At the moment Ben Roethlisberger was carted off the field with yet another injury, bettors on the Pittsburgh Steelers should have expected the worst. Roethlisberger’s health was not the concern. The point-spread cover was in critical condition.
Guys, listen up: There’s another reason to limit your intake of sugary or artificially sweetened sodas: It might contribute to heart failure. Researchers followed the food habits of 42,000 Swedish men over 12 years and found that men who drank at least two sweetened beverages a day had a 23 percent higher risk of going into heart failure.
When Max Steinberg missed the online poker boom, he and his twin brother made a promise. They weren’t going to miss the next trendy, money-making opportunity.
The elbow caught Diamond Major square. It was as if someone had painted a target on the middle of her forehead and fired a bazooka. It was friendly fire — it was at a Lady Rebels practice a couple of weeks ago.
Sin City Opera launches its sixth season this week with Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Consul” at the Winchester Cultural Center.
Philadelphia quarterback Sam Bradford and wide receiver Jordan Matthews connected on a 41-yard touchdown on the first possession of overtime, lifting the Eagles to a 33-27 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night.
The 24th Annual Southern Paiute Veterans Pow-Wow in Moapa on Saturday and Sunday featured dancers, drumming exhibitions and colorful costumes.
Billed as “the largest veterans parade west of the Mississippi,” the annual event will kick off Wednesday in downtown Las Vegas, followed by a groundbreaking ceremony for a long-sought veterans memorial in front of the Sawyer Building.
The chief operating officer of a Henderson fitness business that offers cryotherapy looks forward to talking with state health and businesss officials about the safety of the procedure and any plans for oversight.
Doodle for Google: Students in grades kindergarten through 12 are invited to take part in the 2015 Doodle 4 Google contest. Like all Google Doodles, each doodle must incorporate the letters G-o-o-g-l-e. One national winner will receive a $30,000 college scholarship. The contest is open for entries through Dec. 7. Enter at google.com/doodle4google/enter.html.
North Las Vegas Ward 4 Councilman Richard Cherchio was elected on April 7.
Nestled in the southern Sierra Nevada in California is Sequoia National Park, a 400-mile-or-so drive from Las Vegas, or about an hour-and-a-half drive from Fresno, Calif.
Dan Henderson entered his UFC Fight Night 77 main event bout against Vitor Belfort early Sunday hoping to avenge a first-round knockout loss in 2013 suffered when Belfort connected with a head kick.
Every politician wants to be viewed as a straight shooter. That’s especially important for Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, R-Las Vegas, a candidate for the 3rd Congressional District.
Starting in 2017, high school graduates in one Colorado county will be able to turn to a college scholarship funded by marijuana tax.
Twelve vehicles were swallowed when a 400-foot-long section of an outdoor parking lot caved in outside a Mississippi pancake house that had only been open for a few days, the Meridian Star newspaper reported, citing local officials.
BNSF Railway Co crews have staunched the flow of ethanol from a freight train that derailed in Wisconsin after thousands of gallons of the denatured alcohol leaked into the Mississippi River, the company said on Sunday.
Las Vegas City Council members last week again put off approval of a gaming license sought by Dotty’s — which critics have labeled slot parlor operators. It was the second time in four months that they failed to take action on the item.
The cash-strapped Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority has hired a $90-an-hour consultant to oversee the day-to-day operations of the agency’s human resources department, even though it already pays an acting HR director to do the job.
We’re told that the roundabout is the most efficient traffic conveyor at intersections because traffic never has to come to a stop, even when making a left turn.
A transient man has been arrested for burning two churches in the rural northwest Arizona community of Dolan Springs.
After months of uncomfortable silence, Mallory Levins finally mustered the courage to speak up: Her colleague at the Nevada System of Higher Education, she told her bosses, had made a habit of masturbating at work while she was forced to listen.
Gunnar Hansen, who terrorized moviegoers as the psychotic, chainsaw-wielding Leatherface in 1974’s “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” has died at 68.
Two teens suffered substantial injuries after the truck they were in traveled off the roadway, up an embankment and onto railroad tracks Sunday morning, police say.
“Dismal.” “A train wreck.” That’s how people have characterized the results of this year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Letters from Regina Rothwell Roybal and James Fuhrman.
If you’re a federal employee, there’s a good chance that incompetence and misconduct not only won’t get you fired, it also won’t stop you from collecting raises and bonuses.
A man armed with razor blades jumped from the pedestrian bridge at the Venetian on Las Vegas Boulevard on Saturday night, police say.
The fevered lead-up to Donald Trump’s “Saturday Night Live” episode turned out to be more exciting than the edition of the show he hosted.
It’s going to be a typical, quiet fall week in Las Vegas — at least when it comes to the weather.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Las Vegas teen killed in minibike crash had 10 times legal limit for pot, report says
Mystery deepens: Monolith outside Vegas may have been in desert for years