ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sexually abused American hostage Kayla Mueller while she was in captivity, U.S. government officials said.
A 17-year-old high school football player in western Kentucky was killed when a heavy piece of metal equipment struck him, police said on Friday.
The White House released two Spotify playlists of songs on Friday morning, one for day and one for night, that were hand-picked by President Barack Obama, who’s currently vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard.
North Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 63-year-old woman whose family believes her life might be in danger, the department announced Friday evening.
A 42-year-old Las Vegas man with a history of migraine headaches has filed a class-action lawsuit against the state of Nevada over the fees it charges for medical marijuana registration cards.
Gov. Brian Sandoval has met personally with executives from electric car manufacturer Faraday Future who are looking to potentially locate its operations in North Las Vegas, but talk of a special legislative session to ink any deal is premature, said Steve Hill, executive director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development.
With both presidential nomination contests having been scrambled by recent events — the FBI taking control of Hillary Clinton’s private email server and a raucous, roiling GOP debate — the third edition of the Racing Form is herewith rushed into print.
Quit accusing Democrats of runaway political correctness. Republicans are just as keen on censoring speech — but it’s a different kind of speech they choose to censor.
“The people of the state of Nevada do enact as follows: NRS 295.001(1) and NRS 295.009(3) are hereby repealed.”
At some point, President Barack Obama will realize that his administration’s policies will not allow the country to have both massive new infrastructure spending and stringent new regulations sought by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The past few times I’ve been on a plane, I’ve had to endure the grating behavior of babies. It’s without question the worst part of air travel today — and that’s saying a lot in an era of baggage fees, poor on-time performance and terrorist treatment from the TSA.
Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft have applied to be licensed as transportation network companies in the state. The two San Francisco-based companies each submitted applications that arrived at Nevada Transportation Authority offices on Friday.
Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam thinks running back Ray Rice deserves another shot in the NFL, but his team is not ready to make a move to sign him.
The relationship between Wall Street and the auto industry has always been contentious, with automakers balancing their huge capital needs and long-term business model against investors’ relentless focus on short-term returns. Tesla has turned this struggle on its head in its short time as a public company, grabbing market valuations at multiples of earnings that resemble Silicon Valley software startups more than any car company. Now, as the electric automaker struggles to move beyond low-volume production of a single model, investors have to be wondering why they thought Tesla could defy the century-old rules of mass auto production.
With cool and funky accessories trending, hats and headwear rank at the top. They never fail to draw attention and can add as much style as desired.
Today, in 2015, the verdict is thumbs up, with study after study extolling the merits of three to five cups of black coffee a day in reducing risk for everything from melanoma to heart disease, multiple sclerosis, type 2 diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, liver disease, prostate cancer, Alzheimer’s, computer-related back pain and more.
A man shot and killed his former girlfriend and then himself on Friday in the downtown Chicago loans store where she worked, police said.
A Birmingham, Alabama, police detective who was pistol-whipped unconscious said Friday that he hesitated to use force because he didn’t want to be accused of needlessly killing an unarmed man.
Spring Mountain Ranch State Park interpreter David Low is determined to battle a condition he finds all too common among local children.
A man prosecutors say was linked to a 34-year-old murder case rejected a plea deal Friday.
The exact number of senior citizens experiencing hunger in the Las Vegas Valley is hard to pinpoint. Many proud seniors forgo a meal to pay their rent, utility bills or buy life-saving medication.
A tree limb fell on a tent in the heart of Yosemite National Park early Friday, killing two youths who were sleeping inside, the park said.
The Animas River reopened for recreational use Friday afternoon in La Plata County, Colorado, where an EPA crew polluted the waterway last week with mine waste, authorities said.
Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell has been diagnosed with early-stage cancer and will miss the rest of the season as he undergoes treatment.
Southern Nevada is one of the top choices for retirement homes, particularly for those migrating from California. For Bob and Doralee Rae, his retirement coincided with her growing interest in poker, and the choice was clear: move to Las Vegas.
Lewayne Bu-De McQueen, aka “Buddy,” stood inside the Baobab Stage Theatre at Town Square Las Vegas for a Monday improv drop-in class. Even though he’s been doing improv for five years, he said he never stops learning.
A computer hacker broke into a city of Henderson Web server and had access to data for nine days before being detected, officials said this week.
Your umbrellas are going to be get a break over the weekend, Las Vegas. After Thursday’s torrential rain in the valley and severe thunderstorm warnings Tuesday for areas south of Las Vegas, the valley is expected to warm up, and fast, the National Weather Service said.
Urban climbing, also known as buildering, is a trend where people climb up insanely tall buildings or structures, commonly cranes.