The House Republican majority opened the second year of the 114th Congress with votes to overturn President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, defund Planned Parenthood, rein in federal regulations and restrain class-action lawsuits.
After a few days that saw some light rain in the valley, the rest of the weekend and coming week are expected to stay cool and dry.
A woman walking on a sidewalk just west of the Strip early Saturday was struck and killed by a Regional Transportation Commission bus that veered off the road “for unknown reasons,” Las Vegas police said.
Families, police and public officials packed into Police Memorial Park on Saturday afternoon in the northwest valley for the city’s second annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.
Mountain View boys basketball coach Ray LeBoeuf is the first to admit his players lacked full trust in one another to start the season, regularly citing a loss to Calvary Chapel in the team’s conference opener on Dec. 8.
A man is in critical condition after a pickup towing a trailer pulled out in front of his scooter Saturday morning in the central valley, police said.
Christian Popoola had 24 points and three assists Saturday to lead Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team to a 71-52 home win over Dixie (Utah).
Tanya Doyle fawned over a 1974 Norton 850 Commando Hi-Rider on Saturday morning at South Point hotel-casino.
Lottery officials said there was no winner of Saturday’s record $949.8 million jackpot in the multistate Powerball lottery. The next drawing, expected to establish another record payout of $1.3 billion, was slated for Wednesday.
Ripped from pages of Popular Science from 40 years ago is one take-away from the annual CES show held this week in Las Vegas.
Chris Boswell’s 35-yard field goal with 18 seconds left gave the Pittsburgh Steelers an 18-16 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, who just moments earlier appeared to have finally ended their 25-year streak of playoff futility in a wild AFC wild-card playoff game played in steady rain on Saturday at Paul Brown Stadium.
The terrible start to Mountain West play continued Saturday as UNLV fell to 0-3 with a road loss at Wyoming.
Brenna Chavez scored 13 points Saturday to lead Needles’ girls basketball team to a 34-31 home victory over White Pine.
Count the analysts at Fitch Ratings Service as predicting 2016 to be a stable environment for most U.S. gaming operators.
The Kansas City Chiefs had fashioned such a dominating defense during the regular season, particularly over the course of the 10-game winning streak they carried into the playoffs, that even the slightest bit of unexpected scoring would likely serve them well on Saturday.
For years, the only things that seemed to grow as fast as downtown Las Vegas were concerns about where to park in downtown Las Vegas.
It only took six months, dozens of teacher rallies and quiet intervention from Gov. Brian Sandoval before the Clark County School District and its teachers union struck a deal on a new contract that will cost taxpayers $135.5 million.
A man who went missing Friday afternoon was located early Saturday at an area hospital.
A man who was stabbed by another man “out of self-defense” Saturday afternoon is in custody and in stable condition at University Medical Center, police said.
Jeb Bush received an unusual campaign contribution Saturday.
A man claiming allegiance to Islamic State militants was charged on Saturday with attempted murder in the shooting of a Philadelphia police officer this week, the prosecutor said.
The Miami Dolphins made Adam Gase the National Football League’s youngest active head coach on Saturday, believing the 37-year-old can end the team’s post-season frustration.
Two people have been arrested in connection with a shooting at a Pahrump casino which occurred just after midnight Saturday, police said.
If there is one takeaway from CES 2016 it is that there is almost a device for everything.
The front doorbell not only sends the sound echoing through the house but a text message to a smartphone notifying the homeowner a guest, mailman or anyone else has arrived.
Before Tonya Couch and her son fled to Mexico, she withdrew $30,000 from her account and told her husband he’ll not be seeing them again, an arrest affidavit stated.
The Rebels are 6 1/2-point favorites on the road against Wyoming today. Tip is at 3:00 p.m. PT.
The UNLV Rebels finish off their two-game road trip facing the Wyoming Cowboys today in Laramie. Here’s everything you need to know if you want to catch the game.
Lamar Odom is getting better and moving on — though exactly where is a mystery.
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