A firm headed by former Nevada Congressman Steven Horsford will oversee brand marketing efforts for the $1.3 billion MGM National Harbor development, a resort under construction near Washington, D.C.
The second-largest shareholder in Gibraltar-based Bwin.party Digital Entertainment said Monday a rival firm will have to increase an offer if it wants to out-bid online gaming giant 888 Holdings in a takeover battle.
The search for two missing 14-year-old boys from South Florida whose empty boat was found adrift in the Atlantic Ocean has been extended north beyond Jacksonville, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday.
The feeling had been nagging at me for years, the urge to ride a bicycle along the Pacific Ocean in North County, that area north of San Diego. From Oceanside through Carlsbad and Encinitas to Solana Beach, Del Mar and Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve. All on old U.S. 101, the coastal road.
Ely is much like the mines that made it, nearly broke it and partially sustain it today: It doesn’t look like much on the surface, but scrape away the dust and the dirt and you’ll uncover more than a few gems.
An agreement reached between Switch, NV Energy and state regulators that would keep the data storage company as a customer of the utility is up for review Thursday by the state Public Utilities Commission.
Thirty-five women who have accused Bill Cosby of sex assault appear on the current cover of New York Magazine in a stunning statement of unity against the legendary comic.
San Francisco city officials are implementing a new “pee-proof” paint around the city to combat the persistent problem of public urination.
President Barack Obama is marching Israelis to “the door of the oven” by agreeing to the Iran nuclear deal, Mike Huckabee said Sunday.
The county prosecutor investigating the death of a black woman at a Texas jail days after her arrest during a traffic stop said on Monday outside attorneys will help with the probe, which likely will go to a county grand jury in August.
Temple Sinai of Las Vegas has announced that Heather Klein is the new cantorial soloist. Klein, a native of Las Vegas, is a classically trained singer who performs opera, Yiddish classical song, theater, folk music and other styles. For the past decade, she has performed across the U.S., Canada and Europe as a soloist and as part of various musical groups and opera companies.
If the ice cream alone doesn’t put a smile on your face, chances are just walking into Eis Cream Cafe will do the trick.
When someone becomes unable to take care of general household activities, due to an illness or challenges related to aging, there aren’t many options. Friends and family can help sometimes, but in Las Vegas, many people find themselves without that support structure. EOS Home Care is trying to fill the gap between home health care and household chores.
For outdoor lovers in Southern Nevada, summer temperatures can bring out severe cases of cabin fever. It is difficult locating a hiking or biking destination with moderate temperatures that isn’t crowded and isn’t too far away.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, the international drug maker linked to the 2008 hepatitis C outbreak in Las Vegas, has agreed to buy Allergan Plc’s generic drugs business for $40.5 billion in a cash and stock deal that will turn the Israeli company into one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms.
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The Las Vegas police department has identified the three officers who were involved in a fatal shootout Saturday.
Authorities in Atlanta said on Monday they will conduct an autopsy on Bobbi Kristina Brown in hopes of determining how the daughter of late singer Whitney Houston suffered the injuries six months ago that caused her irreversible brain damage.
A man was charged with murder after fatally shooting another man in a Florida road rage incident.
Cuba, Kenya and Saudi Arabia are doing better at fighting human trafficking. Egypt, Ghana and Bulgaria are doing worse.
Evel Knievel Days, held in Butte, Montana, came to a climax on Saturday with Gregg Godfrey’s world record semitruck jump.
“Every state should strengthen their laws,” Jindal said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “Absolutely, in this instance, this man never should have been able to buy a gun.”
Nevada Connections Academy plans information sessions in Henderson
The children’s play “The Lion Who Wouldn’t,” now at Henderson’s Theatre in the Valley, charms through its use of commedia dell’arte to tell a simple parable about being yourself.
Groucho Marx famously said, ’I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.’ But in this digital age, are in-home libraries still a popular choice, or are they “Gone With the Wind”?
Southbound lanes will be restricted on the Strip as work proceeds this week at the Bellagio, where a stage is being built for a Kabuki show on the lake in front of the hotel-casino.
A Connecticut man was arrested on Sunday after getting into a two-car crash and fleeing the scene while his injured girlfriend was still in the car.