Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame through his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride, died Wednesday at 79, on his birthday.
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According to Universal, theme park tickets for Thursday’s opening day of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter have completely sold-out — marking the first time ever that the theme park has had to stop online ticketing transactions.
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Right-hander Jacob deGrom will be the New York Mets’ starting pitcher Friday for the home opener, but with an asterisk.
The White House said on Wednesday it will redirect $589 million in funds to prepare for and respond to the Zika virus before the mosquito that carries it begins to emerge in the continental United States, including two cases in Southern Nevada.
Las Vegas police have taken a man into custody following a standoff situation at an apartment complex near the Strip.
Readers of Las Vegas author Bonnie J. Snowden’s fantasy novel learn from the start that Ankh is born of two worlds, an abomination as far as Queen Mira is concerned. And it is only the queen who can reveal the truth behind Ankh’s mother’s gifts and a vindictive ruler’s curse.
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Growing up in a small Wisconsin town in 1918, 11-year-old Sterling North had pets: a dog and a bird, a muskrat and a woodchuck. And that year — not too long after his beloved mother died — Sterling had a baby raccoon.
A man was hospitalized after being shot in the leg in the eastern valley.
Scheduled to join Adam Scott in the field this week at the Masters are fellow former Rebels Charley Hoffman and Ryan Moore, and Las Vegas residents Kevin Na and Scott Piercy.
So, how odd is this? Tiger Woods is absent from this week’s Masters, but he’s not really missed because the business of golf betting is booming.
Mexico’s government on Tuesday unexpectedly changed two of its top officials responsible for U.S. relations, citing concerns about an increasingly anti-Mexican climate across the border.
A group of New England Patriots fans have sued the NFL in an effort to recover the first-round draft pick taken from the team as punishment for the “Deflategate” scandal.
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada will launch a data-sharing partnership with Waze, a traffic-dodging smartphone application that uses community input to provide real-time road information.
A U.S. judge has ordered a central figure in a debunked Rolling Stone magazine article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia to answer questions in a defamation lawsuit, court papers showed.
To announce the opening of its third Southern Nevada location, Blaze Pizza will offer free pizza pies from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday.
“Rescuing it from what?” That’s a question on many minds in Las Vegas after a rumor exploded across the local bar scene and social media that Champagnes signed a contract with Spike TV’s “Bar Rescue.”
You only have until June to catch Grammy-nominated Avicii in Las Vegas and until the end of this year to catch him anywhere else.
Billionaire Phil Ruffin’s partnership in Donald Trump’s first Las Vegas venture is turning a profit after losing $8 million a year when the economy crashed.
Temperatures in Las Vegas are expected to climb before the weekend brings chances for rain.
Janet Jackson is delaying her “Unbreakable” tour, saying Wednesday that she and her husband are planning their family and that she is under doctor’s orders to rest.
The median price of a Southern Nevada single-family home reached $220,000 in March, up 7.3 percent from $205,000 a year ago, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported Tuesday.