U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday lifted a decades-old arms export embargo for Vietnam during his first visit to the communist country, looking to bolster a government seen as a crucial, though flawed partner even as he pushes for better human rights from the one-party state.
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will be the Nevada delegation chairman at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in July, the state Democratic Party said Friday.
Despite what everyone thought she would not do and could not do amid the allegations of sexual assault that she has leveled against her record label, Ke$ha pulled out a showstopping performance at the Billboard Music Awards.
Residents across the Vegas Valley can expect a full week of the cool temperatures that dropped over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
UNLV left fielder Payton Squier finished the regular season with a .383 batting average that is the highest by a Rebels starter since 2004, when Eric Nielsen hit .402.
Las Vegas p0lice seek the publics help in locating a young male who robbed a business early Saturday.
It might have seemed like an odd match at the time — at least geographically — when the Las Vegas 51s and New York Mets first struck a deal.
Conor McGregor says his dispute with UFC became a “publicized civil war” once he refused to participate in a promotion fora fight and the wildly popular fighter took his unhappiness to social media.
Along with beach towels or sandals, there’s a new popular beach accessory that says a lot about the violence gripping this once-glamorous resort: a small black leather tote hanging from the neck or shoulders of some men. It’s not a man-bag, exactly; it holds a small pistol.
A shuttle bus overturned Sunday on a highway in Southern California’s San Bernardino Mountains, leaving two people critically injured, four with moderate injuries and 20 with minor injuries, authorities said.
When the 51s arrive back at Cashman Field for work on Monday, they’ll do so in first place after concluding a successful 6-2 road trip.
A vacant home caught fire in the East valley Sunday afternoon, according to the Clark County Fire Department.
When the green flag drops for the much-anticipated 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, a car owned by Henderson resident Sam Schmidt will be leading the starting field into Turn 1.
Car owner from Henderson, driver from Canada overcome devastating injuries to earn pole position for the 100th running of the famous 500-mile race.
Elko, an authentically Western town of more than 20,000 residents in northeastern Nevada, offers visitors a variety of recreational pursuits and plenty of special events, especially during the short weeks of summer before cold weather returns.
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in a decade this month, providing sky-watchers with a celestial show from dusk to dawn starting this week, NASA said on Thursday.
It’s ReCon week in Las Vegas. Local retail observers argue none of those professionals would be here this week if it weren’t for the retail project that started it all: Fashion Show mall, and its Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue anchors.
The Clark County coroner Sunday has identified the man who was left dead after a possible road-rage shooting in North Las Vegas near Craig Road and North Fifth Street early Friday.
It’s safe to say that the new “Star Trek Beyond” trailer has gone beyond its first teaser, which was heavily criticized by fans.
Led by former state lawmaker Barbara Buckley, the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada now offers attorney representation for those facing the possibility of having their constitutional rights stripped away through a court-approved guardianship.
Police are seeking the public’s help to find a missing 76-year-old man who may need medical help.
Egypt’s president said on Sunday a submarine belonging to his country’s Oil Ministry was headed to the site of the crash of EgyptAir Flight-804 in the eastern Mediterranean to join the search for the cockpit voice and flight data recorders, commonly known as black boxes.
In 1964, a bristlecone pine tree in Nevada’s Snake Mountains was cut down in the name of research.
A new look is coming to Nutrition Facts labels on food packages, with more attention to calorie counts and added sugars. And no longer will a small bag of chips count as two or three servings.
On April 29, through a partnership between the Desert Research Institute and the Reno-based manufacturing company Drone America — a fixed-wing drone successfully deployed flares containing silver iodide crystals as part of a cloud-seeding experiment.
MMA video journalist Heidi Fang promised to jump off the Stratosphere if MMA fighter Adam Acquaviva won his last fight. So they did.
Robin Romeo beat Tish Johnson in a battle of bowling Hall of Famers, 198-195. It was an exciting match, and a few hundred people were on hand to watch.
At the conclusion of spring practice, Johnny Stanton had done nothing to indicate that UNLV is about to unleash the next “Johnny Football.” By the fall, maybe that will change.
