It took years of lawsuits and political battles for California to finally break ground last year on the nation’s first bullet train, which aims to connect San Francisco to Los Angeles by 2029.
Azure Quinlan walked into The Smith Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday evening alongside Demay Perrault, the aunt who inspired her to become a teacher nearly 20 years ago.
The U.S. Military Academy has launched an inquiry into a photo showing 16 black, female cadets in uniform with their fists raised, an image that has spurred questions about whether the gesture violates military restrictions on political activity.
A federal security officer is now facing multiple murder charges in a shooting spree across three Maryland parking lots that left three people dead.
Community members gathered Saturday morning at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery for the 24th Annual Unserviceable Flag Retirement Ceremony.
Convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who twice pulled off brazen jailbreaks and is fighting to avoid extradition to the United States, was abruptly transferred to a prison in northern Mexico near the Texas border early Saturday.
Canadian officials hoped to complete the mass evacuation of work camps north of Alberta’s main oil sands city of Fort McMurray on Saturday, fearing a growing wildfire could double in size and reach a major oil sands mine and even the neighboring province of Saskatchewan.
Hollywood changes its Spider-Man actors almost as often as some guys change their sheets.
The disgraced ex-physician, in prison for murder and health care fraud, holds a position of influence at Hindu Temple of Las Vegas as a result of his financial support.
A victim reportedly escaped from an apartment near Lake Mead Boulevard and Walnut Road, then called police from a nearby convenience store on the 3900 block of East Last Mead about 1 p.m.
Braelin Brockway went 3-for-3 with a triple, three runs and five RBIs on Saturday to lead host Legacy’s softball team to a 21-1, five-inning win over Mojave.
As the Doors song goes, this is the end. Fans of the band who have marked up a scenic cave on the California coast with psychedelic graffiti will have to find another place to spray out their love for frontman Jim Morrison. It has closed indefinitely for cleanup.
Twelve hours after Wolf Pack distance runner Erika Root posted a personal best in the 3,000 meters at the Mountain West indoor track and field championships, she was on a hospital bed in Las Vegas.
The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $415 million, making Saturday night’s prize the largest since a record $1.6 billion payout in January. Interest and sales typically spike when the lack of a winner causes prizes to spiral upward.
Teresa Bell, a 59-year-old League of Women Voters member, recalls the start of her postal service career in 1977 — when women were still considered an exotic species on the job. She and approximately 90 women, plus a few men, attended the discussion group Bursting Boundaries — Women of Vision April 16, presented by nonprofit Women of Diversity Productions Inc. at the Left of Center Gallery, 2207 W. Gowan Road.
Billy Idol’s father died two years ago, and now Idol, 60, can’t believe he’s the patriarch of his proper British family, considering all the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. But he learned one lesson from it.
Nothing like the Stanley Cup showing up on the backstretch at Churchill Downs the morning of the Kentucky Derby.
Stevie Wonder, Faith Evans, Aloe Blacc and Eric Benet paid tribute to Prince with words and music at a public memorial Friday in Los Angeles.
Women, men, kids and babies decked out various shades of pink turned out Saturday morning for the 21st Annual Susan G. Komen Las Vegas Race for the Cure in downtown Las Vegas.
A pair of championship fights headline Saturday night’s Invicta Fighting Championships card in Costa Mesa, Calif.
A spring storm sweeping across Central and Southern California on Friday sent water and mud flowing into one of the state’s core freeways and flooded some city streets.
Your next three-day weekend is just a few Mondays from now, and it’s time to start making preparations.
It’s almost here — a day that many home decor enthusiasts have longed for. The first Ikea store, with its stylized maze of shiny, polished room sets designed for magazine covers, opens May 18 at 6500 Ikea Way in the southwest valley.
The Americanism of the globe can either be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your point of view. It’s discouraging, for example, to see an American fast food restaurant in the middle of a beautiful Spanish town.
Q: My kids have abused my dining room chairs for a long time. The fabric on the seats is stained and I would like to recover them. There is nothing fancy about the seats; they have some kind of foam as the stuffing. How do I go about this?
You are probably thinking this rainy weather was a good thing. It is and it isn’t. Let’s talk about some of the problems this rain has created for us now and over the next month. Expect an explosion of disease problems.
Dear Gail: We’ve just moved from Chicago as we’re so over the cold weather, snow storms and gearing up just to get to work. We know that the Las Vegas summers are hot, and not sure if we’re ready, but we don’t have to shovel heat. We have two dogs and are in the process of designing our backyard. Do you have any Las Vegas weather puppy tips? — Vini
Pardee Homes is adding to its collection of new homes in the Eldorado area at the northern rim of the Las Vegas Valley with Camino, scheduled to open this month.
Those who choose to live in a high-rise are generally seeking a more convenient lifestyle, and those who choose an urban location are seeking access to amenities that create a vibrancy not found in the suburbs. The Ogden, the 21-story high-rise tower in the heart of downtown Las Vegas, provides the convenience of condo living with immediate access to all the city offers. In fact, the iconic tower is surrounded by no fewer than 150 restaurants, many that rank among the city’s best, within walking distance of The Ogden.
A decade of country music is remembered and celebrated today at the annual Country in the Park concert with headliner Joe Nichols and a day of festival fun.
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