A divided Senate blocked rival election-year plans to curb guns Monday, eight days after the horror of Orlando’s mass shooting intensified pressure on lawmakers to act but knotted them in gridlock anyway — even over restricting firearms for terrorists.
The 1998 NCAA men’s golf champions held off Clemson and won by three shots to produce UNLV’s other national team championship, joining the 1990 men’s basketball team. The golf team will be honored Friday with its induction into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.
Hockey fans in Las Vegas were able to pose for photos with the NHL’s greatest prize, the Stanley Cup, Monday at the Hard Rock Hotel.
At one point during Monday’s 8-5 victory over Salt Lake after the scoreboard flashed “97,” manager Wally Backman turned to his pitching coach Frank Viola in disbelief.
Roughly 2,000 people crowded onto the busy sidewalks of Las Vegas Boulevard in a show of solidarity for the Orlando, Florida, shooting victims.
Nevada no longer ranks dead last for its lackluster education system. Now, it’s only second-to-last, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual Kids Count report.
A suspect in a North Carolina homicide was arrested Monday morning in Pahrump, according to a news release from the Nye County Sheriff’s Office.
The general counsel to the Nevada Public Utilities Commission is no longer employed by the agency after it was pointed out at a meeting last week that she commented on the net metering policy under review by the panel using a pseudonym on social media.
Every Electric Daisy Carnival has its own look and feel — gossamer wings were all the rage one year, colored furry boots the next. This year, however, many women sported a decidedly minimal look. As in barely there, nearly nude or somewhere in between.
Businessman Bill Foley, who has led the bid for a Las Vegas team, said over the weekend he still plans to build the team’s headquarters and practice facility in Summerlin, but that he hasn’t finalized the site.
The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI on Monday released what they said was the complete transcript of the phone conversation between the Orlando, Florida, shooter and 911 police operators in which the gunman pledges allegiance to Islamic State’s leader.
An Alaska Airlines flight bound for Seattle was canceled Monday afternoon when one of the plane’s engines overheated before takeoff at McCarran International Airport.
Las Vegas residents watching their electric meter spin away in the current heat wave can take advantage of a program called PowerShift from NV Energy to save money on their utility bills while still keeping their homes cool and comfortable.
A German man found dead along a remote road in Death Valley National Park on June 9 was overcome by the heat, according to the coroner in Inyo County, Calif.
For a 51s starter, looking at the New York Mets’ rotation can be daunting. So when Seth Lugo was moved from the rotation to the bullpen earlier this month, he said he was excited by the move.
Bishop Gorman cornerback Malik Hausman became the third local football player in the class of 2017 to orally commit to play for the Arizona Wildcats, joining Desert Pines teammates Tony Fields and Edgar Burrola.
If you ask NHL Awards host Will Arnett what the Las Vegas hockey team should be named, he’ll dance around your question to avoid leaking secrets.
Johnnie Craig, a 54-year-old restaurant owner from Baytown, Texas, used well-timed preflop aggression to build his chip stack and then dominated heads-up play against Jamshid Lotfi to win the Seniors event at the Rio Convention Center.
An inmate who escaped from a firefighting camp Sunday afternoon is back in custody Monday, according to a Nevada Department of Corrections media release.
With the temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley rising to 115 for the first time this year today, we wanted to prove something — that it actually gets warm enough inside a vehicle and on hot asphalt to cook food during the summer.
The British man who allegedly wanted to kill Donald Trump at a Las Vegas rally over the weekend was living out of his car with an expired visa and has a form of autism, according to federal prosecutors.
Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs has fled home confinement in Salt Lake City less than two weeks after he was let out of jail pending trial on charges in a multimillion-dollar food stamp fraud scheme.
Rafael dos Anjos was forced to relinquish one of the most lucrative opportunities available to a UFC fighter and that’s just fine with the lightweight champion.
Nevada’s prison system violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by housing inmates with HIV separately from other prisoners and denying them equal employment opportunities, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Electric Daisy Carnival is officially in the books for another year, and there was no shortage of highlights. From sundown on Friday to sunrise on Monday, these were the most memorable moments.
Top travel team high school-aged tournament runs Wednesday through Sunday at Cashman Field, local diamonds.
Cox Communications of Las Vegas and its sister company, Manheim Nevada auto auctions, dedicated two new solar arrays Monday that help power their operations in the valley.
A state audit released Monday recommended Nevada’s debt collection efforts be transferred to the governor’s office from the state controller because of chronic problems, some dating back decades, and lack of confidence in the office to recoup unpaid bills.
