Five people have been indicted on murder charges in connection with a gang-related shooting that left a 24-year-old man dead, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Let us prey. Figuratively speaking, that is. After all, this is a live animal show. And the live humans at the Springs Preserve‘s Big Springs Theater are there to watch and learn, not pounce, during "Eat or Be Eaten: Predators and Prey," a meet-the-creatures show continuing through Aug. 30.
Three armed men broke into the Los Angeles home of rhythm and blues star Chris Brown on Wednesday, ordering a relative of Brown into a closet and taking cash and electronics, police said.
If, among a certain subgroup of white Americans, there is an inherent fear of the Latin-ization of the United States, is there a parallel unease among some Hispanics? If not quite a fear, per se, then perhaps an aversion to becoming white?
The Clark County district attorney‘s office has worked to keep much of its witness payment program secret for years by arguing that confidentiality was necessary to protect witnesses. But it’s painfully obvious that payments have been shielded from public scrutiny to protect something else: prosecutors‘ rear ends.
President Barack Obama, seeking to sell the Iran nuclear deal to skeptical U.S. lawmakers and the American public, insisted on Wednesday that the landmark agreement was the best way to avoid a nuclear arms race and more war in the Middle East.
Most people know a nice car when they see one, but “gearheads” work on a different level.
President Barack Obama, asked on Wednesday about possibly revoking entertainer Bill Cosby‘s Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian honor, said there is no mechanism for doing so, but added no civilized country should tolerate rape.
The past is returning to life at the former main U.S. Post Office building here as private investors restore the original splendor of the historic Art Deco structure and turn it into mixed retail and office use.
The Dallas Cowboys and franchised-tagged wide receiver Dez Bryant agreed to a five-year deal, less than an hour before Wednesday‘s deadline.
James Todora pointed his pistol point-blank at a Las Vegas police officer‘s head last Friday and pulled the trigger.
Residents of the Big Apple are known for being less than impressed by what is going on around them. Grammy-winning singer Brandy learned that the hard way when she recently boarded a subway train in the city. It may have been her incognito outfit of hoodie, headscarf and glasses, but during a rendition of the song "Home," the singer was pretty much ignored.
Traffic is moving smoothly again on U.S. Highway 95 after two lanes were blocked for about an hour after a wreck involving at least two vehicles.
Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Ross was right: Not everyone is happy about the controversial three-story apartment complex now set to go up next to one of Centennial Hills‘ toniest subdivisions.
The acquisition triples the size of Tesla‘s property holdings in the Silver State, bringing total acreage to around 3,000.Tesla bought 1,000 acres in the industrial park last year.
The Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority Board of Commissioners on Wednesday voted to table the agency‘s fiscal 2016 budget, postponing proposed layoffs and the outsourcing of three programs.
Las Vegas literary happenings this week include the launch of free workshops by Clark County’s poet laureate.
A Chicago art exhibit has stirred controversy with a life-size silicone replica of Michael Brown after he was fatally shot on a street in Ferguson, Missouri, last year.
A Chicago art exhibit has stirred controversy with a life-size silicone replica of Michael Brown after he was fatally shot on a street in Ferguson, Missouri, last year.
If other networks and cable channels seem like businesses — CBS, for instance, comes across like a procedural factory, cranking out the same series, over and over, with different casts — FX feels more like a family.
Tom Watson said 2016 will be his final appearance playing at the Masters. Watson, 65, said Wednesday that he no longer hits the ball far enough to be competitive at Augusta, where he has not made the cut since 2010.
Street artist Shepard Fairey, who created the "Hope" poster of Barack Obama in 2008, turned himself into Detroit police on Tuesday on charges he defaced several properties in the city, authorities said.
With the team struggling on and off the field, the Arena Football League has taken over the daily operations of the Las Vegas Outlaws.
