The ladies of country music lit up the Strip and kicked things off with an absolute bang on Friday night at the ACM Party for a Cause, which serves as a lead up to the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden and continues all weekend at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds.
The Alaska Earthquake Center released a statement saying the tremor hit at 9:50 p.m. and was felt by as far away as Dillingham.
No matter how good Villanova has looked, and we’re talking as good as anyone else in this NCAA Tournament, coach Jay Wright continued to remind his players about a certain game in early December when the Wildcats lost to Oklahoma 78-55 in Hawaii.
Diego Delgado threw a three-hit shutout Friday as the Las Vegas High baseball team defeated visiting Foothill, 6-0.
Layton Walls twirled a four-hit shutout and outdueled Basic standout Ryne Nelson to lift host Rancho to a 2-0 victory.
Los Angeles county prosecutors have charged a man who shot and killed his son with premeditated murder, alleging that he committed the crime because his son was gay.
The Justice Department’s reversal on asset forfeiture policy is a serious breach of individual rights.
Alexia Campbell hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh inning that plated the eventual winning run as the Foothill softball team edged host Las Vegas, 4-3 on Friday.
Stephen Curry missed a long 3-pointer to tie it with 5.3 seconds left and the Golden State Warriors suffered their first home defeat in more than 14 months, losing 109-106 to the Boston Celtics on Friday night to snap an NBA-record 54-game winning streak in the regular season at Oracle Arena.
Luis Gonzalez and Jared Holley each had two doubles and four RBIs to back Carson Schneider’s strong pitching in leading New Mexico to a 15-3 win over UNLV in a Mountain West baseball game Friday in Albuquerque, N.M.
A Nevada prison inmate has reached a $60,000 settlement in a civil rights lawsuit that claimed he endured “unbearable pain” and resorted to removing his own teeth after officials ignored his requests for medical attention.
David Wright and the New York Mets ended spring training with an 8-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs to split the Big League Weekend two-game series at Cashman Field.
Nicky, the police dog killed in the line of duty Thursday just weeks after returning to active duty following a machete attack, will likely receive a funeral next week, Las Vegas police said.
Alex Carvalho had 21 kills, six aces and four blocks Friday as the Mojave boys volleyball team overcame a two-set deficit to beat host Centennial, 18-25, 18-25, 25-19, 25-12, 15-7.
The blockbuster UFC rematch between light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and former champ Jon Jones will not take place at UFC 197 on April 23 at the MGM Grand after Cormier suffered an injury and pulled out of the fight.
A Las Vegas man who was found naked and bloody in a crashed car after his girlfriend was fatally stabbed is a listed sex offender who was convicted on federal charges of possession of child pornography in 2009.
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis met with UNLV officials Friday and toured Sam Boyd Stadium, home of the Rebels football team.
An internal review of guardianship cases in Clark County showed that less than half are in compliance with state laws and that most vulnerable adults are stripped without an attorney.
Steven Matz helped the New York Mets snap a 14-game winless streak to end spring training with an 8-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs during the annual Big League Weekend at Cashman Field on Friday.
Need something to do this weekend? Next week? Head downtown.
No. 2 seed Oklahoma meets No. 2 seed Villanova in the first semifinal, and No. 1 seed North Carolina plays No. 10 seed Syracuse in the second semifinal Saturday in the Final Four at NRG Stadium in Houston.
T-Mobile Arena opens its doors April 6 and tourists, artists, locals and Las Vegas resorts are weighing in on the Strip’s new squeeze via social media.
The beauty of Red Rock Canyon may be timeless, but a new poster commemorating the conservation area is straight out of the 1930s. The Bureau of Land Management unveiled the limited edition, vintage-style poster in a ceremony at the Red Rock vistor center Friday morning.
It was Feb. 28 and there they were, two up-and-coming Top Fuel drag racing drivers, lined up side by side at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Phoenix. Leah Pritchett vs. Brittany Force. Fast woman vs. … another fast woman.
The University of Nevada Board of Regents has not scheduled the special meeting to discuss the contract for new UNLV basketball coach Chris Beard, and the deal has not been posted online.
A memorial service will be held Monday for Thomas Cahill, a retired Nellis Air Force Base captain who received the Silver Star Medal, the nation’s third-highest valor award, for piloting a daring helicopter rescue of U.S. troops during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan.
Demand for Tesla Motors’ new lower-priced electric car surprised even the company’s CEO Friday as 198,000 people plunked down $1,000 deposits to reserve their vehicles.
The 215 Beltway will be closed intermittently in both directions early Monday morning for work on an overpass at Sky Pointe Drive is part of the Centennial Bowl project.
Glen Tapia will face David Lemieux in a 10-round middleweight bout that will headline the undercard on the Canelo Alvarez-Amir Khan World Boxing Council middleweight title fight May 7 at T-Mobile Arena.
