A Southern California man may lose his hand soon after being bitten by a rattlesnake when he picked it up to take a “selfie” with it.
Nevada’s taxable retail sales rose at a healthy pace in June. Sales of tangible goods jumped to $4.45 billion statewide in the month, the Department of Taxation said Thursday. That was up 7.1 percent compared with $4.15 billion in June 2014.
Las Vegas police responded to William Snider’s home more than 40 times from 2007 until he was shot to death by a SWAT team sniper during a standoff Sunday morning.
Rogue firearm teachers blemish the integrity of Nevada’s concealed weapon permit, other instructors said Thursday as they urged a law enforcement panel to do more to root out and crack down on instructors who don’t adhere to course mandates.
Sometimes excitement can be contagious — and that’s definitely the case with a 5-year-old boy from North Lincolnshire, England.
As many as 50 refugees were found dead in a parked truck in Austria on Thursday, and another migrant ship sank off Libya, deepening a crisis that is overwhelming Europe and throwing up new tragedies by the day.
Storms developing in the Spring Mountains could bring rain to the Las Vegas Valley.
The life-saving bacteria from the guts of people with healthy fecal matter can help cure those with gut-wrenching bad bacteria. When their healthy microbes are placed inside the intestines of a sick person they can chase out harmful C. difficile bacteria. It’s called a fecal transplant.
A disturbed mind brimming with rage, a professional media career and newly purchased guns. Vester Lee Flanagan II combined them into a real-time murder show that he choreographed in detail.
The husband of Vicki Gardner, a chamber of commerce executive who survived being shot in the back during a live news broadcast in Virginia, was watching on TV as the tragic events unfolded.
Reporter Alison Parker was 24. A “rock star” reporter who loved Mexican food, whitewater kayaking and dark television characters such as Walter White on “Breaking Bad.” Photographer Adam Ward was 27. Engaged to be married. Vivacious and funny, the sort of person you never saw without a smile, as one college friend said.
Reporters, camera operators and journalism colleagues everywhere openly struggled with their shock and grief on social media after TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were shot dead while reporting live on air in Virginia.
A sinkhole opened up on a street in a northeastern Chinese city on Saturday, injuring five people, according to the Associated Press.
After a year-long absence from show business, Celine Dion returns to the Las Vegas stage on Thursday. Here are five things you may not know about her.
The smaller of twin panda cubs born over the weekend to giant panda Mei Xiang died on Wednesday after experiencing respiratory difficulty, Washington’s National Zoo said.
After spinning west across the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Erika is finally ready to pay a visit to the islands.
First Matt LeBlanc and now Lisa Kudrow. Kudrow appeared on stage at Taylor Swift’s fifth and final show at Los Angeles’ Staples Center as her “Friends” character Phoebe Buffay.
Walmart said Wednesday that it will stop selling military-style semiautomatic rifles, including AR-15s.
Kenny Bayless of Las Vegas was selected Thursday by the Nevada Athletic Commission to referee the Sept. 12 world welterweight title fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Andre Berto at the MGM Grand Garden. It will be Bayless’ third consecutive Mayweather fight and the fourth in his past five.
The third annual Sip & Savor event, a dine-around of six Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group restaurants that benefits Keep Memory Alive, will begin at 6 p.m. Sept. 16 at Spago at the Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
Want to work for Google? What you search for could land you a job.
Tobias Strebel, best known for a memorable appearance on “Botched” and for spending more than $100,000 to look like Justin Bieber, was found dead in a Motel 6 in North Hills, Calif., just a few days after being reported missing. He was 35.
Mississippi State University said on Twitter on Thursday it had a suspect in custody after an active shooter was reported on campus.
A disabled man in Phoenix was savagely beaten, and now his family is desperate for answers. Gabriel Mayorga’s family said he was just running to the grocery store for tortillas when he was attacked
Lawyers have filed a class action lawsuit against most major automakers over what attorneys call a deadly “defect” in keyless ignition systems.