The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s plan to bring down the Riviera next year will be a critical piece of an enormous puzzle.
The next dean of Touro University Nevada’s College of Osteopathic Medicine will be a longtime educator with a background that includes teaching, clinical work, research, and expertise in residency and fellowship programs.
A man Henderson police say killed a man by punching him in the head at a bar in November 2014 was arrested Thursday.
Johnny Manziel, praised for months for being a changed man after spending 70 days in rehab over the winter, was stopped by police in a traffic incident last week and now faces discipline from the Cleveland Browns and possibly the NFL.
A typhoon swept across the northern Philippines killing at least nine people as trees, power lines and walls were toppled and flood waters spread far from riverbeds, but tens of thousands of people were evacuated in time.
The purpose of swear jars usually is to make people use a little less of the blue-tinged language, but the one at Carson Kitchen doesn’t work that way. And that may explain why it tends to be stuffed, and why seeing a $100 bill in it isn’t unusual.
You might have seen the percentages for the last play of Saturday’s Michigan State-Michigan college football game. According to ESPN Stats, State’s win probability before the ill-fated punt attempt by the Maize and Blue with 10 seconds left was 0.2 percent.
Daily fantasy sports websites continued to accept customer activity in Nevada over the weekend despite a ban imposed by state gaming regulators on unlicensed operators.
In case you’ve spent the past 24 hours holed up inside a Tauntaun, you’re well aware that tickets for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” go on sale tonight after the trailer debuts during halftime of “Monday Night Football.”
Parents of autistic children and providers of early intervention services urged state officials Monday to increase Nevada’s proposed rate of reimbursement for treating low-income children, saying to do otherwise will doom the program to failure and deny vulnerable children essential tools to lead productive lives.
The New York Giants visit the Philadelphia Eagles at Financial Field in Philadelphia tonight for Monday Night Football. Here’s everything you need to know to catch the game.
Oscar Pistorius was released from prison in South Africa Monday and placed under house arrest, Correctional Services spokesman Manelisi Wolela said.
Netflix is planning a return trip to Stars Hollow. The digital channel is developing a revival of the much-loved Warner Bros. series “Gilmore Girls” with creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband, exec producer Daniel Palladino.
If you’re planning on going to this year’s PGA Tour Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, here’s what you’ll need to know.
Celebrity chef Kerry Simon was remembered Sunday with cotton candy toasts, friends surrounded by a boatload of food, and rafter-shaking rock ‘n’ roll music.
Billionaire businessman Richard Branson is calling on governments around the world to decriminalize drug use and possession, saying the war on drugs has failed to reduce either supply or demand.
Fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman suffered injuries while trying to escape as authorities closed in on him, Mexican officials said.
An actor and a woman in the crowd were shot with live bullets during a street reenactment of an Old West gunfight at a show in Arizona that was supposed to be using blanks, authorities said.
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush will visit Nevada on Wednesday, making stops in Reno and North Las Vegas.
Texas on Monday barred Planned Parenthood from receiving state Medicaid money, the latest setback for the women’s healthcare provider since it became embroiled in controversy over undercover videos about its handling of fetal tissue.
Las Vegas police have arrested a man they say is connected to a fatal stabbing at a central valley homeless camp in September.
A man shot to death at a children’s birthday party Saturday night was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Tony Munns, 28.
An off-duty Maryland police officer charged with biting a man’s testicles during a fight is no longer working for the department, a spokeswoman said on Monday.
Two months after a damning New York Times story about Amazon’s corporate culture, the retailer has published a blistering response, accusing the paper of misrepresenting the company.
Authorities now have a sparse description of the suspected ZombiCon gunman who allegedly terrorized a zombie-themed street festival in Fort Myers, Florida, leaving one dead and five injured, police said Monday.
UNLV football fans can go watch the Rebels play Boise State on Halloween at Sam Boyd Stadium and take their kids trick-or-treating.
Almost all of golf’s biggest names are bypassing Las Vegas this week. Rickie Fowler is making the stop, however, and that makes him the favorite.
The American League Championship Series between the Kansas City Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays continues today with Game 3 at Rogers Centre in Toronto. Here’s everything you need to know to catch the game.
Star Wars tickets are on sale, but fans who want them should brace themselves for a long, long wait.