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.
Del Mar is among a few tracks that fits the bill of a boutique meet. And the Southern California track is hoping to attract Triple Crown champ American Pharoah to race there. There is talk of a $5 million bonus for winning the Pacific Classic, Awesome Again and Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Marion “Suge” Knight, who is charged with murder for running over a man at a California hamburger stand, plans to produce a video showing an attacker brandished a gun just before the fatal incident, his attorney said in court papers.
When lawmakers debated Assembly Bill 161 in this year’s legislative session, proponents said offering tax abatements to aviation companies would result in major investments in the state. Representatives of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development board got a taste of that Thursday in the first meeting at which aviation tax abatements were approved.
The mystery of three Wisconsin sisters who went missing during a Wyoming camping trip has a happy ending.
Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton are trading barbs on Twitter after Bush said in an interview Wednesday that “people need to work longer hours.”
Henderson police released new details about Saturday’s police shooting Thursday afternoon. Police shot Bryan David Bauer, 36, of Las Vegas, when he ran at them holding a handgun, police said. He died at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
The most compelling match is Friday’s second men’s semifinal, scheduled for 8 a.m., between No. 2 Roger Federer and No. 3 Andy Murray. Federer, who has a 12-11 edge vs. Murray, hasn’t won a major since capturing his seventh Wimbledon and 17th major title in 2012.
The complaint claims the school district violated the contract rights and due process clauses of the U.S. Constitution when it fired the teachers at the end of the 2013-14 school year.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is considering paying the chairman of CBS back by appearing on Leslie Moonves’ flagship network rather than on pay per view for his next fight, Sept. 12 at the MGM Grand Garden.
The president of a Las Vegas-based investment company charged with running a $1.5 billion Ponzi scheme was taken into custody by the FBI Thursday.
A Las Vegas woman was sentenced to a maximum of 21 years in prison for shooting at SWAT officers during a nearly 24-hour standoff.
Former Democratic Nevada Assembly Speaker John Oceguera is running for Republican U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy’s seat.
The goofy new teaser for “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2” feels like the beginning of an homage to Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation” video.
Ray McDonald, a former defensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears, was charged with felony false imprisonment and three misdemeanors on Thursday — the result of a May 25 incident involving his ex-fiancee and her baby.
In all, 23 NBA teams, plus an NBA Development League team, will play 67 games in 11 days at Thomas & Mack and Cox Pavilion beginning Friday. It’s $28 at the door per person for a day’s worth of NBA summer games.
An activist on Thursday asked the Regional Transportation Commission what was taking it so long to act to reduce bus stop tragedies since the agency was given authority to move its bus shelters farther away from the street on 2007.
A Las Vegas man is facing charges of armed robbery and burglary in connection with a June 18 theft at Party USA, 800 S. Rampart Blvd.
Schools supplies and uniforms are needed for children in Clark County’s child welfare system. The Clark County Department of Family Services and foster care organizations in Southern Nevada are accepting donations during a back-to-school donation drive that runs through Aug. 7.
A 62-year-old man is being hailed as grandfather of the year after diving in front of a speeding train to rescue his baby granddaughter.
Bill Foley, the businessman who’s spearheading the effort to bring a National Hockey League team to Las Vegas, has purchased one of the city’s most upscale office buildings.