The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health is seeking participants with mild Alzheimer’s disease to test a drug that has been shown to stop the progression of symptoms in some volunteers.
Health coach Julie Usdavin’s new classroom isn’t what you would call a normal learning environment.
A new solar plant that can store the sun’s energy and generate power day or night is now in full commercial operation outside of Tonopah.
A funeral service was held Sunday for former UNLV assistant football coach and longtime Rebels booster Rich Abajian at South Point Arena. Abajian, 62, the general manager of Findlay Toyota, died Feb. 9 of an apparent heart attack.
UNLV has long had a strong tradition in swimming but not so much success in diving. Lucas James is helping to change that.
Gov. Brian Sandoval, who has been drawn into speculation swirling around President Barack Obama’s pending pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, declined to comment Saturday when asked about the talk of him as a consensus candidate.
Patrick Mathis had a home run and a double and scored twice for Texas in its 7-0 win over UNLV in a nonconference baseball game Sunday in Austin, Texas.
It took Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone more time than a bull ride to finish Alex “Cowboy” Oliveira when they met in the main event of UFC Fight Night 83 in Pittsburgh on Sunday night, but not much longer.
With the way Ultimate Fighting Championship star Conor McGregor has embraced Las Vegas and everything it stands for, it would be logical to assume the star featherweight champion plans on a long-term commitment to the fight capital of the world.
Kyle Busch was all set to make a run on teammate Matt Kenseth on the last lap of the Daytona 500 and bring home the bacon for the Joe Gibbs Racing team. But his other teammate, Denny Hamlin, beat him to it, leaving Busch with scrambled eggs and toast.
Bernie Sanders’ high-flying Democratic presidential campaign fell back to Earth on Saturday in Nevada.
Nevada Republicans will help chart the course of a presidential contest that’s become a titanic struggle between the establishment wing of the GOP and voters who are tired of politics as usual.
The weekend’s favorable temperatures and sunny skies will continue this week, according to the National Weather Service.
Metro spent about four hours Sunday keeping watch over a group of motorcyclists interfering with traffic throughout Las Vegas, including the Strip.
The Las Vegas man arrested in connection with the Friday shooting near the Strip that left two women dead previously faced charges of pandering, battery and child abuse.
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump may find a few unwanted observers Monday when he holds a campaign rally at South Point.
An inmate at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center died early Sunday morning, according to a release from the Nevada Department of Corrections.
Documents that the Labor Department failed to release to a former Area 51 security officer years ago in his toxic-exposure case have been obtained by his advocate, setting the stage for a showdown in a federal appeals court.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC FIght Night 83 in Pittsburgh.
The family of Dhafir “Dada 5000” Harris issued a statement Saturday after rumors surfaced the fighter had fallen briefly into critical condition at a Houston hospital following his Friday night loss to Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson on a Bellator MMA card.
UNLV freshman forward Stephen Zimmerman Jr., who sprained his left knee Feb. 6 at Fresno State, has been cleared to return to basketball practice.
Lawyers for Bill Cosby’s wife, Camille, filed an emergency motion late on Saturday to allow her to avoid sitting for a deposition scheduled for Monday.
The Las Vegas Fire Department is investigating a fire that started in a child’s bedroom early Sunday morning in the east Las Vegas Valley, according to a department release.
Police have arrested Jason Brian Dalton in connection with three shooting incidents that killed six people and injured two more in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, prosecutor Jeff Getting said Sunday.
Nevada gave Hillary Clinton the lift she needed to surge ahead in the Democratic presidential race Saturday. “Some may have doubted us but we never doubted each other,” Clinton told supporters gathered at Caesars Palace on the day she won the state’s caucus by about 6 percentage points.
UNLV has long had a strong tradition in swimming but not so much success in diving. Lucas James is helping to change that.
Wildflower watchers across the Desert Southwest expect a very good blooming season for 2016, following an El Nino weather pattern that delivered fall and winter rains to much of the region. Gloomy January skies, snow in unusual places and cold nights have slowed plant growth in some areas, but that may just extend the season.
Denny Hamlin won the Daytona 500 beating Martin Truex Jr. in a photo-finish on Sunday.
Dave Kallas spent over two decades busting drug dealers on the streets of Las Vegas. On Saturday, he became a dealer himself — a legal one — when his medical marijuana dispensary The Apothecarium, 7885 W. Sahara Ave., officially opened for business.
New Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly has adopted a policy prohibiting the team’s players from having facial hair.