World soccer body FIFA put Jerome Valcke, its second-ranking official, on leave on Thursday just hours after an ex-footballer raised allegations he was involved in a plan to resell 2014 World Cup tickets for a lucrative profit.
The expansion of two tech companies and an industrial bakery will produce more than 100 jobs in Southern Nevada in the next year and hundreds more in the next decade.
Chief District Judge David Barker today denied a request to disqualify the judge assigned to a medical malpractice case against Summerlin Hospital.
A newly formed Chinese-American joint venture said Thursday it has raised $100 million to help build a long-awaited high-speed train connecting Las Vegas and Southern California.
When a group of friends became fed up with the representation of the solar system in models and images, they drove to Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada to create an accurate visual scale of the universe.
Britain’s BBC will launch an online subscription service in the United States next year, boosting revenues for the public broadcaster and allowing viewers to watch shows on demand.
The next emoji update won’t happen until sometime in November, but it won’t add very many location images. Las Vegas, one of the most iconic cities in North America, deserves some of its own.
Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane addressed his ongoing legal issues Thursday when he reported to the team’s training camp at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.
Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart and Golden Nugget sports book director Tony Miller preview the college football and NFL weekend.
Tom Wilzcek, aerospace and defense specialist with the governor’s office, said Nevada and the five other states selected by the FAA to test drones, have received a new broad-area operating certificate that enables the state’s unmanned aerial system partners to fly large data collection flights under 200 feet high anywhere in the country if it advances a public purpose.
The man who jumped to his death from a U.S. Highway 95 flyover Tuesday was suspected of strangling his wife in April, according to police.
The Clark County School Board next week will vote on a 10-year plan to spend $4.1 billion on the construction of 28 new schools, including a much-needed high school, and the replacement or renovation of other rapidly aging facilities.
Legendary gambler Archie Karas, famous for once turning $50 into $40 million during an infamous Las Vegas hot streak in the 1990s, was placed on Nevada’s List of Excluded Persons Thursday, better known as the Black Book.
Metro detectives made an arrest in connection with the shooting death of a man who was left in a west valley street on Tuesday.
Drought-stricken cities in Southern California will soon get some help courtesy of the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
The first photos of Jason Pierre-Paul’s damaged hand surfaced Thursday and they showed most of his right index finger and part of his thumb missing and a bandage over his middle finger.
True to its name, Hunt & Gather Cafe is bringing people back to the basics.
Janet Jackson will not be performing at the iHeartRadio Music Festival this weekend as scheduled due to an ear-related issue that prevents her from flying.
Chase Wood won a 3.1-mile race in 16 minutes, 49 seconds on Wednesday to help Faith Lutheran’s boys win a cluster meet at Cheyenne.
Just how large and expensive is the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s next construction project at Lake Mead? The test drive alone is priced at almost $10 million.
Nevada casinos will soon offer slot machines that could mix “Blazing 7s” with “Space invaders.”
Attorney General Adam Laxalt announced Thursday that he has retained a nationally recognized law firm to help defend against the ACLU legal challenge to the state’s new Education Savings Account program.
A Clark County man has become the first documented West Nile virus patient of 2015 in Southern Nevada.
Nevada has reclaimed the top spot in the nation for rate of private sector job growth, marking a dramatic turnaround from the depths of decline during the economic recession, the governor’s office announced Thursday.
After Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement on Tuesday that Facebook was developing a “dislike” button, the level of excitement has varied between the network’s billion-plus users.
International Game Technology on Tuesday named Ken Bossingham to oversee global management of the company’s slot machine division.
The northwest is expanding, and with it comes a spur of economic growth.
Lost in the rush to write Peyton Manning’s obituary as an elite NFL quarterback after the 39-year-old didn’t throw a touchdown pass in the Broncos’ season-opening 19-13 win over the Baltimore Ravens is the fact that Denver’s defense was dominant.
Five things to look for when UNLV’s football team plays at Michigan at 9 a.m. PDT Saturday.