Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, a five-time NBA champion, announced on Sunday that he will retire at the end of the 2015-16 season.
Two senior U.S. senators called on Washington to nearly triple military force levels in Iraq to 10,000 and send an equal number of troops to Syria as part of a multinational ground force to counter Islamic State in both countries.
From the day news got out that Freddie Gray had died, the purported goal of everyone involved — from Gray’s family to city officials, to the news media, to the people of Baltimore — was to determine what happened to the 25-year-old man from the West Side.
Despite its proximity to Las Vegas, the Desert National Wildlife Refuge remains unknown to many Southern Nevadans.
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump appears to have some support among veterans in Las Vegas. But rules are still rules when you’re starting a super political action committee.
Inside a housing project in one of Las Vegas’ roughest neighborhoods, children are looking at irises.
What moved a man to kill three people and wound nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado has not been disclosed. But the suspect accused of carrying out the shooting spree, Robert Lewis Dear, made remarks about “baby parts” to investigators after his surrender, a law enforcement official told CNN.
In June, Las Vegas resident and avid outdoorsman Chris Meyer submitted a formal application to have an unnamed mountain 40 miles southeast of Las Vegas officially labeled as Peanut Peak, the name his son, Kenny, gave it the first time they hiked to its 2,500-foot summit when he was 5.
A suspected burglar who attempted to enter a California home through the chimney died on Saturday after the homeowner lit a fire without realizing anyone was inside, police said.
This is an important week for the University of Nevada School of Medicine. On Tuesday, officials will submit the school’s self-study, an overview of all aspects of their programs and a key document in the effort to earn accreditation.
Las Vegas police lost track of two motorcyclists speeding through the city Sunday morning, according to police.
Be grateful we don’t live in Fairbanks, Alaska. Besides the obvious advantage of living in sunny Southern Nevada’s mild winter climate, we don’t have to use our headlights as much in the winter months.
Moviegoers said goodbye to Katniss Everdeen and welcomed back Rocky Balboa, a series of farewells and reunions that powered Thanksgiving box office receipts above last year’s holiday.
Starting today, Nevadans may want to keep a watchful eye on what world leaders say and do in Paris. The heads of 190 countries, including U.S. President Barack Obama, are meeting for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change.
Letters from Murray M. MacDonald, Wanda Durick, David Wilhite and Jerry Patchman.
With February’s Nevada caucuses fast approaching, the Review-Journal is publishing a 10-editorial series on policies and government reforms all candidates should be able to get behind. The fifth policy goal we’d like all presidential candidates to champion: removing marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
Overweight, burdened with asthma and marooned on the bench as a fifth-string running back, Rashad Jennings of the New York Giants chuckles as he recalls his routine during his high school football games in rural Forest, Virginia.
Flooding and wintry precipitation have led to at least 10 deaths in Texas and Kansas as a storm system moves across the central Plains, authorities reported.
The stars haven’t aligned just yet for a planned observatory at Great Basin National Park, but its backers are within in sight of their goal.
Defenders of a move to give voters the final say on Nevada’s new commerce tax argue their petition meets legal muster and a lawsuit seeking to block it should be dismissed.
The crying coming from under a block of asphalt sounded like it was from a cat to Angelica Blount. But it turned out to be an abandoned baby that police say was deliberately buried under debris along a Los Angeles area walking path.
The St. Louis Rams will not be penalized by the NFL for mishandling concussion protocols with quarterback Case Keenum during the team’s 16-13 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Nov. 22, according to ESPN.
The weekend’s below average temperatures should be within the normal range by the end of next week, according to the National Weather Service.
Ten days ago, Mark Rowland met with the owner of a struggling business at Downtown Container Park. It’s unclear whether the third-level eyeglass store, Monocle Optical, will survive.
Q: My wife and I are seniors living in a Mesquite retirement community that is still under development. We have been desperately trying to sell our property for almost a year with very little success. We knew that when we moved to this community that it was driven and controlled by a homeowners association, unfortunately, we didn’t realize just how little influence the homeowner has here.
Rental properties can be an excellent opportunity for income, but if you live in a common-interest community (homeowners association), find out any requirements or restrictions.
The free annual Hometown Holidays will be held in Providence 4-8 p.m. Dec. 5 at the new Huckleberry Park at 10325 Farm Road, north of the I-215 North Beltway and Hualapai Way exit.
Borrowers are more satisfied overall with mortgage origination this year than in 2014, according to a new study.
It’s always hotter in the Southwest, and homes sales in master-planned communities offer no exception.
Tucked away in an office on Pilot Road in Las Vegas, Drew Brunson is working to ensure college students have everything they desire in an off-campus rental property.