Vegas Voices is a weekly question-and-answer series featuring notable Las Vegans.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Spencer Stone, the U.S. Air Force airman who helped thwart a train attack in France only to be stabbed in a fight outside a bar in his hometown of Sacramento, was in “good spirits” and able to get out of bed, hospital officials said on Friday.
An escaped inmate threatening to jump from the Golden Nugget’s parking garage kept Metro negotiators busy for over four hours Friday afternoon.
Marisa Olmos and Sheen Kachen won only one set apiece for Liberty’s girls tennis team Friday.
A bank robbery suspect who sparked a massive manhunt when he fled a Virginia hospital with a guard’s gun was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Friday, prosecutors said.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. lost four luxury cars — two Rolls Royces, a Bentley and a custom Jeep — in a raging trailer fire early Wednesday morning just outside of Phoenix, Ariz.
This week’s recommendation for a new restaurant to try in Las Vegas.
A Washington man faces federal charges after crashing a drone near the White House in the nation’s capital early Friday, federal authorities said.
Construction equipment is demolishing seat sections above Turns 3 and 4 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to make room for a relocated high-end hospitality area and a new 25-space luxury RV section.
UNLV had just returned home from beating UNR 27-22, ending an eight-game losing streak to the Wolf Pack. The Fremont Cannon was paraded through campus and painted red before a jubilant crowd that was used to see the trophy blue.
Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States. With more than 100 types of cancer, glioblastoma is one of the more aggressive forms of brain cancer, which can shorten life spans anywhere from two weeks to two years.
When school started this year, you felt a little strange.
Dubbed as one of Nevada’s oldest businesses, the first Silver State brothels date back to the early 1800s. How much do you know about brothels in Nevada?
The Meadows girls tennis coach Frideric Prandecki was hoping for two wins from his No. 2 doubles team Friday.
Allman (who rocks the Palms’ Pearl Friday night) says self-critical musicians worry they’ll be inadequate, and that goes for him, too.
You can still see your beloved Benedict Cumberbatch in the London production of “Hamlet.”
There’s plenty to experience at the two-day Wine Amplified festival, including two dozen acts to take in and wine to sample from 80 different wineries.
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President Barack Obama, in a ritual that has become both familiar and frustrating to him, traveled to Oregon on Friday to console families of the victims of a community college shooting that once again sparked a push for U.S. gun reform.
A football player at the University of California, Los Angeles has been arrested on suspicion of raping a female student after an off-campus party last year, police said on Friday, and he was quickly suspended from the team.
Students at UCLA filled the university chancellor’s office Thursday in response to a Kanye West-themed fraternity party they said was offensive, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The National League Division Series between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers starts tonight at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles. Here’s what you need to know if you want to watch the game.
Rep. Paul Ryan is telling House Republicans privately he is considering running for speaker, several members say.
Cave Lake State Park in White Pine County just grew significantly bigger thanks to the transfer of almost 3,000 acres from U.S. Forest Service control.
A 25-year-old former beauty queen was charged in Southern California on Friday with distributing pornographic photos of a 4-year-old girl who is her relative, prosecutors said.
Here’s how Saturday’s game between UNLV and San Jose State breaks down.
Cirque du Soleil is out of the nightclub business, severing ties to two once-lauded ventures.The Beatles-themed Revolution Lounge will close at The Mirage on Wednesday, the hotel announced today.
Grocer Haggen, which opened its seven Las Vegas stores in June, plans to shutter them by Thanksgiving Day at the latest while it accepts offers from operators to take over the leases.
“Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice” doesn’t open until March 25, 2016, but it’s never too early for fans to obsess over every detail. Even the detail of the costumes.
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