UNLV forward Derrick Jones Jr., who was suspended for the final three games of the season by the NCAA, announced on his Twitter account Thursday he has declared for the NBA Draft.
The world received some astonishing news in February, when Kanye West revealed that he was $53 million in debt. Including West, read on through to see 10 celebrities in major debt.
If NASCAR had designated major races as in golf and tennis and horse racing, the casual fan would know which races he is supposed to watch. This would give NASCAR’s plummeting TV ratings an occasional boost.
Jordan Spieth’s only annoying quality is that he’s too good. Just when it appeared safe to bet against him, he went out Thursday and fired a 6-under 66 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Masters.
Marc Krauss homered to center field on a 2-and-1 pitch with two outs in the ninth inning to give the 51s a 6-4 victory over the Fresno Grizzlies on opening night at Cashman Field.
It’s not uncommon for opening day to draw the largest, loudest crowd of the season for many teams.
Five people have been indicted on credit card fraud and conspiracy charges in connection with a long-running investigation into dancers, cocktail waitresses and managers at Club Paradise, prosecutors said Thursday.
The last thing Kelly Hendrickson remembers before her July 2013 fall at a Lowe’s home improvement store was “looking up at the palm trees.” She remembers nothing more before waking up with severe pain in her head.
The nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights organization has launched a major voter-registration drive in the battleground states of Nevada, Florida, Colorado, Virginia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina to identify and sign up hundreds of thousands of potential Hispanic voters.
The NIAA Board of Control on Thursday changed the mercy rules in football and boys and girls basketball, lowering the point differential threshold and allowing running clocks to start earlier in games.
Arbor View’s baseball team has yet to reach the midpoint of the Division I Sunset League schedule, but Aggies coach Gary White knew the importance of Thursday’s game.
Raelyn Kendall went 4-for-5 with a triple and two RBIs, and the Shadow Ridge softball team scored nine runs in the fifth inning in a 17-7 road victory over Arbor View.
Holocaust survivor Stephen “Pista” Nasser of Las Vegas told his story of death and horror to students at Henderson State College on Thursday. It was his 1,000th such presentation.
Haden Van Orden dished out 49 assists Thursday as the Palo Verde boys volleyball team topped visiting Mojave 25-18, 25-18, 19-25, 30-28 in a matchup of defending state champions.
After a critical-injury crash in February, a pregnant woman who was rushed to University Medical Center lost her not-yet born baby, the Metropolitan Police Department announced Thursday.
Clark County Republican Party Chairman Ed Williams faces an ethics complaint tied in part to the negotiation of the party’s contract with the Rio for the party’s convention Saturday.
A body of a teenage girl or young woman was found stuffed in a suitcase across the street from an upscale hotel in San Diego, police said on Thursday, and investigators were trying to determine who she was and how she died.
One person is dead and a 2-year-old is in critical condition after a crash Interstate 215 and Lone Mountain Road, Nevada Highway Patrol trooper Chelsea Stuenkel said.
Zach Grech got Derek Decolati to line into a double play with the potential tying runs on base in the top of the seventh inning as the Bishop Gorman baseball team hung on for a 3-2 home win over Cimarron-Memorial on Thursday.
CBS is near a series order for an unscripted true-crime anthology series, with the first season set to focus on the JonBenet Ramsey murder case, Variety has learned.
Even when congressional Democrats and Republicans agree on an issue, they still can’t get anything done.
Law and tradition say that a jury verdict shouldn’t be overturned on the basis of something jurors say in their deliberations, no matter how ignorant or offensive.
Bernie Sanders says he prides himself on never having run a negative TV ad, and of campaigning on the issues instead of disparaging his opponent.
Thomas Kirchner shot 3-over-par 63 at Desert Willow on Thursday to earn medalist honors and help the Silverado boys golf team win a Northeast League match.
The NIAA Board of Control on Thursday changed the mercy rules in football and boys and girls basketball, lowering the point differential threshold and allowing running clocks to startearlier in games.
OnTrac, a regional parcel company, hosted an event on Thursday to mark the opening of a new shipping facility in Henderson.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has ended an investigation of the Las Vegas gaming giant without finding evidence of bribery or corrupt intent.