Las Vegas’ Vashti Cunningham takes flight Friday in the qualifying round for the high jump at the U.S. Track and Field Trials at the University of Oregon. She hopes to represent America at the Rio Olympics in August.
The AFL-CIO on Thursday launched digital Facebook ads that attack U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, the Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate race for the seat of retiring Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Steven Stamkos’ decision to remain with Tampa Bay potentially opens the door for Victor Hedman, the Lightning’s fine young defenseman from Sweden, to possibly consider coming to Las Vegas in 2017.
Beyond mocking a certain presidential candidate, Darryll Fish’s hat has a deeper message. And it is a fitting symbol for the socially conscious 30-year-old with more than $2.3 million in career live tournament earnings.
The beauty of betting on horse racing is that your learning curve never ends. There are always new things to absorb in this ever-changing game.
A pair of home runs by players who started the season with the New York Mets backed a quality performance by Darin Gorski to lead the 51s to a 7-3 victory at the Tacoma Rainiers.
NFL training camps will open soon. But football betting already is here. North of the border, it’s the second week of the Canadian Football League season.
Betting on football north of the border? Here’s a team-by-team Canadian Football League breakdown by handicapper Ian Cameron.
A district judge Thursday morning denied an emergency motion to postpone the enforcement of a Nevada law implementing new sex offender registration requirements.
The July Fourth holiday will be celebrated on Monday. Here’s a list of what’s open and closed:
A new pizza franchise is about to try to make a big splash in Las Vegas. Pizza 9, a small New Mexico-based pizza chain, is planning to open 10 locations in the Las Vegas Valley over the next five years.
Ernesto Ramos, the Las Vegas man who admitted using sex tapes to extort $200,000 from a wealthy businessman, was sentenced to prison Thursday amid revelations the businessman offered him money to keep his identity secret.
The Electric Daisy Carnival was two weeks ago, but crews with Insomniac Productions — the company that puts on the three-day music festival — are still sifting through thousands of lost items that were left behind or misplaced during the event held July 17-19 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The military base outside Washington where the presidential plane Air Force One is stationed was temporarily locked down Thursday after an “active shooter” report that turned out to be a false alarm.
As the death toll from the Istanbul airport attack rose Thursday to 44, a senior Turkish official said the three suicide bombers who carried it out were from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, and Turkish police raided Istanbul neighborhoods for suspects linked to the Islamic State group.
So Gov. Brian Sandoval, the former attorney general and federal judge, has come out squarely against the legalization of recreational marijuana in Nevada.
The Humane Society sent an undercover videographer to the Mandalay Bay-hosted auction where 20,000 trophy hunters were interested in giraffes, monkeys and lions.
A woman whose husband fatally shot her and their three children Wednesday night had recently filed for divorce in Clark County and requested custody of the children.
John Wes Townley lands a couple of glancing blows, both drivers fined. Hockey enforcers not impressed.
The National Weather Service issued a flash-flood warning for the southwest valley until 6:45 p.m. Thursday.
Several members of the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee said they were uncomfortable approving the $2.5 million sought to expand the Nevada College Kick Start program at an interim hearing.
A small brush fire near the onramp near Victorville at 3:46 p.m. led to the closure of the Palmdale Road offramp. By 4:25 p.m., the fire had spread, and troopers closed the ramp and all four lanes of northbound I-15. As of 6:45 p.m. two lanes had been reopened.
Before embarking on your summer vacation abroad, become familiar with these 20 tourist scams common in popular destinations.
Brock Lesnar came under fire from his opponent, Mark Hunt, after being granted an exemption from USADA. He responded to those comments on the UFC 200 conference call.
The annual parade, now in its 22nd year, is expected to draw 2,500 participants and 35,000 spectators. It kicks off at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul appears in a fireworks safety public service announcement one year removed from the accident that damaged his right hand.
Las Vegas skater Addie Fridy talks about his dedication to skating, the concerns of his parents, money worries and what it would take to get him to stop skating.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
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Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people