Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment was among the leading gainers, after saying it would sell social and mobile games business to a Chinese consortium for $4.4 billion. Its stock advanced 46 cents, or 6.7 percent, to $7.36.
Several lightning-sparked wildfires grew in grasslands and brush in northern Nevada on Monday, where officials said about 800 firefighters were trying to contain a 78-square-mile fire near a tribal town and rural hamlets west of Pyramid Lake.
Individual tickets went on sale Monday for all six of UNLV’s home football games this season at Sam Boyd Stadium.
The 28-year-old Clark High School graduate took a two-year break from track after her first Olympics but is now back competing in the heptathlon.
A life prison term was imposed Monday for a man who shot and killed his neighbor in the northwest Arizona community of Golden Valley.
Tesla wants to put its car and energy storage businesses under one solar-powered roof.
McDonald’s, which is trying to shake its image for serving processed junk food, said Monday it’s eliminating some unpalatable ingredients from its most popular menu items.
Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign appealed to Capitol Hill for support on Monday as his attacks on the Muslim parents of a decorated American soldier killed in Iraq drew sharp rebukes from fellow party members.
Disney is in early discussions with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment about rebooting “Splash,” one of the production banner’s early classics. Channing Tatum and Bishop Gorman graduate Jillian Bell are attached to star.
The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas, killing all 16 people aboard, was convicted of drunken driving at least four times in Missouri and twice spent time in prison.
California-based retailer Curacao announced Monday that it will open a 100,000-square-foot store at Meadows mall this fall.
Las Vegas’ Art Santo Domingo, 77, keeps his pencil sharp and scorecard ready as part-time official scorer for Giants and A’s.
This account, based on interviews with law enforcement officials and witnesses, as well as public records, provides the most complete picture yet of law-enforcement response and Mateen’s movements inside the club on the night of the attack.
Boyd Gaming completed the sale of its half of Atlantic City’s Borgata casino on Monday to MGM Resorts International.
Florida has identified 10 more cases of Zika virus caused by local mosquitoes and has asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help with its investigation of the outbreak.
The future doctor, in light blue scrubs, and her more experienced counterpart in dark blue worked through a patient’s scans at CampMed, a program for ninth-graders interested in a medical career.
Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press.
The North Las Vegas Police Department will join forces with law enforcement agencies statewide to focus on distracted drivers over the weekend.
A new law went into effect in Texas on Monday that allows certain students to bring guns into classrooms, with supporters saying it could prevent mass shootings and critics saying the measure will endanger safety on campuses.
Russia’s sports minister says a decision is expected in the next two days on which athletes will be allowed to compete in Rio de Janeiro.
Macau posted a drop in gambling revenue in July, stretching declines for a 26th consecutive month, as wealthy gamblers continued to steer clear of the world’s biggest casino hub.
Women in the U.S. remain significantly underrepresented at all levels of elected office. Though women are more than half of the American population, they now account for just a fifth of all U.S. representatives and senators, and one in four state lawmakers.
The U.S. Geological Survey says two magnitude 3.1 earthquakes recently shook the Reno area.
No one was injured after a fire at an east valley home Monday morning.