I read with interest Sylvia Lazos’ commentary on Education Savings Accounts (“Education Savings Accounts imperil public education,” Tuesday Review-Journal). It is obvious Ms. Lazos did not do her homework or was afraid to share how successful ESA programs have been in other states.
The UNLV football program has seen so many new eras that they really aren’t so new anymore. Each new era is the same as the old era, and the dismal numbers bear that out.
The Clark County School District again will ask a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed last year by the family of a Henderson middle school student who killed herself after she suffered months of bullying.
Europe is in the midst of an unprecedented human migration. Fleeing war, fearing for their life and dreaming of a better life far from the poverty and upheaval of their unstable nations, hundreds of thousands are flocking to Europe’s shores.
Aretha Franklin is seeking to stop a planned Telluride Film Festival screening on Friday of “Amazing Grace,” the documentary culled from concert footage shot in 1972 by director Sydney Pollack.
My mother, Mary Lou, sage philosopher that she is, used to say, “The only difference between a good dinner party and a bad one is three cocktails!” Thankfully, Mom is a good cook (a gene she did not pass down to me), so no one needed a gin and tonic just to get through her dinner parties.
Just in time for its busiest camping season, Red Rock Canyon Campground is reopened, after a seasonal closure in May.
As America battles its obesity epidemic, the health club industry is one of the primary beneficiaries. Between 2005 and 2012, U.S. fitness center numbers climbed from 26,830 to 30,500, and the trend hasn’t slowed since then, according to the International Health, Racquet, and Sportsclub Association.
Many of us first encountered glamour in design on late-night television while watching movie stars such as Ginger Rogers and Rita Hayworth dance their way across celluloid dreamscapes created by the brilliant Hollywood set designers of the 1930s and ’40s.
Here in the desert, capturing the sun’s free energy is potentially available to all rooftop owners.
No longer considered taboo by the mainstream media, sports betting has received increased coverage in recent years. That trend will continue on Scott Van Pelt’s new midnight ESPN SportsCenter, which will debut Monday at 9 p.m. Pacific time.
New England Patriots president Jonathan Kraft said the organization does not plan to fight to regain lost draft picks or the $1 million fine as part of the original Deflategate penalties.
A quick search of the word “pogonip” on Twitter will pull up a long list of tweets asking what the word even means, in response to a guide to each state’s unofficial state word. But according to an interactive map posted by Slate, Nevada’s unofficial state word is pogonip, according to linguistics research focused on slang words.
She stands at the crossroads of a controversy between same-sex marriage and faith.
Bryce Harper compiled a historic night for the Washington Nationals on Thursday without ever swinging the bat.
UK-listed Bwin.party ditched an agreed deal with 888 on Friday in favor of a higher 1.1 billion-pound ($1.7 billion) offer from GVC Holdings, creating a sports betting heavyweight in a sector being reshaped by consolidation.
Missouri transgender teen Lila Perry began to feel like a girl when she was 13 and started appearing as one in school this year when classes began in August.
Yesterday, somebody started a White House petition to compel Britney Spears to stay in Las Vegas.
NASA’s rockets are astounding machines, capable of blasting into space at thousands of miles per hour and withstanding temperatures twice the melting point of steel.
Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday to give a final salute to a deputy sheriff shot to death last week while fueling his patrol car near Houston.
Chrome is the world’s most-used browser, but it ain’t perfect.
Facebook is a great tool to renew friendships, keep in touch with people over long distances and share information with friends. But there are certain topics, posts and behaviors that may push friends away. Here are some reasons you may be losing friends on Facebook.
Everyone loves a good science experiment, especially ones with rockets. But this might be one that’s a bit too dangerous.
Blistering triple-digit temperatures have slid into just regular hot for Labor Day in Las Vegas.
Broadway actress Vivien Eng, best known for her role in 1996’s “The King and I” revival, died on Thursday of injuries suffered in a fire at her New York City high-rise apartment on Wednesday. She was 51.
BizAir Shuttle, a small airline that offered scheduled air service between Carlsbad, Calif., and Las Vegas since July 30, has discontinued operations.
