Canadian Lucian Bute faces WBC super middleweight champion Badou Jack next Saturday in Washington, D.C., on a Showtime-televised card. Bute is coming off a loss to IBF champ James DeGale on Nov. 28.
Sex trafficking in Nevada is defined as the inducing or forcing of a person to engage in prostitution. However, when it comes to adult sex trafficking, experts say victims are harder to spot because of their age and what seems to be consensual understanding.
Claims in a new book that Oscar Pistorius beat his girlfriend with a cricket bat before fatally shooting her in his home in 2013 were condemned as “outrageous” and “absurd” by the Olympic runner’s family Friday.
Las Vegas police are investigating a fatal multiple vehicle crash from Thursday afternoon in the northwest valley.
The Zappos CEO tells us how he spends his free time.
The new leader of what is arguably Viacom’s best-known cable network wants to, as he put it, “put the ‘M’ back in MTV.”
Our arts picks this week include Bela Fleck and Chick Corea at The Smith Center and the comedy “History 101” at Las Vegas Little Theatre.
The Las Vegas Valley will see strong winds this weekend with a chance of rain early next week, according to the National Weather Service.
Our music picks this week include The 1975 and Foals.
Our entertainment picks this week include Pentatonix and the 24/7 Comedyfest.
NV Energy is reporting that as of 1:25 a.m. Friday May 22, service had been restored for 1,366 Clark County customers who were without power due to unexpected outages.
Conor McGregor used less than half the allotted characters of a tweet to announce his retirement Tuesday. Two days later, he issued a manifesto explaining his frustration with the UFC’s promotional demands and its effects on his training.
Tributes to Prince took a variety of forms in Las Vegas Thursday.
Kevin Durant was as bad as he gets Monday in a loss to the Dallas Mavericks, so the expectation for a fallen superstar is to see him rise again. Durant delivered 34 points Thursday to lead Oklahoma City to an NBA playoff win.
The Las Vegas 51s’ inability to capitalize on a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the seventh inning came back to haunt them in a 3-1 PCL road loss to the Sacramento River Cats.
Carving out his career in the early ’80s, well after the legends of the classic era had set the standard for country music, George Strait is someone you can legitimately say is in a league of his own.
Chandler Juilfs and Scott Solan each had nine kills Thursday as host Palo Verde made quick work of Durango, earning a 25-16, 25-20, 25-20 victory.
Rancho took advantage of seven errors in the first three innings to build a 9-0 lead and went on to a 10-0, six-inning win over the visiting Patriots in a Division I Sunrise League game Thursday.
Prosecutors have filed theft charges against five people accused of stealing 60 pounds of dinosaur bones near a Utah quarry during an educational trip run by a college in Texas, authorities said Thursday.
Skylar Gorrell threw a four-hitter and struck out five Thursday to lead Las Vegas High’s softball team to a 6-1 home victory over Silverado.
Chayse Baker led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a triple and scored the winning run one out later on a single by Anthony Guzman as the Rancho baseball team outlasted visiting Liberty 13-12 on Thursday.
Uber has agreed to pay up to $100 million and make several policy concessions to settle a pair of major class-action lawsuits in two states that will keep its drivers independent contractors instead of employees, both sides announced Thursday night.
Omar Catic had 10 kills and five digs Thursday to help Clark’s boys volleyball team to a 25-17, 23-25, 25-16, 16-25, 15-8 win over visiting Western.
Daymond John, co-star of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” dropped by Fashion Show mall on Wednesday to sign copies of his book, “The Power of Broke,” and check out his first-ever pop-up kiosk, The Shark Daymond John Store, where his merchandise and various items from the show are for sale.
At the time of the crash, the woman had a young child in her car, who was taken into custody of child protective services after her arrest. The juvenile in the other car was expected to be OK.
Sergio Pettis talks about his return from a hiatus and what it’s like to fight before his brother Anthony on a card.
Andre Fili and Yair Rodriguez will look to advance in the ranks of the featherweight division with a victory at UFC 197.
More than 140 officers, investigators, federal agents, detectives, corrections officers and civilian operatives honored for outstanding service Thursday at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s commendation ceremony.
Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight contender John Dodson learned a lesson about timing and comedy on Thursday.
