If you go to school at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, fly into McCarran International Airport or party on the Las Vegas Strip, you’re technically not in Las Vegas — you’re in Clark County.
“Men in Black” star Will Smith took the unusual step on Monday of publicly shooting down a report that he and his actress wife of 17 years had decided to divorce.
Bruce Boyd will be remembered as a self-taught naturalist whose work on butterflies of the Spring Mountains spurred the effort to protect habitat for the rare Mount Charleston blue butterfly, now an endangered species.
Nearly two weeks after a gunman opened fire during a screening of one of her movies, killing two people and himself, actress and comedienne Amy Schumer is teaming up with her cousin, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as he unveils new legislation to combat gun violence.
Scientific Games Corp. said Monday a second quarter net loss of $102.2 million was the result of costs and charges associated with the company’s acquisition and integration of slot machine manufacturers WMS Gaming and Bally Technologies in the past 24 months.
Aaron Rodgers is already in midseason form. The Green Bay Packers quarterback launched a pass Sunday into a net from 45 yards out.
Tremaine Wilbourn, the suspect in the slaying of a police officer in Memphis, Tennessee, over the weekend, is now in custody, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said.
A solar company official representing an alliance of rooftop solar firms said a filing Friday by NV Energy to create a new rate class for Nevadans who install the systems will mean the death of the industry in Nevada along with its 6,000 jobs.
Bobbi Kristina Brown was buried alongside her mother, Whitney Houston, on Monday, bringing to a close the brief and tragic life of the only child of the singing legend.
Move over, Bryce Harper and Kris Bryant. The Major League Baseball stars from Southern Nevada have been bumped from the national sports headlines by another pair of valley products: Kyle Busch and Inbee Park.
A federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit filed by a wildlife conservation group challenging federal predator control practices in Nevada that include killing coyotes and poisoning ravens.
The highly anticipated trailer for Ryan Reynolds’ “Deadpool” is coming very, very soon.
A 3-year-old Detroit boy was fatally shot by his 11-year-old brother on Monday afternoon while the two played with a gun in their backyard, The Detroit News reported.
While most young picky eaters grow out of their selective eating habits, a new study found that moderate and severe picky eating are associated with psychological issues such as anxiety, depression and attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder that may require intervention.
A movie based on the widely popular game “Dungeons & Dragons” is in the works at Warner Bros., the studio announced Monday, 10 months after a trial over who owned the rights to the fantasy game ended.
The nuclear industry is adopting a more aggressive stance on Yucca Mountain, a shift that may complicate efforts to reach a compromise on the thorny issue of high-level radioactive waste.
Police have a suspect in custody following a Georgia shooting that claimed the life of the father of a homeless family that were told they could stay in a hotel room until he could find a job.
Creditors owed billions by Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s largest operating division will control the board of the planned real estate investment trust the company plans to set up through a bankruptcy court-administered reorganization.
Zimbabwe has linked a Pennsylvania doctor to an investigation into illegal lion hunting, naming him on Sunday as a client of a safari operator accused of breaching regulations.
Attacks thousands of miles apart, under different circumstances, have left 19 law enforcement officers dead nationwide this year. Here are officers who have died at the hands of violent suspects from January until now.
Macau gaming revenue fell 34.5 percent in July, the Chinese casino market’s 14th straight monthly decline and the sixth straight month the region has experienced drops of 30 percent or higher.
Dez Bryant wasted little time getting into the swing of training camp. On Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys wide receiver got into a scuffle with his teammate at practice.
Southbound lanes on the Las Vegas Strip near Spring Mountain Road have reopened after a closure that allowed police to investigate a crash that sent a bicyclist to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Police in Akron, Ohio discovered a meth lab while responding to an unsupervised child who was seen eating charcoal.
Fire officials say speed bumps can add as many as 10 crucial seconds to emergency vehicle response times, whereas humps might only add a few seconds.
Edinson Volquez hit Josh Donaldson with a pitch in the first inning of Sunday’s Royals-Blue Jays game, threw a high-and-inside pitch near Donaldson’s head in the third and then blasted the Toronto third baseman after the game for complaining about it.
James Holmes, the gunman in the Colorado movie massacre, could face the death penalty after jurors found on Monday that aggravating factors in the case counted for more than mitigating ones such as mental illness.
Off-roading. Surfing. What’s the difference? An Australian daredevil combined the two adrenaline-based sports and accomplished a stunt like no other — he surfed a wave on a dirt bike.
Golden Gaming’s $341 million merger with Minnesota-based Lakes Entertainment was finalized Monday, creating a publicly traded casino, tavern and slot machine route operation with business interests in Nevada and Maryland.
AT&T, fresh off its completed acquisition of DirecTV, is already flexing its muscles as a combined company.