Much of the news media’s focus in the run-up to the Republican NationalConvention here has been on presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump’s political rivals who areboycotting the event: People such as Jeb Bush, his brother former President George W. Bush,2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and host-state Gov. John Kasich.
She’s 17 now, but 10 years ago, Figueroa was just 7 years old when her 3-year-old sister, Crystal Figueroa, otherwise known as Baby Jane “Cordova” Doe, was found bruised and dead in a garbarge bin in Las Vegas.
The Chicago Bulls were the last team standing in the NBA Summer League, going 7-0 and outlasting the upset-minded Minnesota Timberwolves 84-82 in overtime Monday before 8,847 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The Republican National Convention started in Cleveland on Monday, ushering in a historic four-day period that’s expected to culminate on Thursday with Donald Trump giving his acceptance speech as the GOP nominee for president.
Social media commenters were quick to note the striking similarity between Melania Trump’s words and those of first lady Michelle Obama’s from the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
Attorney General Adam Laxalt wants the Nevada Supreme Court to allow his office to join in a dispute over a trespassing case against Culinary union members at the Red Rock Resort.
On a conference call ahead of fighting Tyron Woodley at UFC 201, welterweight champion Robbie Lawler says he isn’t out to get Fight of the Night for his performances. He wants to end his opponents by way of knockout.
The FBI has taken the lead in the investigation into last week’s deadly bombing in the Lincoln County town of Panaca.
Las Vegas police are investigating a domestic violence related barricade Monday evening in the northwest valley.
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee will be speaking to public employee union members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees at their annual convention at 11:30 a.m. at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Donald Trump’s supporters promised party unity this week at the Republican National Convention. Then his campaign manager called the Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich “embarrassing” and “petulant” for refusing to show.
It was inevitable that public safety would make an appearance at the Republican National Committee.
A fire Monday evening involving several mobile home units in the southeast valley sent one person to the hospital and left five animals dead, the Clark County Fire Department said in a statement.
Over angry and prolonged objections from anti-Donald Trump forces, Republican Party leaders approved rules for their national convention on Monday and rejected demands for a state-by-state roll call vote, a discordant start to a gathering designed to project unity.
An old-fashioned pitcher’s duel was broken in the only way fitting for an old-fashioned pitcher’s duel: a soft-hit tapper in the seventh inning to ruin an ace getting his groove back as Las Vegas fell 2-1
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against Wynn Resorts board members by a shareholder over questions about the company’s management of its Macau operations.
The final day of the 2016 NBA Summer League will feature the championship game in the Thomas & Mack Center.
A math teacher who refuses to allow classroom time to be wasted also finds time to help students with challenges of poverty. Even though her students are often labeled at-risk, she has managed to raise test scores in math.
“Raiding the Rock Vault,” the classic rock revue at the Tropicana, will close July 31. “Showstoppers,” an ambitious bid by Steve Wynn to make a Broadway-style show succeed where others failed, is set to close at the Wynn Sept. 30.
The daily fantasy sports industry notched some wins but failed to capture a majority of states after an all-out push this year to preserve its legality amid concerns the online games amount to illegal sports betting operations.
Professional poker player Cliff Josephy of Muttontown, New York, is the chip leader in the World Series of Poker’s $10,000 buy-in No-limit Texas Hold ’em World Championship at the Day 7 dinner break Monday.
An officer with the Metropolitan Police Department was arrested and is facing more than a dozen charges in connection with a series of hit-and-run crashes on Interstate 15 early Saturday.
A west valley apartment fire Monday afternoon sent one person to the hospital and displaced 20 adults and 10 children, according to a Clark County Fire Department media release.
After an hourslong standoff in the second story of a Dallas community college with a suspected cop killer, police sent in the cavalry. A bomb squad robot mounted with a C4 explosive.
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An Atlantic City casino owned by billionaire Carl Icahn withdrew an offer to restore health insurance for its striking workers Monday after the union refused to put the measure up for a vote 18 days into a walkout.
The ax-wielding man who attacked passengers on a train in southern Germany on Monday, critically injuring several people, was a 17-year-old Afghan refugee who was living in the town of Ochsenfurt, Bavaria’s interior minister said.
