The Metropolitan Police Department responded Monday afternoon to the Regional Justice Center in downtown Las Vegas after a“suspicious substance” was found in the mail.
Rising track and field star Vashti Cunningham said Monday she will turn professional and signed an endorsement deal with Nike. By signing, she is ineligible to compete for Bishop Gorman High School and at the college level.
According to estimates from the Retail Association of Nevada, Nevadans are expected to spend a record $261.6 million on Easter this year, a 7.4 percent increase compared to $243.6 million last year.
The Coast Guard Auxiliary will offer free boat inspections 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday at the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
Laying bare a half-century of tensions, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro prodded each other Monday over human rights and the long-standing U.S. economic embargo during an unprecedented joint news conference that stunned Cubans unaccustomed to their leaders being aggressively questioned.
The Clark County coroner’s office Monday ruled out foul play and suicide in the February death of a California woman who died at the bottom of a hotel laundry chute.
Tilman Fertitta, CEO and sole shareholder of Landry’s Inc., is the star of a new primetime series at 7 p.m. on CNBC on Tuesday and repeated at 10 p.m. Called “Billion Dollar Buyer,” Fertitta travels across the country meeting potential suppliers for his Landry’s chain of restaurants, hotels and casinos.
Janet Schell wrote recently in search of instant coffee “that tastes like coffee,” adding that it “seems I’ve tried them all, and some don’t even smell like coffee when opened.” And in their customary style, readers came to the rescue.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller on Monday was in Cuba along with other members of Congress and business leaders as part of President Barack Obama’s historic trip to the island nation.
Texas police say they’ve arrested the estranged wife of an internationally renowned pianist on capital murder charges in the deaths of the couple’s two young children.
Donald Trump’s campaign entered a new phase Monday as he went to Washington to prove that he’s more than a rabble-rousing outsider.
A man stabbed to death downtown early Saturday morning has been identified.
The procedure offers life-giving support to kidney patients and, while it does not cure or treat the disease, dialysis buys time in hopes a transplant becomes available.
Nevada environmental and economic leaders said Monday that a task force reconstituted by Gov. Brian Sandoval is a great opportunity to move the state forward on green energy development, from solar and geothermal to wind power.
For children trying to learn in a digital age, access to technology is almost as vital as air. Getting by without can be nearly impossible.
The Cleveland Browns are working on the possibility of signing free agent quarterback Robert Griffin III as any trade talks regarding San Francisco’s Colin Kaepernick have cooled.
It’s a name that might better suit a rubber ducky than an extremely expensive, state-of-the-art research vessel designed to explore the coldest regions on Earth.
Upsets in the opening weekend of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament ensured that no Berkshire Hathaway employee would claim Warren Buffett’s big prize of $1 million a year for life.
A mall Easter bunny and a father got into a scuffle Sunday after the man’s child slipped from a chair while getting her photo taken, Jersey City police said Monday.
LSU freshman forward Ben Simmons, who led the Tigers in scoring, rebounds and assists this season, says he is leaving the Tigers to turn pro.
An injured hiker in Red Rock Canyon was rescued early Monday morning.
Apple Inc. on Monday unveiled a smaller, cheaper iPhone aimed at emerging markets and possibly China, the world’s biggest buyer of smartphones, as the technology company looks to reverse a decline in worldwide sales of its most important product.
Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. The address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the resale home. About 90 percent of these addresses reflect the home purchase. Check the parcel number to make sure. Also, a few transactions do not reflect the market value of the homes. The information is provided by Accudata, a local research firm. For the complete listing, visit RJRealEstate.Vegas or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RJRealEstateLV.
Lenders who have previously shied away from making FHA-insured loans may now give them a second look.
One Las Vegas, a twin-tower, high rise condominium with a Las Vegas Boulevard address, recently completed a $2 million remodeling project that has elevated the community through art, design and lifestyle created and curated by a dream team of specialists.
Good news for folks who can afford to borrow a half-million or more to buy a house: J.P. Morgan is the latest bank to ease its lending standards for jumbo mortgages.
A personal loan is a viable option if you are looking for a way to pay for home improvements, a medical procedure or your child’s wedding. Loans can range from $500 to $100,000, and collateral usually isn’t required to cover them.
First-time homebuyers almost always make a few mistakes when buying their home. Perhaps they pay too much, choose the wrong type of mortgage or neglect to budget for needed home improvements.
A jumbo mortgage is a home loan for an amount that exceeds conforming loan limits established by regulation. The limit is $417,000 in most of the United States but is $625,500 in the highest-cost areas.