There is perhaps no bigger example of federal bloat and incompetence than the Department of Veterans Affairs. In case you’re keeping score at home, the VA has neglected our veterans through routine delays in processing disability and compensation claims, harmed them by making them wait months for appointments for routine care, and then covered up excessive wait times.
Letters from Graham H. Tye, Stephen Norman, Robert Kraft and Lee Mallory.
Although Nevada has significantly reduced its uninsured population over the past two years, a substantial number of our citizens remain uninsured. Buying health coverage is not just a good idea, but required by law. Individuals who can afford to purchase health insurance, but do not, are now subject to tax penalties.
Here’s a full rundown of what’s happening on Halloween weekend in Las Vegas.
Every bookmaker in Las Vegas showed up for work Sunday morning praying for underdogs and rooting against Tom Brady. That’s basically the case every week, but it was especially true this time.
When it comes to UNLV’s nonrevenue sports, men’s soccer just might be my favorite. Like most of the so-called Olympic sports, the soccer team operates on a shoestring budget. It also operates with local kids — of the 25 players on the roster, 13 are from the Las Vegas area and 15 are Nevadans.
When the Tennis Channel Open left Las Vegas in 2008 after a three-year run, it created a void for the sport’s fans in the valley.
Despite the fact that it’s one of the busiest international air passenger gateways in the United States, plenty of travelers do what they can to avoid New York’s JFK International Airport.
The Republican head of the congressional investigation into the Benghazi attack said on Sunday he is not targeting Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton and such talk hurts the inquiry.
Talk about a bad beat and a headache straight out of “The Hangover.” Las Vegas publisher Anthony Curtis’ latest offering, “Fantasy Sports, Real Money,” goes to press next week.
Southern Clark County is under a flash flood watch as Sunday storms have hammered areas surrounding the Las Vegas Valley, causing multiple road closures, according to authorities.
Nations are struggling with what to do about more than 4 million Syrian refugees fleeing war. It’s complicated from a personal perspective as well, as individuals weigh compassion against prudence.
Disney will use one of its powerful sports franchises on Monday to promote one of its most lucrative movie brands: Star Wars.
Nevada Volkswagen owners can breathe easier. And they may not even breathe any toxic gases when they do.
A Chicago man has been charged with child endangerment after his three-year-old son was shot and killed by his six-year-old brother while the two were playing “cops and robbers,” police said on Sunday.
U.S. prices for the world’s 20 top-selling medicines are, on average, three times higher than in Britain, according to an analysis carried out for Reuters.
The Monster Energy Cup at Sam Boyd Stadium in Henderson Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015.
Las Vegas High School teacher Stephanie Hill knows firsthand how critical early and intense intervention is for an autistic child to become a productive and functioning adult.
Mia Mastroianni has been working with the Palms for months, revamping the hotel’s center bar, called the Social bar.
As of Friday, astronaut Scott Kelly has spent more time in outer space than any other American.
Medical experts agree that last year’s flu shot wasn’t particularly effective. So why even bother getting one again this year?
A preliminary investigation determined that there were no occupants on the scene when police arrived, but that the Bell helicopter is “substantially damaged,” Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said.
Traffic is flowing again on U.S Highway 95, near Eastern Avenue, after a jackknifed semi-truck blocked two lanes Sunday afternoon, traffic cameras show.
Mud and flooding has shut down northbound U.S Highway 95 at state Route 160 and southbound 95 in Beatty, according to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.
Las Vegas police are looking for a person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of a man at a west valley apartment complex Saturday.
A deputy was shot dead at a Minnesota hospital Sunday after the suspect he was guarding grabbed his gun and opened fire.
The fatal beating of Lucas Leonard in the sanctuary of Word of Life Christian Church came after the teenager had “expressed a desire to leave” the secretive upstate New York church, New Hartford Police Chief Michael Inserra said Friday.
As “Star Wars” fans (and theaters) continue to count down to the release of “The Force Awakens,” Disney and Lucasfilm treated them to the new official poster for the movie on Sunday.
So where were you when the apocalypse fizzled? Actually, make that apocalypses, because the past few weeks have been (pardon the word) heaven for fans and followers of doomsday predictions.
When Naomi Judd is on the road — as she is this month, during a residency with daughter Wynonna at The Venetian — the Judds and their crew usually end up eating in restaurants, or have catered meals at the venue where they’re performing. When she’s at home, though, it’s a different story.
