Years ago, as we considered launching our careers, we were both inspired to make a difference in the lives of students, work toward something greater than ourselves, and find ways to help strengthen our community in collaboration with others. Today, now as husband and wife and as educators in the Las Vegas Valley, we’re both still motivated by the opportunity to help our youth see their potential and develop into leaders making their own impact.
Las Vegas’ leaders have finally managed to paint Fremont Street Experience’s famed buskers into a circle.
Did pop star Elton John get punked? The singer apparently thought he was chatting about gay rights with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, posting an Instagram photo thanking Putin for the call. But a Russian TV personality now says it wasn’t the Kremlin on the line.
Pat Hickey’s dog Angel was in a sad state. The 16-year-old Affenpinscher had a mishap at a groomer’s that left him scissor and brush wary.
Rutgers football coach Kyle Flood was suspended for three games and fined $50,000 for improper conduct with a faculty member regarding the academic status of a player, the university announced Wednesday.
As a practicing anesthesiologist, every week I have at least one patient express concern about waking up during surgery. Fortunately, intraoperative awareness is extremely rare and studies have shown an estimated incidence of 0.007-0.91 percent.
Nevadans receiving jobless benefits are being urged to file claims early next week to avoid a delay in payment as officials upgrade the unemployment insurance computer system
Five players to watch when UNLV’s football team plays at Michigan at 9 a.m. PDT Saturday.
With the holiday shopping season on the horizon, the Galleria at Sunset mall, 1300 W. Sunset Road, is scheduled to add the final touches to its $24 million expansion.
A Canadian company on Wednesday announced an agreement with Tesla Motors Inc. to potentially provide lithium from a brine mine in central Nevada for the electric car maker’s battery factory.
Apple releases the latest version of its iOS mobile operating system on Wednesday. iOS 9 was first announced in June and features a number of new iPad multitasking tools, predictive features and some welcome under-the-hood performance improvements.
Australian Jarryd Hayne is a former pro rugby player who made his NFL debut Monday night as a punt returner and running back for the San Francisco 49ers.
A police officer in Georgia was suspended after using a public email address on a cheating website.
Donald Trump may still be leading the Republican field, but fellow outsider candidate Dr. Ben Carson is closing in, and both are leaving the rest of the field behind.
Ricky Martin opened his One World Tour at the AXIS Theater in Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas on Tuesday Sept. 15, 2015.
Are light rail and a monorail expansion in the cards for the Las Vegas Valley? How will the future Interstate 11 affect valley traffic? These questions and more about Las Vegas’ ongoing mobility issues, notably on the Strip, will be addressed Tuesday at Newsfeed, a partnership between the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce.
Donald Trump will play the lead role in the second Republican presidential debate tonight — but his rivals are jockeying to steal his spotlight.
Seven months after her son didn’t get the ball in the decisive play of the Super Bowl, and one day after he did get the ball to end a defeat, Delisa Lynch had her say.
Professional skydivers, scuba divers and video game testers have the opportunity to do what they love most — and make money off it. But while these people might be having fun out in the sun or enjoying the company of animals, they might not be bringing home big paychecks. Here are 10 fun jobs around the world and how little they make every year.
Apple Inc’s move to make ad-blocking software available on the iPhone is a double-barreled effort to boost the health of the so-called app economy, while undermining arch rival Google Inc, which dominates the $120 billion online advertising market.
SOUTHERN NEVADA VOLLEYBALL COACHES POLL
The Irving, Texas, police department has decided not to pursue any charges against a teen student who was arrested for an alleged bomb hoax after he brought a clock that he made to school, according to the department.
An Oklahoma appeals court on Wednesday halted the planned execution of a convicted murderer, delaying his lethal injection for two weeks so it can consider evidence the inmate’s lawyers say points to his innocence.
Legendary opera singer, Placido Domingo and Guest Conductor Maestro Eugene Kohn, performed with members of the Las Vegas Philharmonic at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace hotel-casino Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, in celebration of Mexican Independence Day.
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones has been fined $35,000 by the NFL for Sunday’s incident when he slammed Oakland Raiders receiver Amari Cooper’s head into his helmet.
Despite attempts to block it in the Nevada Supreme Court, a decade-long fight to unseat the labor union representing all support staff for the Clark County School District will move forward in the coming months.
Property losses from a deadly Northern California wildfire, the most destructive this year in the western United States, climbed on Tuesday to at least 585 homes and hundreds of other structures that have gone up in flames.
A Seattle police officer was fired on Tuesday over her arrest of an elderly black man last year who refused to drop a golf club he was using as a cane to help him walk, the police department announced.
Comedian Steve Rannazzisi, star of FX’s “The League,” has admitted to lying about narrowly escaping from the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.