Kyrie Irving scored 15 points and the U.S. men’s basketball team survived its second straight strong challenge in the Rio Games, edging Serbia 94-91 on Friday.
The Nevada State Museum’s Las Vegas branch boasts such a treasure trove of Western memorabilia that True West magazine just named it one of its top 10 Western museums for 2016.
Binion’s, one of Las Vegas’ longest operating casinos, located at 128 Fremont St. in downtown Las Vegas, has withstood economic downturns and a turbulent history. It’s celebrating its 65th anniversary this month.
In honor of the Olympic Games, officials at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum have named shark hatchlings after some of America’s top swimmers, including Michael Phelps and Las Vegas resident Cody Miller.
U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo criticized Sweden for the way they played Friday in beating the Americans in a penalty shootout — a result that means the world’s top-ranked team will miss out on a medal in women’s soccer for the first time.
A road in Utah’s Zion National Park that was closed after a boulder the size of a house tumbled onto the highway has been reopened.
A federal judge acquitted a Clark County School District police officer Friday of all charges in his excessive force case.
Hillary and Bill Clinton earned $10.6 million last year, according to a tax filing that sought to pressure presidential rival Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns.
A woman was found dead Friday morning in the bedroom of a Las Vegas home, and two of the occupants told police they did not know her.
Looking for something different and fun, Bill and Gretchen Lokens decided to take it upon themselves to restore the Pahrump Valley Winery and Symphony Restaurant in 2004. The couple hired a wine consulant from Napa Valley and Gretchen later went to UC Davis for a formal winemaking education and certification.
In 2013, professional ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslett-Davis lost her left leg to the terrorist attack that bent but never broke Boston. Since then, the 35-year-old motivational speaker has been seizing life on a carbon-fiber blade prosthetic.
Officers responding to a report of gunshots near Marion Drive and Owens Avenue on Feb. 20 found 60-year-old Heriberto Diaz-Marcial suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.
The deep-fried Twinkie is jumping from the state fair to the home freezer.
A look at the top matchups for Week 5 of the high school football season.
You might assume that the world’s most finely tuned athletes would be eating something healthy — egg white omelets, kale salads — as they strive to reach the pinnacle of their sporting lives. And you would be wrong.
A sluggish month of retail spending has tempered expectations for the U.S. economy’s growth in the coming months.
Las Vegas police say the woman who died after being hit by a car Thursday night in the southeast valley was walking in a marked crosswalk.
Las Vegas police are searching for a man who choked and robbed a woman Thursday in the southeast valley.
Las Vegas-based GES has acquired an Atlanta-based audio-visual production company to expand its ability to produce live events in conjunction with conventions and trade shows or stand-alone entertainment events.
A federal court in Wisconsin has overturned the conviction of a man found guilty of helping his uncle kill Teresa Halbach in a case profiled in the Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer.”
Coach Tony Sanchez singled out several new standouts in camp, including freshman running back Charles Williams, freshman left tackle Jaron Caldwell, redshirt freshman wide receiver Darren Woods Jr. and sophomore wideout Brandon Presley.
A Nevada gun rights group has praised Gov. Brian Sandoval for opposing Question 1 on the Nov. 8 general election ballot.
The 28th annual Las Vegas Obon Festival and Bazaar Aug. 6 at Clark High School celebrated a new home, a record crowd and visions of a bigger event in the future.
Eastbound Charleston Boulevard has reopened at Decatur Boulevard after a Friday morning rollover crash that sent one person to the hospital.
A strike that helped persuade billionaire Carl Icahn to close Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal casino helped drive revenue down by 8.2 percent in July.
Heavy rain and widespread flooding in Louisiana lead the governor to declare a state of emergency on Friday, with more rain expected over the state through Saturday.
If you missed the Perseid meteor shower last night, don’t worry — photographers around the world captured the bursts of light crossing the sky.
Who will win the quarterback job — Case Keenum or No. 1 draft pick Jared Goff — and will the Rams top 7½ regular-season wins?
Our nightlife picks this week include Daddy Kat (aka Wiz Khalifa) and Mike Attack DJing at Marquee.
There’s a boy named Pete. He has a dragon. And that’s pretty much where the similarities between this weekend’s “Pete’s Dragon” andthe 1977 original begin and end.